Anybody play any Pool 300 at the SBE?

cookie man said:
The question is "how big is pool 300 across the country"? Funny was meant as sarcastic, as is pool 300 big enough and popular enough that the apa would have to develop a similar game to compete against it.
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Dave,

I think they have attempted to start this Strike 6 previously in MD. I can remember talking to Terry about this somewhere between 2000 and 2003 and him wanting to start it back then.

He said, at that time, that it was a new concept that they were wanting to try and I believe that he said that he had developed the game.

I could be mistaken about him developing it because it was quite a long time ago, but I believe that is correct.
 
JDB...Just FYI, Pool 300 is not Strike 6. Pool 300 was conceived by the founder of OB Cues.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

JDB said:
Dave,

I think they have attempted to start this Strike 6 previously in MD. I can remember talking to Terry about this somewhere between 2000 and 2003 and him wanting to start it back then.

He said, at that time, that it was a new concept that they were wanting to try and I believe that he said that he had developed the game.

I could be mistaken about him developing it because it was quite a long time ago, but I believe that is correct.
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Scott Lee said:
JDB...Just FYI, Pool 300 is not Strike 6. Pool 300 was conceived by the founder of OB Cues.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Scott,

Thanks, I am aware there is a difference between the games. I currently live in Dallas and know a lot of the people who are developing it in this area although not necessarily the founder.

I was only trying to address Cookieman's comments about Strike 6 since we both played in Terry Justice's league when I lived back in MD.
 
Hey Scott: Over the whole week, i had 147 tries. I got 58 emails and probably 100 of the 147 were original players, not repeats. had a lot of people tht enjoyed it and came every day once or twice. it was a good show. had several people express interest in starting a league and have been following up with them.
 
June 1st will be here before you know it so anyone interested in getting aleague started for this year please get with me soon
 
Very small right now. We are just starting our national expansion with the June 1st season. Hope to have 50 leagues by years end.
 
Very challenging and fun solitaire game. Not sure about league play though. It seems like most offense only games haven't flourished in league play historically.

The game should really be called Pool 270 though.
 
Very hard fun game. Esp on a bar box with 4" pockets. That rule that you must pocket the lowest ball first stops a lot of runs. You have to keep remembering that if there is backwards combo (7-1) you can shoot it hitting the 7 first. Very cool game. Johnnyt
 
Scott Lee said:
Just wondering if any AzBr's stopped by the Pool 300 booth to try out this new game? It's very challenging and a lot of fun! :thumbup:

www.pool300.com


Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Hi Scott,

I read the rules thoroughly and played a few frames. Very fun and challenging game!


Two questions came up during my play that I don't see the answer to in the rules. First is this a call pocket game? Once I banked a ball that went the extra rail and fell in the opposite pocket. Second, what racking pattern do you use for the extra innings after you close the third frame? Do you go back to the one ball at the front or do you rack the four ball there in the progression of rotating the rack? If you know the answers I would appreciate it. If it's right there in the rules and I missed it I apologize.

I suspect this is a game that's easier on a nine footer like mine because of the cluster factor. 52 is my high so far.

Thanks,

John
 
metmot said:
Hi Scott,

I read the rules thoroughly and played a few frames. Very fun and challenging game!


Two questions came up during my play that I don't see the answer to in the rules. First is this a call pocket game? Once I banked a ball that went the extra rail and fell in the opposite pocket. Second, what racking pattern do you use for the extra innings after you close the third frame? Do you go back to the one ball at the front or do you rack the four ball there in the progression of rotating the rack? If you know the answers I would appreciate it. If it's right there in the rules and I missed it I apologize.

I suspect this is a game that's easier on a nine footer like mine because of the cluster factor. 52 is my high so far.

Thanks,

John
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If you are in the first round you would use the 3 ball in the bonus frame and the second round you would use the 6 ball in the bonus frame.
If the ball goes in to any pocket it counts.
 
sstz28 said:
If you are in the first round you would use the 3 ball in the bonus frame and the second round you would use the 6 ball in the bonus frame.
If the ball goes in to any pocket it counts.
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Thanks, that answers another queston I didn't even know I had. How the racking progresses in the second and third rounds.
 
Great Game; I've been playing it at home while i practice. I really like it; wish there was one in San Antonio. I would get involved in setting it up myself but don't have the time right now but maybe in the fall. Question: if you're setting up a league do you have to have a set number on each team? i.e. 4 or so; or can you set it up so its an individual event? i.e. each person stands alone?
 
sstz28...I don't know where you got that, but it's not correct. On each succeeding frame, you put the correct number ball in front, and rack them in order after that (frame 4 racking would be 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3). Also no balls count on the break...they are respotted, and you take ball in hand anywhere on the table.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

sstz28 said:
If you are in the first round you would use the 3 ball in the bonus frame and the second round you would use the 6 ball in the bonus frame.
If the ball goes in to any pocket it counts.
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Generally there are 6 to a team. You can have singles tournaments too. If you're interested in setting up a league, PM me.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Houstoer said:
Great Game; I've been playing it at home while i practice. I really like it; wish there was one in San Antonio. I would get involved in setting it up myself but don't have the time right now but maybe in the fall. Question: if you're setting up a league do you have to have a set number on each team? i.e. 4 or so; or can you set it up so its an individual event? i.e. each person stands alone?
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John...In your first time at the table, in each inning, you are playing 10 ball, so it is a call shot rotation game. No early 10's, no combinations...every shot must be called, and you cannot make two balls in the same shot. If you don't run out, you take b-i-h and then play 14.1, so the bank shot would not have counted since it was not the called pocket...and your inning would be over. As far as racking goes, the 10 is not in the middle, like normal 10ball...you just rack them in numerical order...but on each inning you advance one number, as the head ball...the earlier number ball(s) go at the end after the 10. 52 is a very respectable score. The pros (including SVB) were not scoring a whole lot better (60's). Nobody even got close to a perfect game...90 (all strikes).

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

metmot said:
Hi Scott,

I read the rules thoroughly and played a few frames. Very fun and challenging game!


Two questions came up during my play that I don't see the answer to in the rules. First is this a call pocket game? Once I banked a ball that went the extra rail and fell in the opposite pocket. Second, what racking pattern do you use for the extra innings after you close the third frame? Do you go back to the one ball at the front or do you rack the four ball there in the progression of rotating the rack? If you know the answers I would appreciate it. If it's right there in the rules and I missed it I apologize.

I suspect this is a game that's easier on a nine footer like mine because of the cluster factor. 52 is my high so far.

Thanks,

John
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Scott Lee said:
sstz28...I don't know where you got that, but it's not correct. On each succeeding frame, you put the correct number ball in front, and rack them in order after that (frame 4 racking would be 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3).

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Now I'm confused Scott. I'm talking about at the end of each frame when you have to play one extra inning to settle a spare, or two if you got a strike previously. It's not a new frame it's just the end of the last one for which you are racking again. When you play the 3rd inning of the first frame you will rack the three ball in the front. If you now get a spare or a strike you will rack again but you are still in the first frame. How is the sequence on this one or two bonus racks you play to settle the score of the frame? It sounds like sstz28 may be correct to just continue racking the three ball in front until the start of the second frame at which time you will start with the four ball, etc.
 
Scott Lee said:
John...In your first time at the table, in each inning, you are playing 10 ball, so it is a call shot rotation game. No early 10's, no combinations...every shot must be called, and you cannot make two balls in the same shot. If you don't run out, you take b-i-h and then play 14.1, so the bank shot would not have counted since it was not the called pocket...and your inning would be over. As far as racking goes, the 10 is not in the middle, like normal 10ball...you just rack them in numerical order...but on each inning you advance one number, as the head ball...the earlier number ball(s) go at the end after the 10.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Now I'm double confused as this also contradicts what sstz28 said. I could find none of this in the official rules, is it there and i missed it? I thought I was playing pool 300, not 10 ball which has different rules. Such as hitting the lowest ball first. I understand it's based on 10 ball but it's not exactly the same.

Edit: It makes sense that it would be a call shot game, I just don't see it in the rules is why the confusion.
John
 
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John...It is a "version" of 10-ball, specific to Pool300. Different racking rules, different playing rules than conventional 10-ball. Again, no 10 ball combos, so no early "wins"...no safeties...no combos using the lowest number ball, but you can play a combo to pocket the lowest number ball. Give me a call, and I'll talk you through a rack, while we're on the phone (773-551-7473). BTW, even on the "bonus" shot in the last inning, you still rack successively like I described in the above post...ino, it's still a 'new' inning, even though you're still trying to break and run out 10-ball.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

metmot said:
Now I'm double confused as this also contradicts what sstz28 said. I could find none of this in the official rules, is it there and i missed it? I thought I was playing pool 300, not 10 ball which has different rules. Such as hitting the lowest ball first. I understand it's based on 10 ball but it's not exactly the same.
John
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