I'm curious, how many racks have you run in a row(9-ball on 4.5x9 only)

What's your lifetime highest consecutive racks run amount on any 4.5x9?

  • 10+

    Votes: 13 5.3%

  • 9

    Votes: 4 1.6%

  • 8

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • 7

    Votes: 12 4.9%

  • 6

    Votes: 19 7.7%

  • 5

    Votes: 32 13.0%

  • 4

    Votes: 39 15.8%

  • 3

    Votes: 62 25.1%

  • 2

    Votes: 59 23.9%
  • Total voters
    247
pt109 said:
An early 9-ball or on the snap should be part of the 'pack'.

I was at a tournament once where they offered a special prize for running the set.
But they said 9-ball on the break didn't count....so I stood up and declared
that I would like to exempt myself from that break prize..I was asked why...
I said "Who wants to be one game away and HOPE you don't make the 9 on the break?"
They agreed and changed it to 'a pack is a pack'.

Earl's million dollar pack had early nines and off the break in it.

I'm not gonna say the number I entered in the poll for my pack....
...but I will say it was unfinished...it was for the dough...and the backers ran out of cash.;)
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I know what you mean about that but my reasoning is simple, a runout should require at least multiple shots even if not but 2. I mean when you make it on the break, it's only 1 shot. However, I do understand your reasoning for things such as prizes and whatnot but that's not the case normally.
 
JesseBfan said:
Combos definitely count, I don't personally count 9's on the break but they also don't stop runs either. If you run 2 make the 9 on number 3 and then run the fourth, I count that as 3 racks. But that's just my opinion.
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Then a 3 is max I got by that definition bud
 
I'm curious who are the people that marked down 10+ on a 9 footer. They must be name players. Chris Bartrum, Mike Dechaine, Donny Mills?
 
I'm curious about that too but wasn't gonna ask, just happy to see so many folks voting.

Btw my 7 was in a race to 7 on a Diamond against an unknown road player. He calmly asked me heads or tails after I made the last 9-ball and I snap quit him. I was in my early 20s and that scared the hell out of me!
 
#Cruncher said:
I'm curious who are the people that marked down 10+ on a 9 footer. They must be name players. Chris Bartrum, Mike Dechaine, Donny Mills?
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I marked 10+. I ran 10 on a normal gold crown some time ago given up a big spot. It was for money but not a lot. Normal rack, loser racks. I think I made the 9 1 maybe 2 times.
 
sydbarret said:
I marked 10+. I ran 10 on a normal gold crown some time ago given up a big spot. It was for money but not a lot. Normal rack, loser racks. I think I made the 9 1 maybe 2 times.
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Impressive sir, even if the 9 didn't count it would still be better than mine... Another reservation I have about the 9 otb counting is that I've seen guys make it a few times in a row playing rack your own alot. I played one guy in a tournament that beat me 9-0, he kept me in the chair til 8-0 he missed the 7 and afterwards he was saying he almost ran the set. The part he never mentioned was he made the 9 otb 5 times including 3 in a row. We were playing rack your own and I didn't know I could check em back then. Even if I did know I may not have found what he was doing. Of course that changed...
 
6 racks. Once in my life. And it was a total fluke with a few asterisks thrown in to make it even more dubious.

There were two snapped 9s, a combo, a push out that was given back to me (important to note that I assed a ball in during that rack), and two legit run outs.

But telling people that story is long and tiresome. So I just say 6 cause it makes me sound super badass. I only give the details after they see me play. lol :grin:

- B <---------- highest apart from that sh!tshow was probably 4
 
jimmyg said:
Two answers:

Five racks, getting the six ball.

Three racks, getting nothing (opponent wouldn't let me use his break cue for the fourth game :mad:)

I prefer the "five" answer. :smile:

J
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Okay...What do I get, a three pack or a five pack? :)

J
 
Three for me a long time ago.

The only running I'm doing now is back to my seat to drink my beer before it's my turn again. :)
 
I've run out 4 consecutive racks on a 9 footer recently without ball in hand. With ball in hand after the break the most I've done is 7.
 
Nostroke said:
hard to buy that.
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What are you trying to say? Looks like this anonymous poll shows that AZB has plenty of stone cold pool killers on these boards. As of this writing, 51% of y'all have run 4 or more and have 36% have run 5 or more consecutively. Looks like 3 of you guys are about as good as Earl in his prime...:cool:
 
J Soto said:
I've run out 4 consecutive racks on a 9 footer recently without ball in hand. With ball in hand after the break the most I've done is 7.
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obviously BIH or playing the ghost doesn't count. Must be from the break, play it as it lies. Practice, Gambling and tournaments all count as long as it is in a game against another player....
 
jalapus logan said:
What are you trying to say? Looks like this anonymous poll shows that AZB has plenty of stone cold pool killers on these boards. As of this writing, 51% of y'all have run 4 or more and have 36% have run 5 or more consecutively. Looks like 3 of you guys are about as good as Earl in his prime...:cool:
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Exactly. I'm not buying it either.
 
7 racks of 9 on an 8over GC, 8 Racks of 8 on a Valley both in tournaments.... 5 racks on 9ft AE Schmidts with generous pockets 6-7 times. I swear it was a mental block.... Can't get past a 3 on 9ft Diamonds with pro cut pockets... And 5 on A diamond barbox with procuts.

One thing I will note... Safety play is way bigger in my game now than it was years ago... I'd rather run 3 and stick you for ball in hand than shoot at a flyer... I learned that lesson in a race to 7 tourney on 8overs where I ran 6 from the lag and lost 7-6 because I took a flyer and never got a good look at making another ball. It was brutal :eek:.....

Chris
 
I've run 4 several times, including in tournaments.

Can't seem to get to 5......usually a dry break.
 
Handful of 3's in 8 ball,
handful of 3's in 9 ball.

My break usually lets me down, there are days where I feel like I can run 6 if I just get ball down.
 
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