I just lost 150-0

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Fastolfe

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Played some guy from the honor league tonight at our local pool hall. The game went like this:

- He wins the lag, I sit down

- He looks at the rack for a minute (racks are never really tight in our club because they only provide crummy plastic triangles), calls 6 in the corner, breaks the entire rack like a madman, pockets the 6. First wow moment.

- He runs 104 points without flinching. Second wow moment. I re-rack (again, at least I have something to do), he plays a safety on the key ball and leaves me with nothing to pocket.

- I graze a rack ball by a hair and leave a perfect safety.

- He looks at the slightly disturbed rack again, calls 8 in the side, rams the rack like a freight train, pockets the 8. Third wow moment.

- He runs to 150 while all the members of the club were trying to lift their lower jaws from the floor.

Damn that was humiliating. Still, what a fascinating affair to watch: I never saw that in real-life, it's much better than TV, so in a sense I had the best seat in the room to enjoy the action and I'm glad I came to get my ass whooped.
 
Thanks for sharing...

Had pleasure reading this in the breakroom at work. I even laughed out loud...then a co-worker asked me what I was laughing at, to which I replied, "Do you shoot pool?"
"No way!"
"Then you'll never get it, sorry."

Brutal sport when only one guy gets to shoot.

Jay P.
 
WOW!!!

Thanks for sharing that. Must have been amazing to see. I would have ask for a rematch, racked, and then left the triangle around the balls!
 
I only know 3 guys that could do that all the time .One is a drunk now the other is on his way to heaven and the third is starting a business every other week in Florida .I do not know who you got but they are out there .They try to stay to 1 pocket mate with the SS checks they get and make money .It is more low key .The game is on the way back in so there will be many more players like that in the States.
 
Your lag needs work.

Just pulling your chain. :grin: Great story, one I'm sure we've all experienced in one way or another. I would only disagree with your statement that it was humiliating. Heck, your opponent's great performance is no reflection on you. These things just happen. :wink:

And it happens to better players than us. Take the 1966 U.S. Open Billiard Championship final between Joe Balsis and Irving Crane. Though this played out a little different than your match, the bottom line is Crane runs 150 and out and all Balsis can do is watch.

Here's a link to the match in 7 parts. Great start to the run with a gutsy call of a wrap around cluster combo at about 2:40 of part 2. For some reason the link comes up with part two in the window to the right. Part 1 is a thumbnail link right below this.

Enjoy: Crane's 150 and out
 
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The story goes that Nick Varner had something similar happen to him and when asked what happened he quipped something like... "I guess I dogged the coin flip".
 
Fastolfe said:
Played some guy from the honor league tonight at our local pool hall. The game went like this:

- He wins the lag, I sit down

- He looks at the rack for a minute (racks are never really tight in our club because they only provide crummy plastic triangles), calls 6 in the corner, breaks the entire rack like a madman, pockets the 6. First wow moment.

- He runs 104 points without flinching. Second wow moment. I re-rack (again, at least I have something to do), he plays a safety on the key ball and leaves me with nothing to pocket.

- I graze a rack ball by a hair and leave a perfect safety.

- He looks at the slightly disturbed rack again, calls 8 in the side, rams the rack like a freight train, pockets the 8. Third wow moment.

- He runs to 150 while all the members of the club were trying to lift their lower jaws from the floor.

Damn that was humiliating. Still, what a fascinating affair to watch: I never saw that in real-life, it's much better than TV, so in a sense I had the best seat in the room to enjoy the action and I'm glad I came to get my ass whooped.
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Why humiliating? That's one of the easier losses to take, you did nothing wrong. He played perfect pool.
 
that the way i love to loose :) just sitting and be able to watch a good player playing *my game*. we have some guys here around which are able to do that. the funniest story i can remember was this: an unknow guy came to *my* pool-hall. asking to play 8-Ball to 7 for 50 bucks- he lost 2 matches- i won. then a good friend came in- and my opponent asked him if he wanna play straight pool for *real money* - friend always broken said: hm, anytime- but i m broke- told my friend no problem- play what u want :p - my friend says: ok, straight pool to 500 for 1.000 (Deutsche Mark, that was about 1700 dollar at this time). the idiot said yes. rofl- the guy played safety- my friend shot 158 first inning and let a safety- opponent shivering like hell.....missed next shot- friend answered again with about 100- opponent throwed oney on the table and left room without any word....LOL. think some guys were just happy to see such a good straight poo player (perhaps for not that high amount of money :p)

just wanna say- if u just played for fun or for a little amount of dollar that was like watching tv on your favorite hobby- and that s always fun:)
 
Fastolfe said:
- He looks at the rack for a minute (racks are never really tight in our club because they only provide crummy plastic triangles), calls 6 in the corner, breaks the entire rack like a madman, pockets the 6. First wow moment.
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Did the CB hit the rail on the opening break?
 
I have a similar story from my college days.

I met a guy there that had come back to school to try a different career. He was from NY and in his late 30's at the time. We use to run into each other all the time at the game room and I'd watch him play 14.1, I just didn't know the game at the time. I finally asked him to show me the game. Now at that time, I was playing league 4 speed...maybe.

He used to spot me 100 balls in a race to 150. I never really got close to beating him, but I loved watching the game played well. During a particularly good spell for him, he ran 150 and out off a poor breakshot from me. I was amazed at how easy he made it look. I told him to keep going and he made it to 178 before he rattled one.

That game, even though I lost, got me hooked on pool and more specifically 14.1. I still practice 14.1 more than any other game, but in my area, it's difficult to find anyone playing it.
 
DogsPlayingPool said:
OK, I'll bite, why do you ask?
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If the cue ball didn't hit a rail it would of been a foul. Opening break has to have two object balls and cue ball contact a rail. Would of been a two point penalty and you could of had him re-break.

Only Chris, Lipsky and Barouty would of thought of this after the ball was pocketed. :smile:
 
I don't mind losing 150-0. If someone is beating me 150-0, they played lights-out. I've lost 100-0 a few times. Each time, I watched someone play perfectly and it was actually quite enjoyable to sweat.

14.1, when played at that level, is one of the most beautiful things to watch.
 
Hi everybody,

JE54 said:
Did you know him?
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I don't know who he is. All I know is that he's from a club in the north of the country. That much I know because he spoke Dutch and I don't (that's Belgium for you...). I need to ask the guy who knows him, who told me he was an honor league player, because I'd like to play him again. He was really good, but he also shot a few shots that looked like he lucked out, although he didn't seem to show any surprise. But I suspect it was more a poker face than the calmness of anticipation, so if I get to play him again, I might do something honorable.

Cameron Smith said:
Why humiliating? That's one of the easier losses to take, you did nothing wrong. He played perfect pool.
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I'm not humiliated by the loss, more by the fact that when people mention my name at the club, it'll be followed by "you know, the guy who got beat 150-0 at straight pool" for a while to come. As for the game, the guy was just plain too good, even if I had had a chance to play at all. I wouldn't have cut the cake anyway.

Chris_Lynch said:
Did the CB hit the rail on the opening break?
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It doesn't matter since he pocketed the ball he called. Or am I missing something?

briandlau said:
Your first mistake... He wins the lag, you break
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You got me confused. My only mistake here was to lose the lag (I could have done it better for sure), but once he won it, he elected to have me stay put in my chair. Nothing I could have done about it, aside from whacking the guy on the head with my cue and pretending it was an accident :)
 
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