dendweller
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If you think breaking 10 balls, taking ball in hand and running them in rotation 7 out of 13 times is easy, I think you are a pro.
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fargo and the ghost
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It's easy! Just don't miss or get stuck behind anything.
dendweller
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that does sound pretty easy
You can play the ghost in anything. And you can play the pro ghost which means you don’t take BIH after the break.
The best I ever did was lose a hill/hill match with the pro 9b ghost to 7. Usually I’d lose that game 7-1/2/3 Sometimes 7-0 lol. Occasionally I’d get closer but only occasionally. And my numbers with BIH are only a little better.
I think the 7 ball ghost is where I start getting 50/iffy. I’ve got the 6 balls f’n number. Or I did on my own table anyway
I want to see where I’m at now after a almost 2 year layoff. It really sucks not having your own table, now I feel the pain of a majority of pool players lol.
The best I ever did was lose a hill/hill match with the pro 9b ghost to 7. Usually I’d lose that game 7-1/2/3 Sometimes 7-0 lol. Occasionally I’d get closer but only occasionally. And my numbers with BIH are only a little better.
I think the 7 ball ghost is where I start getting 50/iffy. I’ve got the 6 balls f’n number. Or I did on my own table anyway
I want to see where I’m at now after a almost 2 year layoff. It really sucks not having your own table, now I feel the pain of a majority of pool players lol.
JC
Coos Cues
If I had a nickel for every player with bad fundamentals that I can smoke like a hookah who "used to be good back when" I would have a lot of nickles. Time heals all wounds even the ones caused from sucking at pool it seems.
Yeah - I think a lot of people are full of shit with their claims of success against the ghost.
I've never beat the 9 ball ghost. I've gotten to 7 (I always thought it was to 9). Any made balls would stay down, and BIH after the break. Yet I hear guys (guys I beat quite easily) claiming to regularly beat the 9 ball ghost. Absolutely it's easy for any decent player to get a few racks, but to do 7 of 13, or even worse 9 of 17? That's not beginner stuff.
Willowbrook Wolfy
Going pro
Love it. Honestly though. Ive known guys that the run out is almost all they practice. They’d be a 650 in the ghost match. Once you get them in a real match against a 650 they are done for. I asked about 8 ball because even now I can run 4/7 on average without ball in hand if I don’t have to make one on the break. I don’t care what people say. I used to keep up with a 725+ without much defensive play if any. so there’s the proof. I usually wouldn’t win. He’d win like 7-5. 8 ball we were even without me playing safe. When you run out 3-4 in a row….
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When he was still coming into his own as a pro,I asked Justin Bergman about this and he said he beat the 9 ball ghost pretty regularly,but that the 10 ball ghost on a 9 ft Diamond was "still gambling" for him. This was 2002-3.
I've won races against the 10 ball,but haven't beat it an 8 or 10 ahead set yet. Tommy D.
I've won races against the 10 ball,but haven't beat it an 8 or 10 ahead set yet. Tommy D.
Willowbrook Wolfy
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Ill give you privvy to it when you put some cash up. 8 ball run outs are way easier than 9 ball runs. Totally different games. I don’t usually go for the run cause that’s not my practice routine. I see the run. If it’s harder I might go for it. Usually though, I’ll turn the 8ball game into banks or whatever I want to practice after about 3-4 made shots. Or I’ll intentionally set up banks instead of hitting the ball straight in. I also have ADHD. Probably why I get bored easy. Can’t concentrate without money out there. On the racks I don’t screw around on avg is right around 4/7.Join this FB Group and show us.
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Why do you need financial incentive? Just log on and record your practice races against the ghost.
Willowbrook Wolfy
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I always was practicing on a gold crown with standard pockets. Not a Diamond with 4.5” pockets. So maybe that would make more sense to you guys
Willowbrook Wolfy
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Why so that I can show everybody how to play eight ball? Almost nobody plays 8 ball like I play that’s why I win. Most people play eight ball like they play nine ball. That’s not the correct way to play. At least I don’t see it that way. I’m talking about the better players here. You could learn a lot watching people that aren’t as good play.
*edit add* 8 ball is a shot makers game 9 ball is about position.
Sorry as I read through it’s not a video uplink. Just stats. I’m going to get my gf to start playing league soon. She’s still a 3 and just about up to a 4. And then the numbers will be posted for you. On a 7 footer though 5/7.
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Spotting any balls made would make beating the 9 ball ghost extremely difficult as multiple balls are made regularly and they would be tied up on the spot. I don't think this is the usual way to play the ghost but I could be wrong.
the way we do it is balls made on the snap stay down IF you don't scratch. if you scratch, all balls made on break spot.
dendweller
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I customize a bit, first one in on the spot, second head spot. And to be honest, I don't play the nine ball ghost, I do something a little toward my speed. I do gamble. I play races with a charity, that makes it a little more real, a little less like just banging them around. The charity trusts me to pay weekly.
Standard GC's are a joke. You dont need to get proper angles at all you can cheat everything. Banking is also a joke too because the pockets are so big, especally into the side pockets which are so easy its like shooting fish in a barrel.
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Willowbrook Wolfy
Going pro
Ok I’ll get serious. I think a 450-500 will typically make 4-5 balls on avg. if you are only playing with 4-5 balls you could spot any that fall on break because they shouldnt be in the way. Then again how do you rack less than 9? That’s a bit confusing in itself. Seriously. Why isn’t it rack all 9? Break. And if you are racing the 5 ghost try to get all 9. As long as you make 5 you win that game?
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What I like to do is rack 9 every time. That way I get practice breaking a 9 ball rack. Then pull the highest number balls to get down to the number of balls I'm running to on that attempt.