7-Ball

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Happened to watch 7-ball last night. Danny Harriman and I forget who. Don't really like 7-ball, seems more of a practice drill than a real game. Anyway, between watching that and switching to the football game I happened to catch Danny break and make 6 balls. He then was left with a pretty tough 88 or so degree cut on the 7. But he did make it.

So the question is. Has anyone ever made all 7 balls on the break? And after spotting the 7 was he able to make it?

Jake
 
I love to play 7-ball, good money game.

Myself i have never seen anyone make all 7 on the break, but that don't mean it aint happend.
 
I was there! the crowd went nuts!!! the most balls ive seen made on the break in a rotation game.
 
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I am a old man but played a lot of pool, when we played 7 ball the none breaker choose side of table to make 7 in .anyone played this way? stick
 
Thats what I was wondering
Interesting to see that it seems rare to see all 7 balls run out..

And I'm thinking that it has to do with choosing side of table to pocket 7 in, or specific pocket.
Or is there some other rule or aspect of the game I'm missing
 
Stick, I first saw it on tv some years ago
and that's how I've always played it.
Good game. I've beaten some guys
in that game who would kill me in 9 ball.
 
Seven ball is an ok game. I dont think it should be played with a large field such as the us-open or any tournament of that size but smaller tournaments like the espn zone is ok,
 
I believe 7 ball is too easy for the pros, especially ball in hand on a missed shot if you don't call your 1 safety. Closest game I have seen to an all offense game.
I would like to see the pros play rotation. Of course Efren would probably win all those tournaments
 
Just watched a 7-ball match on ESPN or ESPN2 a couple of days ago where the player sank 5 or 6 balls on the break!
 
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I watched the match on ESPN that you're referring to regarding Herriman making 6 on the break. He lost the match by the way. He lost to Hoheman, the guy that won at Cardiff. Archer won the finals by beating Hoheman in two sets. Archer was 4 balls just about every time he broke. His break definitely contributed to his win. He played pretty damn good too! I kind of liked the game. It puts more pressure on the players to play offense. You have only one safe call and if you miss a shot after that, the other player gets ball-in-hand. Tough game!
 
I don't see the game being tough at all for those guys. The average break was at least 2 balls. And the pros can run 5 or less balls ~99% of the time. If it was winner breaks , then there would be matches where the guy who loses the opening break wouldn't get one shot.

Kinda like chess grandmasters playing checkers just to speed it up for ESPN.
 
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I heard somewhere that 7-ball was originally invented by Seagram's 7 for a promotional tour between Fats and Mosconi. Since Fats could bank better they came up with this game to make things more even between Fats and Mosconi. The non-breaker called which side of the table the 7 had to be made on, hence it was usually a bank to win thing. Anyone else ever heard that or know a little more??
 
If you call a safe, and you only have one safe per game, and you miss the ball, the other player has to play as the balls lay. If you don't call safe and miss the ball, the other player has ball in hand.
 
Stick8,

I think ESPN say that they created 7-Ball. I don't think they did, becuase 7-Ball was mentioned in Steve Mizerak's book, which was before 2000 when the first Sudden Death 7-Ball took place. Also, I think the way you said you used to play 7-Ball is the corrrect way, and and ESPN probably changed the rules, if prefer 7-Ball calling the pocket before the break.
 
The young kids use to play 7 ball at our poolhall in 1990, so it has been around for a while. I never played it, because at the time I was more interested in playing straight pool and tournament 9 ball.
 
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