Enjoy this from your cubicle! Frost vs Orcollo

[POVPOOL]

The Return of Scott Frost against Dennis Orcollo took place at Freezer's IceHouse earlier this month. This match was over 3 hours and worth every minute of sweat.

Join us now as we replay this action with a live chat-room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2Mk5OYmks

 

[couldnthinkof01]

You da man

 

[ChrisinNC]

I just got thru watching the first game - well over 1 hour of which nearly 30 minutes was just beating around the one single ball left on the table. One pocket is just not my cup of tea, for this very reason, but certainly not to question the brilliance and skill of these two players, who both refused to give in.

 

[jrctherake]

One pocket is not for the average player. That why most people don't like to watch or play one hole.

Most players I know have no clue as to which shot to shoot or when to shoot it in one hole, much less why. Which would explain the average player not liking or being very good at one hole.

 

[ChrisinNC]

One pocket is not for the average player. That why most people don't like to watch or play one hole.

Most players I know have no clue as to which shot to shoot or when to shoot it in one hole, much less why. Which would explain the average player not liking or being very good at one hole.

It just seems to be that you have to have a whole lot of time on your hands to commit to learning to play one pocket well, and to play serious one pocket
matches against other one pocket players. For many of us who, due to other commitments, only have say 10 total hours a week to play pool in 2-3 sessions
per week, for the benefit of my overall game, stroke, shotmaking, positioning and defensive play, I would rather spend that time playing rotational games
or 14.1.

In a 3 hour session of playing a serious 9-ball match against another player of a similar skill level, we will likely play +/- 25 total games, pocket 200-250 total
balls between the two of us, playing maybe 50-75 safeties between us.

By comparison, in a 3 hour serious one-pocket session against a similar skilled player, we likely would play no more than 5-7 games, pocket no more than
60-80 balls between us, while likely playing 300+ safeties or two-way shots between us. There is just no contest as to which of these two options I would
choose to spend my time playing, in an attempt to keep my overall game up, everything else being equal.

 

[T-dog]

It just seems to be that you have to have a whole lot of time on your hands to commit to learning to play one pocket well, and to play serious one pocket
matches against other one pocket players. For many of us who, due to other commitments, only have say 10 total hours a week to play pool in 2-3 sessions
per week, for the benefit of my overall game, stroke, shotmaking, positioning and defensive play, I would rather spend that time playing rotational games
or 14.1.

In a 3 hour session of playing a serious 9-ball match against another player of a similar skill level, we will likely play +/- 25 total games, pocket 200-250 total
balls between the two of us, playing maybe 50-75 safeties between us.

By comparison, in a 3 hour serious one-pocket session against a similar skilled player, we likely would play no more than 5-7 games, pocket no more than
60-80 balls between us, while likely playing 300+ safeties or two-way shots between us. There is just no contest as to which of these two options I would
choose to spend my time playing, in an attempt to keep my overall game up, everything else being equal.

Its like being in dead stroke. If you have never experienced, I could never explain, in words, what and how that feels like. Onepocket is the Chess of pool. It requires much more skill. In 9ball or 8ball you are usually trying to control the object ball or the cue ball. In one pocket, you are controlling both balls, every shot. There are nuances to the game that require shots and a skill set that doesn't com into play for 8/9 ball. You don't know, what you don't know, until you know it. lol

 

[ChrisinNC]

Its like being in dead stroke. If you have never experienced, I could never explain, in words, what and how that feels like. Onepocket is the Chess of pool. It requires much more skill. In 9ball or 8ball you are usually trying to control the object ball or the cue ball. In one pocket, you are controlling both balls, every shot. There are nuances to the game that require shots and a skill set that doesn't com into play for 8/9 ball. You don't know, what you don't know, until you know it. lol

I'll admit that I enjoyed it enough, that I'll resume watching tonight starting with game 2. I do enjoy watching two good one pocket players go at it. Maybe I'll learn something just in case I do take up the game in my older years!