** 9.1 Barbox straight pool **
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I don't know a lot about league play, but I don't think 9.1 would work at the lower levels they mite not get a break shot off in 20. Minutes,
Play a dozen games race to 45(5racks) with some friends of different speeds and see how the game play goes-Ihope I'm wrong and the game play works out good, test it and let us know. Nothing wrong with a new game.
That Bonus Ball game they are just starting to launch looks promising. I'm all for new games
Vood luck,
Eric
Play a dozen games race to 45(5racks) with some friends of different speeds and see how the game play goes-Ihope I'm wrong and the game play works out good, test it and let us know. Nothing wrong with a new game.
That Bonus Ball game they are just starting to launch looks promising. I'm all for new games
Vood luck,
Eric
It would be alot easier because it is a BarBox! Break shots would be easier due the bigger pockets. Better players would get bored after awhile due to the aformentioned reasons but lesser players may love it!
No, you rack it like 10-ball (triangular, not diamond-shaped, rack) with the headball missing.
The common mistake that players new to 9.1 make after leaving the 10th ball on the table, is to rack the remaining balls in a diamond, and after some strange looks from the onlookers, the racker goes "D'oh!"
-Sean
I was just thinking every shot would be easier. The ball would only have to travel so far to break the rack up.
I can't wait to try this game now!
Been thinking about it for a long time
I have been thinking about this for a few years and would like to give it a try. Promote 9.1 by having regular tournaments and have some tables with only ten balls in them, a reduced price, and a sign on the wall designating them 9 ball, 10 ball, and 9.1 tables. I think the key would be having some decent paying tournaments to encourage people playing the game. One Pocket gets mighty popular when there is a weekly tournament.
If the tables aren't opened up or set up as I described in the first paragraph the catch is nobody is going to be happy throwing away five balls every rack and a solution would have to be found for that.
I'm not happy about it, I'd much rather see a return to 5x10's than more seven foot tables, but realistically it's easier to pay for the square footage that seven foot tables use. If the cost of square footage keeps going up I think bar tables or a similar small table may be the future of pool. The English black ball tables that are very small but with snooker style pockets make for some very interesting play according to some video I have seen.
Back to your subject, I'd like to see a tournament or three tried locally and might push for some in the not too distant future.
Hu
** 9.1 Barbox straight pool **
maybe get leaguer's interested in straight pool.
They maybe bored of all that 8-ball stuff.
Your thoughts !
I have been thinking about this for a few years and would like to give it a try. Promote 9.1 by having regular tournaments and have some tables with only ten balls in them, a reduced price, and a sign on the wall designating them 9 ball, 10 ball, and 9.1 tables. I think the key would be having some decent paying tournaments to encourage people playing the game. One Pocket gets mighty popular when there is a weekly tournament.
If the tables aren't opened up or set up as I described in the first paragraph the catch is nobody is going to be happy throwing away five balls every rack and a solution would have to be found for that.
I'm not happy about it, I'd much rather see a return to 5x10's than more seven foot tables, but realistically it's easier to pay for the square footage that seven foot tables use. If the cost of square footage keeps going up I think bar tables or a similar small table may be the future of pool. The English black ball tables that are very small but with snooker style pockets make for some very interesting play according to some video I have seen.
Back to your subject, I'd like to see a tournament or three tried locally and might push for some in the not too distant future.
Hu
I play it. 5-10 racks just about every day. 15 balls are to cluttered on a 7' table for 14.1. It would get some interested in straight pool and advance to 14.1 on the 9' tables IMO. I play 3-6 hours a day on a 7' table at home. It gets boring to just practice one game all the time. I play 7-8 different games to not get bored. Johnnyt
PSiamonds don't have buckets for pockets and Valley's don't have to have either. Put a set of Ridgeback rails on it and add some shims and you have a lot harder playing table than the stock Valley.
PS
iamonds don't have buckets for pockets and Valley's don't have to have either. Put a set of Ridgeback rails on it and add some shims and you have a lot harder playing table than the stock Valley.
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WOW! Interesting. I have not heard of this before but after mulling over it I think it is a perfect game on a bar-box to get people familiar with the game of 14.1. It may not attract the attention of bar-box masters, who would probably get bored with it very quickly, but if you get people interested something new that can only be a good thing. Also, with the 10 ball rack you may come up with bar-box one pocket.
How long until someone comes in and says they can run 4500 in that game?
No, you rack it like 10-ball (triangular, not diamond-shaped, rack) with the headball missing.
The common mistake that players new to 9.1 make after leaving the 10th ball on the table, is to rack the remaining balls in a diamond, and after some strange looks from the onlookers, the racker goes "D'oh!"
-Sean
Thanks, I hadn't heard of that. I guess on a barbox it makes sense so the table isn't so cluttered.
It's a cool idea and it might be a good introdution to straight pool for complete beginners indeed, but then again I don't think beginners/novices would necessarily learn as much from shooting 9.1 Straight Pool as they would playing the full rack version, since there wouldn't be as much problems with obstacles like learning how to break up clusters, how to develope a good key ball or break ball, etc.
I guess that everyone has their preferences and my preference would be to see a return to 5x10 tables with heavy wool barbox cloth and 14.1 Straight Pool being the tournament game.
Jm2c fwiw
Willie
I guess that everyone has their preferences and my preference would be to see a return to 5x10 tables with heavy wool barbox cloth and 14.1 Straight Pool being the tournament game.
Jm2c fwiw
Willie
With 5+" pockets? Johnnyt
Hey Johnny, how's it goin?
Nope, 4 1/2" pockets with quick and preferably quiet ball return system :thumbup:
Willie
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We play 14:1 on my diamond 7'pro/am, the clusters and breaking them out make it interesting. I'll have to try it with 9:1 and see what the real playing difference is.