The Problem
I believe that short races can have a big effect. For example the Derby in my opinion is a joke with races to 7. And i realize that there are 400 or so players playing. I think the pros should play single elimination race to 21. That way no one has any room for complaining. The other reason there is such a luck factor is the format that nine ball is played today. I'm talking about ball in hand and no push out anytime. That has changed the game completely. With the old format the better player is going to win 90 percent of the time.
I believe that short races can have a big effect. For example the Derby in my opinion is a joke with races to 7. And i realize that there are 400 or so players playing. I think the pros should play single elimination race to 21. That way no one has any room for complaining. The other reason there is such a luck factor is the format that nine ball is played today. I'm talking about ball in hand and no push out anytime. That has changed the game completely. With the old format the better player is going to win 90 percent of the time.