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maxeypad2007

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Just curious, are there any APA female 7s (I'm sure there are I just have not met one yet) or super 7s out there?

Given the way the APA handicaps are setup wouldn't a "7" in many ways be like a apa 6 for a male...well reaching the handicap anyway, but maintaining the handicap would obviously be different.
 
maxeypad2007 said:
Just curious, are there any APA female 7s (I'm sure there are I just have not met one yet) or super 7s out there?

Given the way the APA handicaps are setup wouldn't a "7" in many ways be like a apa 6 for a male...well reaching the handicap anyway, but maintaining the handicap would obviously be different.
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I was an APA 7 for the one year I played, based on known ability. I wanted to start out as a 3, lol. I did stay a 7 as I never sandbagged. Not sure what a Super 7 is, maybe that came out after I played?

Edit: I forgot that there are 2 different skill levels for 8 and 9 ball. I only played 8ball. Also, there is a big difference in skills for a Level 7. My husband plays pro speed and would also be a 7. :rolleyes:

When we went to Vegas, it was tough, playing 5's and 6's that ran out on the little bar boxes from everywhere. I remember this one big guy that kept running out on me that was a 5. I eventually beat him, but it was tough!!!
 
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I have never seen nor heard of a woman ranked as a 7 in APA. I see your train of thought though because women start out as 2s and men as 3s, so basically as soon as a woman gets to be a 3 there is no difference.
 
I know a girl who played here in Allentown as a 7. She actually should have been an 8 in 9 ball, maybe even a 9. But she is good.
 
APA Female 7s

When I quit playing APA 8 ball 4 yrs ago, I was a 7.
I am in pierce county(tacoma), and I know there are a few in king county also. Kim Hole and Cindy Sliva.
 
There are, and have been, many female APA 7-rated 8-ball players. The very first one was in my league area, in Bozeman, MT, in 1992. Her name is Jane Bartram (now Plant), and she also is in the VNEA Hall of Fame, for winning the open 8-ball & 9-ball events (plus 2nd in Scotch Doubles) in 1993 (in her FIRST appearance in that tourney). Jane was also a Montana State Champion at least a couple of times. I think she now lives in Hawaii.

Scott Lee
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omgwtf

She wrote this in her newest updated blog (JohnnyT, you haven't mentioned it yet):

In my first match, I was to play a Skill Level (SL) 3, who would race to 22. I, as a SL7, would have to go to 48 point. In regular league play, the SL3 would be racing to 25, and I would be racing to 55.

I have no idea if this is the same as APA 7, but I guess so...
 
Roy Steffensen said:
omgwtf

She wrote this in her newest updated blog (JohnnyT, you haven't mentioned it yet):

In my first match, I was to play a Skill Level (SL) 3, who would race to 22. I, as a SL7, would have to go to 48 point. In regular league play, the SL3 would be racing to 25, and I would be racing to 55.

I have no idea if this is the same as APA 7, but I guess so...
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Going to 55 pts is an APA 7 in nineball, which is close to the equivalent in 8 ball.
 
not quite a 7...

Roy Steffensen said:
omgwtf

I have no idea if this is the same as APA 7, but I guess so...
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...the ratings for 9-ball and 8-ball are different in the APA. I am a SL6 in 8-ball and an SL7 in 9-ball. ;)

The original poster was looking for SL7s in reference to 8-ball, I believe, as 7 is the highest rating in APA 8-ball. The highest rating in APA 9-ball is 9. :)
 
omgwtf said:
...the ratings for 9-ball and 8-ball are different in the APA. I am a SL6 in 8-ball and an SL7 in 9-ball. ;)

The original poster was looking for SL7s in reference to 8-ball, I believe, as 7 is the highest rating in APA 8-ball. The highest rating in APA 9-ball is 9. :)
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Ah, ok, so you are not that good?! If so I think I'll give you the 7 - for life :cool:
 
maxeypad2007 said:
Just curious, are there any APA female 7s (I'm sure there are I just have not met one yet) or super 7s out there?

Given the way the APA handicaps are setup wouldn't a "7" in many ways be like a apa 6 for a male...well reaching the handicap anyway, but maintaining the handicap would obviously be different.
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There was at least one in Chicago back when I was there.
 
If I understood it correct - SL7 in 9-ball means you have to score 55 points to win. (1p each ball, 2p for the 9).

How do you calculate the score in 8-ball then? Games on the wire?

If so, how many games get a SL 4 against a SL 5 etc.?

APA is only played on barbox or also big tables?
 
maxeypad2007 said:
Just curious, are there any APA female 7s (I'm sure there are I just have not met one yet) or super 7s out there?

Given the way the APA handicaps are setup wouldn't a "7" in many ways be like a apa 6 for a male...well reaching the handicap anyway, but maintaining the handicap would obviously be different.
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My teammate Stacie Bourbeau was an APA 8-ball SL-7. She's also the 2007 BCA Women's National Masters Champion. I don't know if she's still playling APA anywhere.

And no, an APA 7 as a female is the same as an APA 7 as a man. They don't do the handicap formula different for the genders. They just happen give different lower limit rules for the females for certain reasons.


Fred
 
Roy Steffensen said:
If I understood it correct - SL7 in 9-ball means you have to score 55 points to win. (1p each ball, 2p for the 9).

How do you calculate the score in 8-ball then? Games on the wire?

If so, how many games get a SL 4 against a SL 5 etc.?

APA is only played on barbox or also big tables?
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An apa 9 goes to 75, 7 goes to 55 in 9ball

Here's a link to an APA scoresheet, in the upper left corner is the chart to determine the race. 8ball-scoresheet.pdf

In Vegas, you only play on a barbox. Locally it varies, we play on 8 footers.
 
I am a 7 in APA 8 ball, though I have not played on a team in about 2 years. I qualified for the National Singles as a 7 in 2005 and was the only women 7 in that event.

In my 10 years of playing APA, I have also been a 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6! I like that I went from one end of the spectrum to the other...
 
Super

Since the highest rating for APA 8B is sl7 there is what people call a super 7.A super 7 is not an official APA rating as far as I know.it is just what we call a player who would be higher sl if it went beyond 7.

As far as I know gender has not to do with player rating other then starting skill level.When I played APA,females started as a 2 if they had no known ability of higher skill level,males start at 4.Both men and women can go up or down in sl after the first match.
 
Tina Larsen is the only female SL7 in the Chicago area that I know of. She also won the U.S. Amateur Championships twice.

A Super 7 is, according to my league operator, a SL7 that has won 75% or better of his/her matches as a SL7. In this case a Super 7 gives up one more game in their race. Following is a direct copy/paste from the MVP tournament announcement from the LO:

>>All normal league rules apply with the addition of a "Super 7" class for 7s who just don't lose (If you win at least 75% of your league matches as a 7, you are a Super 7.) For this tournament only, S7s will play as 8s dropping two games for the race.

S7 v S7 is a 5 - 5 race
S7 v 7 is a 5-4 race
S7 v 6 is a 5-3 race
S7 v 5 is a 5-2 race
S7 v 4 is a 6-2 race
S7 v 3 is a 7-2 race<<
 
Milo said:
When I quit playing APA 8 ball 4 yrs ago, I was a 7.
I am in pierce county(tacoma), and I know there are a few in king county also. Kim Hole and Cindy Sliva.
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You sadden me Andrea...... I am a 7...and forgotten ..... I believe I shall cry now.....:frown:

Of course I'm still an open player in BCA.....lol......
Don't you and Cindy Doty get started on me again!!!!!:rolleyes:
 
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