Forthomme equalises world record
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My high run of 14 was also on a Verhoeven.
The Table does not make the run, the player does!
If you play on any table more than another, you are more likely to have better success on that table.
I will admit that most of my high runs were on Verhoeven tables, many runs from 1 - 21, but, these were the tables I played the most at, Chris's Billiards. I'm sure if I had played as many hours on another make of table the results would have been the same.
My "best game", (58 points in 11 innings), with runs of, 11, 9, 14, 8 and 10 was played on a SAM table I had never played on before, but, I knew that SAM tables played short.
If a certain make of tables play long, you adapt to playing shots long, as not to fight against the nature of the table. If the table plays short, you do the opposite, look for shots to play short.
The BEST average in a tournament to date is by, Caudron, in Austria last year, 2.48 for the entire tournament on a Gabriel table. Paul Frankel and I sold this table to a woman I know in Chicago as a Chrstmas present for her husband.
This is an important concept to keep in mind when a player travels to many different billiard clubs to play tournaments. This is in the "Strategies" section of my NEW booklet!
Let me get my sea legs back, and I'll try to start shipping, "Strokes...Systems n Strategies" the beginning of next week.
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
If you play on any table more than another, you are more likely to have better success on that table.
I will admit that most of my high runs were on Verhoeven tables, many runs from 1 - 21, but, these were the tables I played the most at, Chris's Billiards. I'm sure if I had played as many hours on another make of table the results would have been the same.
My "best game", (58 points in 11 innings), with runs of, 11, 9, 14, 8 and 10 was played on a SAM table I had never played on before, but, I knew that SAM tables played short.
If a certain make of tables play long, you adapt to playing shots long, as not to fight against the nature of the table. If the table plays short, you do the opposite, look for shots to play short.
The BEST average in a tournament to date is by, Caudron, in Austria last year, 2.48 for the entire tournament on a Gabriel table. Paul Frankel and I sold this table to a woman I know in Chicago as a Chrstmas present for her husband.
This is an important concept to keep in mind when a player travels to many different billiard clubs to play tournaments. This is in the "Strategies" section of my NEW booklet!
Let me get my sea legs back, and I'll try to start shipping, "Strokes...Systems n Strategies" the beginning of next week.
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
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Bill, your comment about adjusting to short and long tables, not only in the way you PLAY a shot but also in the way you PICK your shot, is worthy of the very big font you use. Agree 100 %.
You are sort of right, but not quite, about the highest tournament average. Caudron's 2.480 is the highest in a UMB World Cup. Jaspers has it beat in the Crystal Kelly tournaments, twice. In 2002, he averaged 2.536 over 7 matches to 50, in 2011 he averaged 2.622 over 6 matches to 50.
Also, do you have a scoresheet, name of opponent, date, occasion, location for that 58 in 11? If so, and if it was a refereed match,I would like to add it to my archive. If it was a practice match: kudos, but don't bother.
You are sort of right, but not quite, about the highest tournament average. Caudron's 2.480 is the highest in a UMB World Cup. Jaspers has it beat in the Crystal Kelly tournaments, twice. In 2002, he averaged 2.536 over 7 matches to 50, in 2011 he averaged 2.622 over 6 matches to 50.
Also, do you have a scoresheet, name of opponent, date, occasion, location for that 58 in 11? If so, and if it was a refereed match,I would like to add it to my archive. If it was a practice match: kudos, but don't bother.
Bert; Maybe I should of said World Cup Event for Caudron.
My game was played with a friend of mine, Ron Schenk. The room was, "The Green Room" in Downers Grove, IL. just southwest of Chicago. I think it was around 1999-2000.
The room had only been open for a few weeks, they didn't even have score beads up yet. Ron's son Jack kept score on a napkin from the bar. the innings were, 0-11-2-0 2-9-2-14-0-8-10. We were going to 50 points originally.
That night they had a weekly nine-ball tournament which started at 7:00 pm, our game started about 20 minutes before. Someone watching the game told the players what was going on, they stopped the tournament so everyone could watch, about 50 spectators.
I'll look through my billiard stuff to find the original napkin to post.
The billiard room had a brass plaque made to be put on the table with score and date, which was 58 - 6 in 11 innings!
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
My game was played with a friend of mine, Ron Schenk. The room was, "The Green Room" in Downers Grove, IL. just southwest of Chicago. I think it was around 1999-2000.
The room had only been open for a few weeks, they didn't even have score beads up yet. Ron's son Jack kept score on a napkin from the bar. the innings were, 0-11-2-0 2-9-2-14-0-8-10. We were going to 50 points originally.
That night they had a weekly nine-ball tournament which started at 7:00 pm, our game started about 20 minutes before. Someone watching the game told the players what was going on, they stopped the tournament so everyone could watch, about 50 spectators.
I'll look through my billiard stuff to find the original napkin to post.
The billiard room had a brass plaque made to be put on the table with score and date, which was 58 - 6 in 11 innings!
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
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