American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship (Oct 24-29), Norfolk, Winner $10K
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Yes, that was a poor choice of words on my part. LOL,
Max has always been one of my personal favorites. We caught up at length at the recently completed US Open in Atlantic City. I once gave him a lesson in 14.1 defense just before one of the Dragon 14,1 events. I think it was in 2010.Max lived with me for about 6 months in Vegas. We’ve played a lot. I was just happy he had a good solid win today. 125-40 I think. Idk what his hi run was.
Great tourney!
I can’t play a lick of 14.1 but I really enjoy watching it.
Hope your good Stu
I would of enjoyed being part of this, cut my teeth on 14.1 up until the 80's, it then went away to other gambling games.
i doubt FSR practices straight pool at all if he made a personal high run in his first match. impressive play though, his confidence is super high atm
Badpenguin
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Doing digital stats for straight pool seems far different than any other pool game, I imagine. It would probably fit best on the players page, if it can be done at all.
He played a lot of 14.1 at my house when he practiced alone which was often. One thing he likes to practice was the Buddy Hall style as he referred to it-and keep his CB on a super short leash as much as possible. Sometimes he’d try and not hit a cushion for as long as possible with the CB-obviously high runs weren’t the objective. The idea was to make as many and work the stack to squeeze as much out of it as possible while never sending the CB to a cushion.
He also practiced shooting all 15 into one pocket from the break, the break is split the 2nd & 3rd ball and get the CB up past the side out to the center of the table. I watched him run 15 many times doing that. A few were/are on his YouTube channel.
He’s very disciplined and has always worked on his game.
Fun times.
Best
Fatboy
Badpenguin
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YouTube coverage appears to have moved to the Digital Pool YouTube Channel. Pagulayan vs De Luna coming up next.
GentlemanJames
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This is current problem with the entire world-of-pool today = No big-time commercial sponsors putting up heavy weight purses; with, the associated mainstream TV media promotion.
Without sponsors like: "Big Tobacco, Big Alcohol, Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big Auto, etc.", and, without old school 'ABC Wide World of Sports' or ESPN level hype, promotion, and coverage, we are doomed to little purses, less exposure, and, less presence in the big world outside the little world of pool - and it is that big world which ultimately determines the future of our little world of pool. - GJ
there's also the factor of attention span. i doubt straight pool will ever be palatable for TV channels and their audiences, simply because it is perceived as too slow.
Badpenguin
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Somehow it works with snooker in the UK. If you ask me, snooker is at least as slow, if not slower, than straight pool.
Did someone say, Peter Ebdon? Many of today's players are quick except in really tough situations. Like Ronnie. Compare and contrast:
As for 14.1, it's possible to use a shot clock. Maybe they should.
I would agree generally, but alternating between reds and colours makes snooker easier for casual fans to follow. With 14.1, if you don’t know the game, it can look a bit haphazard and random. It doesn’t help when commentators struggle to predict the players patterns. And that is common, because I feel like many commentators are trying to apply classical 14.1 thinking to 9 ball players who have a more unorthodox approach. Personally, I’d hate to commentate 14.1. because the players would make me sound silly.
And Filler gets the high run 126-and-out and then continues to 216. I heard that there's a $1000 for highest continuation run.
I am reminded of when Warren Kiamco had a qualifying attempt at the DCC 14.1 Challenge. It took him one hour and forty minutes to run 97. It was in about 2010. It was not easy to watch.Snooker is not as slow as De Luna plays straight pool*.
* Ebdon excepted.
Seems like that attention span is getting shorter. I’m noticing more posts referring to “unwatchable” because the players are too slow.
A analog game in a digital world……
Yes, I think most of us would be very happy if it was Shaw vs Filler in the final of this event.Seems like that attention span is getting shorter. I’m noticing more posts referring to “unwatchable” because the players are too slow.
A analog game in a digital world……