1C on a pool table

nataddrho said:

I was skeptical, but this is quite a challenge and is a lot of fun. It's my new favorite game off of a carom table...

As for the pockets, they are simply hazards. There is no consequence or penalty, just spot the balls on the foot spot. If you need to spot two balls, reset the opening break shot. All of the other rules of 1C apply.

You will find that the trade-off of not getting to bank on corners is made up for by playing position on a spotted ball. You end up playing more up-down table gather shots. The opening break plays short so you need to do something different, like come under the third ball.

Its impossible that I'm the first one to play this, but I haven't seen much literature on it.

Nate

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nataddrho said:

I was skeptical, but this is quite a challenge and is a lot of fun. It's my new favorite game off of a carom table...



As for the pockets, they are simply hazards. There is no consequence or penalty, just spot the balls on the foot spot. If you need to spot two balls, reset the opening break shot. All of the other rules of 1C apply.



You will find that the trade-off of not getting to bank on corners is made up for by playing position on a spotted ball. You end up playing more up-down table gather shots. The opening break plays short so you need to do something different, like come under the third ball.



Its impossible that I'm the first one to play this, but I haven't seen much literature on it.



Nate

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eihi said:

Those are nice

Although $980 seems excessive for what you are getting. I guess worth it if they work well, after you get them fitted to the table how hard are they to remove/or put back on after taking off?
Like can i go from pool to 3c fairly quickly then back to pool?

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nataddrho said:

I'm not particularly a big fan of cowboy. It is too easy to accumulate a large amount of points by sinking balls, and the loss-of-all-points rule prevents carom attempts.

One-cushion-hazards doesn't score for pocketed balls, but instead is strategic for re-setting a ball to the foot spot.

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nataddrho said:

I was skeptical, but this is quite a challenge and is a lot of fun. It's my new favorite game off of a carom table...

As for the pockets, they are simply hazards. There is no consequence or penalty, just spot the balls on the foot spot. If you need to spot two balls, reset the opening break shot. All of the other rules of 1C apply.

You will find that the trade-off of not getting to bank on corners is made up for by playing position on a spotted ball. You end up playing more up-down table gather shots. The opening break plays short so you need to do something different, like come under the third ball.

Its impossible that I'm the first one to play this, but I haven't seen much literature on it.

Nate

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