44 Breaks & Only 3 Chances

[markjames]

Mark,
Wrong. I'm on here alot. That idiot poster always - ALWAYS - trashes and bashes me. And for some reason he gets at times other people believing him. He's done it to me tons of times. And I've complained to a Mod about him. The mod admitted he was an a$$hole.

r/DCP

my point is that there are others here that say much much worse

 

[straightline]

The one ball on the head rail means maybe too full and too hard.
The one ball gone and hooked sideways center table on the two is more of a mystery.
How were the balls racked?

 

[VarmintKong]

I don’t know. Maybe he’s trolling. Maybe serious. I can’t know. But when no response is helpful…

 

[u12armresl]

I have decided not to respond to the OP anymore because of this. He can ignore this or take it as constructive. I decided not to make sarcastic or biting comments either. The OP doesn’t like them but maybe can’t see a relationship between what he posts and the responses they provoke. I don’t know. Maybe he’s trolling. Maybe serious. I can’t know. But when no response is helpful and maybe is harmful, why bother? Maybe shouldn’t bother reading the posts, but I probably will. I hope DCP figures it out.

He will (as evidence of 2 days ago) post a question that he himself asked on the forum previously.

Make a post saying, how can I contact (insert name or business) and literally if you were at Google.com and typed in that name and billiards or pool, the contact info would be the first hit.

One of his most recent was Joe Gold where even a forum search would turn up the answer, no need to even go to Google.

 

[9BallKY]

Uhhhhh, what?????

You were talking about how the balls were spread out. Those balls are spread out plenty good enough to run out. I know the position of the cue ball isn’t ideal but you’re not going to have a shot after every single break. Like I stated pros only break and run about 30% of the time. If they fail 70 % of the time then how often do you expect to fail?

Can you run out 30% of the time with BIH??

 

[Icon of Sin]

This pretty much happened again today. 40 breaks and only 3 decent chances to run out. Got out once, hosed up two.

I am starting to really look forward to getting that new Diamond Professional table installed in my rental property. It can't play any worse than this Gold Crown IV has over the last 20+ years.

r/DCP

Im looking forward to more of these posts when you are shooting on your new Diamond. Do you have another property you can put a Rasson just in case?

 

[eddieindetroit]

Just got done racking and breaking racks of 9-Ball on my Gold Crown IV. I counted and I broke 44 racks and only had three decent chances to run out. I got out once and hosed up the two others.

This has been going on for years and years and years. I know you posters are sick and tired of hearing it. But I've just about reached my wits end with this GCIV. It has to be a bad breaking table. And even when I did make a ball almost every time I had a real bad spread, literally no chance at all….

Trust your wing man Eddie on this one. What you need is one of those 8-foot Olhausen tables that none of the hustlers want to play pool on.
A Golden Oak eight footer would be perfect.
Just buy it.
I’ll teach you how to fix your break.
It’s simple really.

Eddie

 

[boogieman]

But to answer some of the questions:

I usually break off the rail on the right side. The right side facing the rack.
Aim point is the 1B square, trying to squat the CB.

Here's a couple of pics of spreads that are oh so typical:

With no other info than this picture, I'd guess you were hitting them too hard, causing the balls to collide and cause weirdness. Just absolutely smashing them will cause odd layouts. You want the balls to accelerate cleanly with as few collisions as possible. Like a smooth acceleration. I could be dead wrong, it's hard to tell from a couple photos but even if you watch the pros they often have no shot after break and use the push out.

Basically you want to find one break that works well then tweak it for consistency from there. Easier said than done though.

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

With no other info than this picture, I'd guess you were hitting them too hard, causing the balls to collide and cause weirdness. Just absolutely smashing them will cause odd layouts. You want the balls to accelerate cleanly with as few collisions as possible. Like a smooth acceleration. I could be dead wrong, it's hard to tell from a couple photos but even if you watch the pros they often have no shot after break and use the push out.

Basically you want to find one break that works well then tweak it for consistency from there. Easier said than done though.

You might have a point. Not sure I have ever tried the middle ground. I usually soft break them or hit them fairly hard. Maybe next time at the table I will try something in-between. Guess it can't hurt to try. Especially considering I am at my wits end with this table.

 

[boogieman]

You might have a point. Not sure I have ever tried the middle ground. I usually soft break them or hit them fairly hard. Maybe next time at the table I will try something in-between. Guess it can't hurt to try. Especially considering I am at my wits end with this table.

For real, try to take 5% off your hardest, then 10%, etc. Try different speeds until it starts looking better. Then at that point fine tune your speed and starting location/spin etc. Speed is super important on where the balls end up.