Hi Guys,
I played a little yesterday on a diamond at Kolby's in Tempe, Az and managed to run 116. (Previous diamond high of 84).
I play 14.1 on this table for a couple of hours every 2 weeks, but there is not too much interest from the locals with this game. (I would certainly love to play more 14.1 but spend approx 95% of my table time playing 1 pocket).
Unfortunately no video. The run was clean with just one ball into the middle at about 80 something degrees and having to let the cue fly.
I got pretty fortunate that I had another shot which leads me to a question for the players here who frequently run "100"s......how often in runs that result in at least a 100 balls do you encounter a point where you have to "get lucky" to continue shooting?
I could be wrong, but most high runs that I see, invariably have that fortuitous "bump" that could just have easily ended the run. I'm not saying it's good or bad luck but sometimes a few millimeters off with whitey is the deciding factor.
I do believe however, that to consistently post 150 plus ball runs, the need to eliminate these potential "run- stoppers" is crucial, i.e. minimize these "hoping for the right outcome" situations.
Thorsten Hohmann comes to mind as perhaps the individual that best exemplifies this attribute of leaving almost nothing to chance.
Comments?
Thanks. Bernie Pettipiece.
I played a little yesterday on a diamond at Kolby's in Tempe, Az and managed to run 116. (Previous diamond high of 84).
I play 14.1 on this table for a couple of hours every 2 weeks, but there is not too much interest from the locals with this game. (I would certainly love to play more 14.1 but spend approx 95% of my table time playing 1 pocket).
Unfortunately no video. The run was clean with just one ball into the middle at about 80 something degrees and having to let the cue fly.
I got pretty fortunate that I had another shot which leads me to a question for the players here who frequently run "100"s......how often in runs that result in at least a 100 balls do you encounter a point where you have to "get lucky" to continue shooting?
I could be wrong, but most high runs that I see, invariably have that fortuitous "bump" that could just have easily ended the run. I'm not saying it's good or bad luck but sometimes a few millimeters off with whitey is the deciding factor.
I do believe however, that to consistently post 150 plus ball runs, the need to eliminate these potential "run- stoppers" is crucial, i.e. minimize these "hoping for the right outcome" situations.
Thorsten Hohmann comes to mind as perhaps the individual that best exemplifies this attribute of leaving almost nothing to chance.
Comments?
Thanks. Bernie Pettipiece.
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