New Practice Game 7-UP - Thoughts?
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Another pool game that uses combinations of two colors..... www.sfbilliards.com/miscellaneous.htm
The game rules for COLORS can be found under file #39.
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Thank for the post, Ralph. I'd be interested in contacting the inventor of Colors to show him my version. They are essentially the same game concept, but mine has slightly different rules and was not created to be a competition game, only for practice.
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I really like this game. I've played it for a few hours since the thread started and I've played for another few hours today. Managed 3 7s on the bounce today straight off the bat so I gave the no BIH a go. It was tough, very tough actually. Planning has to be a lot more strict, and you need to get into those clusters off the 8 ball instead of leaving it for the first colour. I managed several 6s and two 7s in two hours and a bit. A lot of luck was involved in them aswel, which shows how tough it is.
For the beginners its excellent to get them thinking in 3 ball patterns. And gets your position on a clustered table brushed up. Overall its a very good game to play by yourself, for people of all levels. I doubt anyone, even the worldies finding it easy to score 7s with no BIH. Good job on coming up with this
For the beginners its excellent to get them thinking in 3 ball patterns. And gets your position on a clustered table brushed up. Overall its a very good game to play by yourself, for people of all levels. I doubt anyone, even the worldies finding it easy to score 7s with no BIH. Good job on coming up with this
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I really like this game. I've played it for a few hours since the thread started and I've played for another few hours today. Managed 3 7s on the bounce today straight off the bat so I gave the no BIH a go. It was tough, very tough actually. Planning has to be a lot more strict, and you need to get into those clusters off the 8 ball instead of leaving it for the first colour. I managed several 6s and two 7s in two hours and a bit. A lot of luck was involved in them aswel, which shows how tough it is.
For the beginners its excellent to get them thinking in 3 ball patterns. And gets your position on a clustered table brushed up. Overall its a very good game to play by yourself, for people of all levels. I doubt anyone, even the worldies finding it easy to score 7s with no BIH. Good job on coming up with this
Pidge, I'm glad you are enjoying the game.
One thing I have definitely found is it can be a good indication of how 'easy' a table is. I don't know what equipment you have, but I have only scored one 7 on my table at home (although I can't play very much nowadays). My home table is a 9' Diamond Professional shimmed to 4" pockets. When I tried it at a pool hall on an 8' table with bucket pockets, I scored back to back 7s and a 6 out of the gate.
-Pooligan
I play too much, if that's possible :-(. My home table is a K Steel 9ft shimmed with 4.25 inch pockets.
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COLORS can also be played as a practice game.
The 8 spots on center table.. only after it pockets.
A direct link... www.sfbilliards.com/Misc/colors_game.pdf
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Yeah I like this idea a lot. I do something less structured now when I’m warming up, just toss out all 15 and find medium tough 3 ball patterns, last ball leading to the next 3 but I want to give this a go. Pool is great.