Dont get pissy just because someone (me) pointed out that NOBODY can win that bet.....nobody on the planet!
$100,000 prize to run 627 balls
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Dont get pissy just because someone (me) pointed out that NOBODY can win that bet.....nobody on the planet!
So it is for $100,000 or for $1 million stated in your 3rd sentence? I assume that was a typo on your part as it is obviously a huge difference? I assume you define per attempt as just one opportunity with ball-in-hand to start until you miss? That's not much of a gamble on your part and you won't have any takers. Now if you give them a set period of say one day - 12 hours, to accomplish the run, unlimited attempts, $100 to win $10,000 or $1,000 to win $100,000, that would be a little more enticing, but you'll have to prove you have the $$ on hand up front to pay it out if it happens! Also, as a run of that length will take 4+ hours, the player is allowed to complete the current run they are on when the clock strikes 12 hours, otherwise they'd only really have +/- 8 hours to accomplish it.
We have 2 incredibly tough / tight tables in our room - a 9-footer with 4-1/8" pockets and a 10-footer with 4-1/4" pockets. I've thought seriously of offering any player a $1,000 buy-in to win $10,000 if they can successfully run 20 consecutive racks of 14.1 (280 balls) on either table of their choice, 12 hours of unlimited attempts plus allowance to end current run if over 12 hours. I seriously doubt anyone could do it on either of these tables, but at this point, unlike yourself, I just can't afford the $10,000 to risk potentially losing on such a proposition.
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JC
Coos Cues
Fools gold.............4.5 pockets and JS had 5'' pockets. That's like night and day.
Well, i stand corrected but, he is in a class by himself because the rest of us (all of man kind) would have a loser.
So all a pool player has to do is find a backer.:thumbup:
I want to see what happens when the player burns through $50k on the first three days with high runs of "only" 472, 390, and 345. Is that the right time to double the bet?
You said 627 before. Are you changing the proposition?
The usual for high-run competitions is to start from a more or less usual break shot for 14.1 with cue ball and one object ball placed as desired.
John Schmidt was usually starting with a standard side-of-the-rack break shot. He did try one break shot with the object ball straight in along the head rail and played it as a full masse shot, but it didn't work out well. :smile:
At DCC many started with the object ball on the center spot.
Here is the start of a 421 run (with an extra break shot from a failed run at the start)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwwoFcbK4Ls
Quick correction: It was Don Owen, not Bob Owen. Don founded OB cues.
Bob Owen is a cuemaker in Wichita, KS, and is Gabe’s dad. :thumbup:
Will Prout
Most ive witnessed started with ob at center table with BIH.
Hahahahaahahahahahahahha , funniest post ever.
Your correct but about exhibitions but, when talking about coming to table after opponent misses vs just taking ball in hand with ghost play, consider the following:
My high is 156 and my average daily high is ~60 to ~70ish with a bad day being 40ish.
Ok, your my opponent, you break and scratch, if im having a bad day, im gonna run "up to" 40ish at best and miss.
If its a good day, well, i will run "up to" 60, 70ish or more but, ......not "every inning" (just to be clear). There would, as always be innings that end with 14 or less balls and then SAFETY battle.
Point being is an opponent doesn't matter to me.......PERIOD. I dont care WHO they are, not one damn bit. As a matter of fact, the better my opponent, the more likely ill see "my" best play. Doesn't mean ill win but, at least "ill play better" win or lose.
What does matter and what does affect me? Whew.....it is the BET! If the bet gets out of my comfortable zone, well, like most mortals, my numbers and safes plummet.
The BET is what puts pressure on me. Ive played people that are capable of running 150 and out on any given day but, i still put up 70+ ball runs when they did finaly miss or shoot a weak safe. Sure, the safe being weak or the missed shot was rare but, thems the rolls even for the elite, why?
That little piece of chalk the cue ball hits and causes it to curve, doesn't care whos holding the cue.
A FYI:
I know a couple of players that will intentionally put chalk bits on table as well as make table unlevel on purpose before playing a very strong 14.1 player.
Does that chalk bits etc..etc and them knowing ahead of time help them beat world beaters? Nope, but ive seen weak "a" level players take down strong shortstops by doing it when the race was to ~75. Seen that several times. Lol....the shortstop always figures it out but, its almost always to late. Its usually the last match they'll play on that table or with that person. Again though, thems the rolls when gambling with stranger's on a strange to you table.
Aint life grand?
Jeff