2008 AZ Straight Pool Challenge!

This thread always makes me feel a little like Charlie Brown at Halloween...

"What did you get?"
"I got a 167!"
"I got a 51!"
"I got a 403!"

Charlie Brown (me): "I got a ROCK!" :(

But I'm practicing...and by golly I'm going to beat my high of 9 if it kills me! :)
 
I'm playing fairly well lately. Put up a 134 a couple weeks ago and more recently a 101 with the first house cue I took off the wall ;).

- Steve
 
Steve Lipsky said:
recently a 101 with the first house cue I took off the wall ;).

- Steve
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Braggart..... JK! Hope all is well Steve, glad to see you are playing well.

As for me, still on my journey to the century mark (I think climbing Mount Everest would be an easier task, and I am a 275LB diabetic ;) ).
 
Wow nice start guys!

Almost over my depression of returning to cold grey blighty from sunny Asia! Just need a pool table a lottery win now and life will be good! :)

PS
You wouldnt be practising for a certain event in July now would u Steve! :p
 
count me in with a modest 20 as of today, that was the first day I played 14.1 seriously in 2008
 
That's only the first one.. :)

08-02-09: 18

My first half hour practice session at straight pool (after lot of years) and the best I could do was a poor 18 run.

Let's consider this a start..

Ciao.
 
Just started playing 14.1 last year. High run this year is 39. I hope to be posting a better one with video later :D .
 
Just got addicted to straght pool. Got a 20 on 2-7-08. Hope to get to a 40 or 50 by the end of the year.
 
EmeraldCoastHW said:
I hope to be recorded as most improved by years end. As of 02-11-2008 I have 10. (That's me, Mr. 10)
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EC,
You are obviously approaching this with the correct attitude.

It is very likely that you will be able to increase your high run by 50% or perhaps even 80%......let's see John Schmidt and Thorsten Hohmann do THAT (I don't think it likely).
 
My first day of straight pool in 2008, and my high was not more than 26. But I also made 22, 18 and 16, so I won my match pretty comfortable.

For the very first time of my life I actually enjoyed playing straight pool, so maybe my high run of 49 is about to die soon...
 
TheUnitaryValue,
Put me down for a paltry 41......but hell, I've got a whole year ahead of me.....maybe you should just put me down for a 527, I'm positive I can get there with just a little practice......on second thought just stick with the 41.
 
The second time I tried to play straight pool which was Feb 4th 2008 I had a high run of 14. I missed the break ball to complete my first full rack :(

BVal
 
Put me down for a 78 - in my garage, on my 9' Diamond Pro-Am (former IPT table), with 4 1/2" pockets, drinking a bottle of Evian, and listening to Dave Matthews :cool:

Ray
 
38 today.... jawed the key ball with nice position for my next break

oh well, tomorrow's another day
 
two 29's to start the year for me on my 9ft diamond. (today)

hadn't played straight in some time, so decided to play some 14-1. Still no BIG run and havent run my age on a 9fter yet. (30 ) There must be a 3pack coming soon, i just feel it. i'd LOVE to stroke a 50this year, but it will be a difficult target.

i got one run on video.

The second "lucky" one, i had a difficult breakball. Made it , free'd 1 ball, but i had a second breakshot to go back into the pack, made it and got stuck in the pack. (no neat in, neat out for me).
I tried a full table lenght bank to continu the 3the rack, but missed it by not much.
 
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TheOne said:
Sorry guys, life been bit hectic, will edit this and the 2007 thread ASAP, please post your 2008 runs here. (Hopefully we can get it changed to sticky again also)...
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Thanks for the work.

I had a 75 last night in league. It was one of those runs that should have been much shorter. I had two side-pocket breaks with ball in hand behind the line. On one of them, I hit the break ball too thin and missed the rack but nicked the corner after coming off the foot rail. One break ball was near a bottom corner of the rack -- maybe a ball and a half from the rack towards the corner pocket, and too low and too much cut for a normal break, so I caromed off the corner ball to make it. Twice I had bizarre kiss-combinations out of clusters. One break ball was a diamond above the side pocket with about a 10-degree cut, and I drew back to the rack.

The spot in the game was 140-50.

Our league has a high-run award, but it is prorated according to your rating. My "goal" is 98 or so, so this was 77% of my goal. Another player has a 37, but that is 90% of his goal, so he is leading the competition.
 
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I'm a 9 ball player but play straight every once in a while when my basement is dry. A couple weeks ago I ran 53 on my 8footer. I've only broke and ran 2 back to back in 9 ball and have broke and ran 4 straight in 8 ball on a bar table. Hope to add to this post later. Looking forward to seeing peoples high runs.
 
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