How strong is a 604?
Fargo rating
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High B. Can beat the 9 ball ghost occasionally, but would lose the farm betting on himself each set.
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On the bubble. I think there is a reason that a lot of tournaments are limited to 600 or less.
What did we do before handicapping, Fargo.
Just played pool.
Just played pool.
I'm a Fargo zero. At this point that's about what Fargo is worth to me. That could change but that would be incidental to tournies becoming available.
But how good are you?
See the info, rating comparison table, and BD article link here:
FargoRate Player Rating System
Enjoy!
I’d say a little better than that…
I agree, good enough to be competitive and cash in regional tournaments.
Yes, definitely good enough to cash in regional events. I know several around 600. Almost will never win one, unless the A players all stay home. They can play for sure. Often the best player in a local room. And one of the better player in an area. But you can bet against them on the 9 ball ghost on a standard GC. They might win 1 out of 4-5 sets. You will be stealing.
How robust is your rating? The players I personally know at 600 wouldn’t fair as well as that. I think they have about 200-400 games in the system.
Then you are likely underrated. Been discussed on the forum often. The consensus is that it takes a Fargo of about 625-650 or so before you can expect to play the nine ball ghost even, and higher than that on tough equipment.
Of course, it's possible that you have a terrible break and a poor tactical game, in which case your performance against the ghost will outrun your performance against an opponent, but outside of other pronounced weaknesses in other parts of the game, your experience is uncommon. If you can beat the ghost 50% of the time on a Diamond and don't have major weaknesses in other areas of the game, getting to 650 should be an easy goal to accomplish.
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Yeah my robustness is low but that would probably cause my rating to be where it is. However a 604 player could be in the same boat as me
I would say this is accurate. I can beat the seven ball ghost most days on my 9ft Diamond pro, pockets at slightly less than 4.5. When I play the nine ball ghost, it’s a whole different outcome. I live in a remote area so I have no Fargo rating but play many players that are in the 610-640 range and play competitively with them.
Very true and maybe some day it will go up but my comment was just to show Fargo isn’t always accurate. Remember the guy that came on here and said that his Fargo was to low and everyone laughed at him and said he just thought he was better than he actually was. It wasn’t me either. I could care less about my rating. I just play pool. I’ve also won several regional events and a 64 player open event.