8ball Or 9ball, What Is Ur Fav Game?

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preferd game

  • 8BALL

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • 9BALL

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • ONEPOCKET

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • OTHER

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Total voters
    14
I like 8 Ball. 9 Ball is too much about pocketing and 1 Pocket is a little slow, although I love the game! 8 Ball however takes the best of both disciplines and necesitates the use of common sense. I recently matched up with a kid playing 8 Ball on the eight footers at Donalds in Stockton, CA. He had a better stroke than me but tried to play "9 Ball 8 Ball" and didn't have a chance, I beat him 8 out of 10 games for the cheese. I guess your favorite game is dictated by what you do well in pool.
 
Since I like Chess..........One pocket has to be my game of choice. 2nd would be Straight Pool. Followed by brain dead 9 ball as the guy up there said. Then 4th would be clutered up 8 ball. MY OPINION! LOL
 
"Cluttered up 8 Ball!!" I like that...It slows down the 9 Ball shooters, that what I like about it...1 pocket is a great game and so is 14.1, I wish they played more of either one on the West Coast.
 
i do believe well played one pocket best combines the players ability, creativity, and intelligence more so than any other game.....when i match up with a player, i play one pocket or 8 ball unless im stealing playing 9 ball, and even then i would rather give a big spot and play one pocket, just to be playing one pocket.....i have one guy i play in straight pool, but other than him its a dead game around here.....in my twisted view, in a game of 9 ball, the table tells you how you have to play and i dont wanna be told what to do by no stinkin pool table
 
I like 9-ball better than eight I play them both. Not many people play anything else around here so it's hard to voice an opinion on games I don't play much. I have played one pocket as well as 14-1 and like them very much. Just can't find anyone around here that wants to play and even if I could I wouldn't do very well as I haven't played them that much to be comfortable with them.
 
IMO.
Comparitvely speaking, 9 ball is far more challenging than 8 ball. I hardly ever see people play 8 ball just for fun anymore; only beginners (- this is what I see) it seems. Besides, 8 ball clears so much easier than 9 ball. I think this has largely to do with the fact that you have a much wider margin for error.

9 ball requires far more finess, and leaves a smaller room for error. Granted, there are aspects to the game which can be extremely frustrating, especially those things that seem beyond your control. But have you ever strung 15 racks in a row like Niels Feijen? Do you know how much skill, concentration, insight, and dynamic play that requires? How much do you blame your own inablities on the game, or at how others play the game?

uhh... this message is directed generally.


fti
 
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Actually, I think 10-ball is becoming one of my favorite games. It addresses nearly all of the problems that exist in nine-ball while maintaining a relatively quick, easy-to-watch format that's good for television. With all that said, I still love 14.1. Always have, always will.


Jude
 
Respectfully to fti....I don't agree that 9 ball is much more challenging than 8 ball. It seems to me that 9 ball, for the most part, dictates to the player the correct way to run a rack. There is only one ball that can be shot at thus taking away alot of the decision making responsibilities from the shooter. Granted, most of the time in 8 ball the decision as to which ball to take is obvious but you still have to make a judgement nonetheless. I just think 9 ball favors the best ball pocketers, not the best movers and I believe there is much more to this game than just pocketing balls. The reason I like 8 ball to gamble at is because I win or lose on the decisions I make, not on the continuous racks I can run.
 
I can't stand 8-ball. How can a player player play shape for one ball and get out of line then turn 180 degrees and shoot another ball? Then there are the rules desparity.
Do you lose if you scratch the cueball but miss the 8-ball?
Guess what? Most would say yes. Is the table open after the break? Have a good argument there. If you happen to play a player who knows the rules, you'll probably end up losing anyway because you have a more difficult layout. Why can't both players play the same layout? :D In 9-ball you always do.
9-ball is perfect for gambling if you can't play one-hole or straight-pool.
Now, if only ROTATION is still played...
 
marcswisher said:
Respectfully to fti....I don't agree that 9 ball is much more challenging than 8 ball. It seems to me that 9 ball, for the most part, dictates to the player the correct way to run a rack. There is only one ball that can be shot at thus taking away alot of the decision making responsibilities from the shooter. Granted, most of the time in 8 ball the decision as to which ball to take is obvious but you still have to make a judgement nonetheless. I just think 9 ball favors the best ball pocketers, not the best movers and I believe there is much more to this game than just pocketing balls. The reason I like 8 ball to gamble at is because I win or lose on the decisions I make, not on the continuous racks I can run.
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You could argue this both ways.

But let me tell you this though, if I play Niels Feijen I would have a greater change at beating him at nine ball rather than 8 ball, eventhough I run racks easier with 8 ball.

Recently we in Amsterdam have had the pleasure of having a Filipino player visit us. No ranking, and unknow, but boy can he play! If you watched him play, you would almost definetely take back your opinion of 9 ball dictating the player; this guy dictates the game.

But I certainly respect your opinion and a discussion such as this is interesting.

fti
 
I can't stand 8-ball. How can a player player play shape for one ball and get out of line then turn 180 degrees and shoot another ball?
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That is the exact reason I like 9-ball better and let's see here.
It seems to me that 9 ball, for the most part, dictates to the player the correct way to run a rack.
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There are tons of decisions you have to make in 9-ball you have to decide how you are going to get position on the next ball, what pocket to shoot that ball in, whether to shoot a combo or play a safety, the list goes on and on. Yes some layouts are totally obvious but some aren't and what happens when you get out of line? In 8-ball you just shoot another ball in 9-ball you are hard pressed to either recover or give up the table hopefully with a well played safety to get back to the table.
 
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