Does anyone know what the highest run on a table with 4.5” pockets is? Charles
Competition or practice?Does anyone know what the highest run on a table with 4.5” pockets is? Charles
Competition or practice?
4.5x9 or some other size?
Witnessed or rumored?
Recorded or just witnessed?
You may want to consider Joshua Filler's 285 at the 2019 DCC 14.1 Challenge. It was on a 4.5x9 Diamond with 4.5" corner pockets. There is video of it. It was done under official rules -- "all ball fouls" -- although it was not a match.
I've tried to get information a few times on Thomas Engert's run of 491 on a 9-foot table -- when, where, table details, spectators, etc.? sfleinen provided some good info a few months ago. Based on a now-gone Engert website, and a conversation with him at an early Dragon 14.1 event, Sean said it was "a Dynamic-II table with tour-cut pockets." But I still don't know the actual pocket size.
I've tried to get information a few times on Thomas Engert's run of 491 on a 9-foot table -- when, where, table details, spectators, etc.? sfleinen provided some good info a few months ago. Based on a now-gone Engert website, and a conversation with him at an early Dragon 14.1 event, Sean said it was "a Dynamic-II table with tour-cut pockets." But I still don't know the actual pocket size.
Here's the full match of that memorable 2006 final between Engert and Hohmann:The tail end of Engert's career coincided with the beginning of that of Thorsten Hohmann, and they had a memorable clash in the finals of the 2006 WPA Sanctioned World 14.1 Championships, which was won by Hohmann.
I believe this to be the answer.. Engert's run, which was over fifteen years ago, of 491, which I, too, discussed with him, was not on silly tight equipment, but was on 4 1/2" pockets. Terms like tour-cut and pro-cut pockets need to be dismissed as their meaning changes with time.
Engert, a many time winner of the European Straight Pool Championships, was a world beater. He played a bit below Oliver Ortmann, but was certainly comparable to any other European straight pooler off his day.
The tail end of Engert's career coincided with the beginning of that of Thorsten Hohmann, and they had a memorable clash in the finals of the 2006 WPA Sanctioned World 14.1 Championships, which was won by Hohmann.
EPBF pro cut pockets are 11.5 cm. which is 4.5"