2015 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

dmgwalsh said:
Steve: It looks like you are playing fairly well these days. Are you going to get into one of the qualifiers? I know you got in them a few years back.
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Thanks Dennis !!

I ran a 72 last night while warming up for my league match as well.

I am still on the fence about the qualifiers, not sure if i can get the week off from work the week of the worlds. really hoping i can !!

if not i will be there 1 or 2 days to spectate, hopefully some of my buddies from my room are gonna come to sweat it as well. would love for you to meet them, they are a great bunch of guys !

-Steve
 
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Darren appleton broke his record
25 june 2015 - 295 balls

Ivo Aerts broke his record
8 march 2015 - 210 balls

(not sure where to alltime highscore post/link was, but any 200+ run is always nice to keep as a record)
 
Solartje said:
Darren appleton broke his record
25 june 2015 - 295 balls

Ivo Aerts broke his record
8 march 2015 - 210 balls

(not sure where to alltime highscore post/link was, but any 200+ run is always nice to keep as a record)
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Darren's new high run is 294 if I understand correctly - he missed the break ball and later quipped on FB that he can't count… :wink:

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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My buddy and I have been practicing a couple times a week, I ran my high so far of 35 on June 27th.

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Ran a 60 today on a dirty table, tight pockets, bouncy rails, humid cloth and ball bangers screaming on every table around me. Quite a feat actually considering the circumstances:thumbup:
 
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Thanks Steve.... no video, I just don't do that any longer. I have not played good at all for a long time. Since I went to Fairfax, I have become interested in playing again. I just got a new prescription for contacts in the past week or so and it seems to hit the nail on the head for the first time. I am finally playing to where I have always known that I could.
 
I sort of ran a 70 or so.
I ran 30 something then missed and then ran another 30 something.
I really don't count them.
Running a couple of racks is no big deal.
 
Side Pocket said:
It's been 7 months since I played 14.1, I started playing again two days ago. Tonight I ended up running a 108 on my 10 foot brunswick. Please add me to the list, here is the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9vTsarRDRw
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Oh baby, a 10-footer! How I love those (and wish there were any at all in this country)! Among other, one can immediately see one of the major advantages I'm always teaching my students, which is that there's almost never any congestion in the area between the foot rail and rack area (i.e. below the stack) the larger the playing surface (= I'll always make a case that Straight Pool isn't easier on a small table, different at best, possibly even annoying depending on the player's mind set, similarly to bar-table 8-Ball). Call me crazy, but I've always wished that instead of changing the equipment in multiple other ways, we should simply have gone back to the treasured old 10-footers… Having said all this, sorry about my rambling, and congratulations on your run! :cool:

(May one ask what cloth you're using? Table looks pretty fast, nothing like what tables play here given the current heat and humidity?)

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
 
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acousticsguru said:
Oh baby, a 10-footer! How I love those (and wish there were any at all in this country)! Among other, one can immediately see one of the major advantages I'm always teaching my students, which is that there's almost never any congestion in the area between the foot rail and rack area (i.e. below the stack) the larger the playing surface (= I'll always make a case that Straight Pool isn't easier on a small table, different at best, possibly even annoying depending on the player's mind set, similarly to bar-table 8-Ball). Call me crazy, but I've always wished that instead of changing the equipment in multiple other ways, we should simply have gone back to the treasured old 10-footers… Having said all this, sorry about my rambling, and congratulations on your run! :cool:

(May one ask what cloth you're using? Table looks pretty fast, nothing like what tables play here given the current heat and humidity?)

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
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I use 860HR and my pool room is air conditioned with a dehumidifier. I re-stretched my cloth a couple of months ago, opened the windows and doors on a hot humid day allowing the clothe to expand, re-stretched the cloth, closed everything up and turned AC and dehumidifier back on. The cloth tightened up so much it feels like it is glued to the slate. Moving forward when I replace the cloth I will do so on a hot humid day, works great.
 
Side Pocket said:
I use 860HR and my pool room is air conditioned with a dehumidifier. I re-stretched my cloth a couple of months ago, opened the windows and doors on a hot humid day allowing the clothe to expand, re-stretched the cloth, closed everything up and turned AC and dehumidifier back on. The cloth tightened up so much it feels like it is glued to the slate. Moving forward when I replace the cloth I will do so on a hot humid day, works great.
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Great advice, should really learn to do this myself (my bad back's kept me from trying so far)! Same cloth I use, by the way, but I seem to remember shots in your video where the cue ball hits the stack on a secondary break shot, follows to the side rail, comes back a couple two feet to hits the top remaining balls of the stack again, and actually rolls right through it all (parting the Sea, so to speak), freeing itself from the cluster a second time. That would, given the heat and humidity (and consequently dirt and stick factor) be impossible here right now, no matter what speed and quality of follow one hits the cue ball with - the cue ball would just die upon hitting the stack a second time. In winter, perfectly feasible, in summer, no way…

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
 
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