Csi invitational races
- Thread starter MapleMan
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Jerry Forsyth
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A race to 20 would certainly help determine the better player, but it would really wear the butts off of any fans who tried to watch. Asking a fan to sit for more than 90 minutes on the usual tournament seating is cruel and unusual punishment.
My concern is we have already chased the majority of fans away from the game. Let's not run off any more of them with tortuously long sets.
My concern is we have already chased the majority of fans away from the game. Let's not run off any more of them with tortuously long sets.
Depends on the break format too.
20 may be excessive. I kind of like the idea that if a world class player
plays at least "average" then the other guy still gets 3 chances at the table.
Sort of like baseball's 3-strikes-you're-out.
You'd think the top pros would run out everything in 8-ball on a standard diamond
and routinely put up 10 packs. But usually a little bad luck prevents that...
dry break, tough layout, funny roll, whatever.
You can look at some of the TAR 8-ball matches from the past,
and in some cases the number of racks run in a row isn't that huge.
Corey vs. John Schmidt: Highest package is a 2-pack.
Darren vs. Orcullo - highest is a 3 pack
SVB vs. corey - shane had a 5-pack
Busty vs. Alex - 7 pack, OUCH!
I think 7's and 5's are not gonna happen unless the table is breaking friendly
and you have monster breakers like shane and busty.
The other players, even top-tier guys like dennis, are maybe gonna top out at a 3-pack.
Which means if you have a race to 10 or 11, everyone should get 3 chances.
20 may be excessive. I kind of like the idea that if a world class player
plays at least "average" then the other guy still gets 3 chances at the table.
Sort of like baseball's 3-strikes-you're-out.
You'd think the top pros would run out everything in 8-ball on a standard diamond
and routinely put up 10 packs. But usually a little bad luck prevents that...
dry break, tough layout, funny roll, whatever.
You can look at some of the TAR 8-ball matches from the past,
and in some cases the number of racks run in a row isn't that huge.
Corey vs. John Schmidt: Highest package is a 2-pack.
Darren vs. Orcullo - highest is a 3 pack
SVB vs. corey - shane had a 5-pack
Busty vs. Alex - 7 pack, OUCH!
I think 7's and 5's are not gonna happen unless the table is breaking friendly
and you have monster breakers like shane and busty.
The other players, even top-tier guys like dennis, are maybe gonna top out at a 3-pack.
Which means if you have a race to 10 or 11, everyone should get 3 chances.