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Do you think its possible for Shane/Shaw/Wu/Chang to hold an amateur player to something like 3 total wins in a race to 100? Winner break, standard table, standard rules.
A lot of the super long pro races we've seen over the years become runaways, and then it seems the players don't care as much.
To combat that, what if you offered the top pro $1,000,000 if he could hold the amateur to X games. If the amateur got above X, the pro would be paid nothing.
How many games in this scenario do you think the top pro could hold a player to? I'm kind of thinking the Fargo odds would not hold up if the pro had a 1MM incentive to hold his man below X games.
Do you think the top pro should play extra conservative, and play safe if he is not 95% to make a shot? Or should he play looser and try to run 7 packs?
Shane vs Fargo 500 (C player)?
Shave vs Fargo 550 (B Player)?
Shane vs Fargo 600 (Low A Player)?
What do you think of 9/10 ball vs 8 ball? I think for the 500 and 550 level of player I listed above, almost the only way they'd win a game is if the pro dogged the money ball. Maybe that is more likely to happen with 9/10 ball than 8 ball?
My opinion is the pro should play tight, and grind it out. Don't leave any shot to chance. I think he could hold a 500 to 3 games, and a 550 to 5 games. A 600 to 9 games.
What say you?
Do you think its possible for Shane/Shaw/Wu/Chang to hold an amateur player to something like 3 total wins in a race to 100? Winner break, standard table, standard rules.
A lot of the super long pro races we've seen over the years become runaways, and then it seems the players don't care as much.
To combat that, what if you offered the top pro $1,000,000 if he could hold the amateur to X games. If the amateur got above X, the pro would be paid nothing.
How many games in this scenario do you think the top pro could hold a player to? I'm kind of thinking the Fargo odds would not hold up if the pro had a 1MM incentive to hold his man below X games.
Do you think the top pro should play extra conservative, and play safe if he is not 95% to make a shot? Or should he play looser and try to run 7 packs?
Shane vs Fargo 500 (C player)?
Shave vs Fargo 550 (B Player)?
Shane vs Fargo 600 (Low A Player)?
What do you think of 9/10 ball vs 8 ball? I think for the 500 and 550 level of player I listed above, almost the only way they'd win a game is if the pro dogged the money ball. Maybe that is more likely to happen with 9/10 ball than 8 ball?
My opinion is the pro should play tight, and grind it out. Don't leave any shot to chance. I think he could hold a 500 to 3 games, and a 550 to 5 games. A 600 to 9 games.
What say you?