the filipino money match / streaming outfit sharks tried that. it was boring to watch with that rule imo
9-Ball needs to be fixed
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the filipino money match / streaming outfit sharks tried that. it was boring to watch with that rule imo
Were the resulting safety battles the problem?
there wasn't much flow to the game and too much pondering
9ball was invented/designed to be a GAMBLING game, pool's version of throwing dice. All these years of lame attempts to 'tournament-ize' it have been a joke. Just play 10ball as kgb stated. I for one love the rat-a-tat action of all out 9ball. I think winning on the break is exciting fk, fans love it too.
Ahhh... So, add a 20-second shot clock, which should be done anyway.
20 second? I think that’s way too short. I actually think Pat Fleming had it right with his 40 second clock.
40sec and NO fkng extension. More than enough time to play a shot.
I think that if the pro players had a 20 second clock, they would learn to deal with it and the level of play would not drop significantly. Well, it might drop for some.
In the snooker shootout, they play with a 15-second shot clock for the first 5 minutes of a frame and then a 10-second shot clock and no time outs. Here is a player shooting a perfect 147 under those conditions. He doesn't look rushed. He does get a little extra time as the ref has to spot balls a lot.
9ball and 10ball were plenty different twenty-five years ago, but ....
These days, with WNT 9ball events having tighter pockets and a narrower break box than Predator PBS 10ball events, I'm struggling more and more to see the difference between the two games other than the call shot feature. The break and run percentages are pretty similar, and each game requires a lot of defense and tactical play. WNT has, surely unintentionally, been guilty of the "10ballization" of 9ball in recent years.
As someone who frequently attends both 9ball and 10ball events live, nobody is going to convince me that one game requires significantly more skill than the other.
i didn't like it at first but imo the pred 10ball events are much more enjoyable to watch than your average wnt stuff.
Is the one ball a major part of that?
I've always wanted to play this way. I always get met with the "fans want to see pros run packages" argument.
Huh??? Have no clue here. I like the format, shorts sets and a shootout. No time to fk around, you have to come with it right out of the gate.
Actually, I love the set format and agree that it adds a lot of excitement. No deficit is insurmountable in the race to four format. If I'm watching a race to 9 and it is 5-1, I often walk to another table and watch that match.
I see alternate break as just another example of how event producers might be willing to pander to the players and thereby reduce the entertainment value of the pro pool product. The fans love packages. As you correctly note, however, the short set format gets rid of this issue.
My understanding is that can go 3-4, 4-3 and then 3-3 before reaching a shootout, so that's 20 racks + a shootout.
I can take it or leave it here. I've never been a big fan of extended length finals in any sport. Wimbledon doesn't need them. Why should pool?
I agree that the finals should be best of 5 sets, but count me in the camp that doesn’t like sets to begin with. It hasn’t grown on me.
DieselPete
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My issue with sets, and this is true of tennis as well, is that we can watch a person win fewer games and win the match. That, in pool, is weird to me.
0-4, 4-3, 3-3, and win the shootout. The winner lost 7-10, in games, and split 1-1-1 in sets.