MarkJS said:
What phony rules. But at least the one is on the spot. Selectively placing the 2-ball is BS. 9 ball rules call for the balls to be random. Players should insist on it. I have a problem with picking out where balls go. I recently picked up Joe Tucker's DVD and the information is great, but I do disagree with the practice he talks about in terms of ball placement. I have posted before that I think in significant tournaments each match should have the ball placement selected by a random computer program. the 7 balls other than 9 and 1 would have to be placed in the spot the computer picks for each game in the match. Each match would get an envelope with games 1-21 listed and a spot for the 2-8 listed.
Balls should be racked by hand. The sardo rack is wrong. If pool were a big enough sport there could be a neutral racker. But it isn't, so the rack gets important. I do think that Joe Tucker provides good information because you can accept imperfect racks and adjust to it. Looking and adjusting is a lot better than looking and whining.
Of course, 9 ball as a tournament game for world class players sucks. 10 ball is better as DH pointed out in this thread. Other games are best of all. Straight pool is great, too bad it died.
