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I'm not the fastest player in the world but I'd guess I average 20 seconds on obvious shots (when pattern play from ball to ball is elementary) and maybe 45 seconds on tough calls (questioning "should play safe?" versus "can I run out here?" / lengthy shots / thin cuts.
I know different areas have different 'strength of fields' but I'm an APA 6 in 8 Ball, an APA 7 in 9 ball, and have a Fargo of 480 (but I'm 6-3 this season so I think I'm a little low).
Anyway in my USAPL pool league a few weeks ago I got matched up with a 390 player. Now by no means am I trying to be disrespectful here but this match took us over 2.5 hours to complete. I've seen this player play before and I know this player intentionally slowed their play in order to irritate me - which it did. It took everything I had not to completely loose it and just forfeit the match. Our race was something like 70/45 I'd guess and I won on the hill.
I've seen this player play before and they are not this slow. I'm not exaggerating here but often times this player would take well over 90 seconds to shoot a straight in shot or the easiest of cuts. I did make some comments that were overheard by this player as I was complaining to some of my teammates about the slow play and in between racks this player eluded to "there isn't a time limit, that if they missed or left me easy I'd probably run out". I didn't acknowledge them because of how irritated I was.
We have the option of racking our own so after an 8 ball I racked. The CB was still close to the head spot so I used my cue to move whitey down towards the foot spot for the break and this player called foul. They went on to say I cannot touch CB with my cue and that I lost the break. I don't think they liked that while the 8 ball was still rolling in to the pocket I was already down on a knee grabbing balls and the rack - trying to get the show on the road.
My team captain stopped the match and a huge argument broke out between super 390 and my captain. Ultimately there was no foul and I broke. I knew there was no foul so I wasn't listening (pretending to ignore this silly argument and broke with my Z shaft instead of grabbing my boom stick. Ultimately there was no foul so I just kept shooting and ended up winning that rack in 1 or 2 innings.
This is a little bit of a rant...but what should I push in order to instill some kind of time limit in between shots in a USAPL league? 2.5 hours and 90 seconds between shots is ridiculous. Also. What do some of you do when playing slow players. I do not drink nor eat while playing pool. I do not like to look at my phone while playing pool. My eyes rarely if ever leave the table so this sort of slow play drives me crazy.
Super 390 is not a C player. This player has been around and knows exactly what they are doing on a pool table and what they did that night. Didn't get them the win though....
I know different areas have different 'strength of fields' but I'm an APA 6 in 8 Ball, an APA 7 in 9 ball, and have a Fargo of 480 (but I'm 6-3 this season so I think I'm a little low).
Anyway in my USAPL pool league a few weeks ago I got matched up with a 390 player. Now by no means am I trying to be disrespectful here but this match took us over 2.5 hours to complete. I've seen this player play before and I know this player intentionally slowed their play in order to irritate me - which it did. It took everything I had not to completely loose it and just forfeit the match. Our race was something like 70/45 I'd guess and I won on the hill.
I've seen this player play before and they are not this slow. I'm not exaggerating here but often times this player would take well over 90 seconds to shoot a straight in shot or the easiest of cuts. I did make some comments that were overheard by this player as I was complaining to some of my teammates about the slow play and in between racks this player eluded to "there isn't a time limit, that if they missed or left me easy I'd probably run out". I didn't acknowledge them because of how irritated I was.
We have the option of racking our own so after an 8 ball I racked. The CB was still close to the head spot so I used my cue to move whitey down towards the foot spot for the break and this player called foul. They went on to say I cannot touch CB with my cue and that I lost the break. I don't think they liked that while the 8 ball was still rolling in to the pocket I was already down on a knee grabbing balls and the rack - trying to get the show on the road.
My team captain stopped the match and a huge argument broke out between super 390 and my captain. Ultimately there was no foul and I broke. I knew there was no foul so I wasn't listening (pretending to ignore this silly argument and broke with my Z shaft instead of grabbing my boom stick. Ultimately there was no foul so I just kept shooting and ended up winning that rack in 1 or 2 innings.
This is a little bit of a rant...but what should I push in order to instill some kind of time limit in between shots in a USAPL league? 2.5 hours and 90 seconds between shots is ridiculous. Also. What do some of you do when playing slow players. I do not drink nor eat while playing pool. I do not like to look at my phone while playing pool. My eyes rarely if ever leave the table so this sort of slow play drives me crazy.
Super 390 is not a C player. This player has been around and knows exactly what they are doing on a pool table and what they did that night. Didn't get them the win though....
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