Introducing EINSTEIN-NINE - The Player's Game

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Einstein-Nine - The Player's Game

Overview
Fellow Az'er, Cuebuddy, and his longtime buddy John G., work together as truck drivers plowing the heavy winter snows of the central Colorado mountains. In their breakroom is a pool table that sees a lot of daily play. However, these two plow jockeys are not your typical 8-ball playing, Coors drinking blue collar guys. What these 2 men have done over the past 7 years is create, modify and polish an exceptionally challenging pool game of their very own called Einstein-Nine.

What is Einstein-Nine?
Einstein-Nine is a master's level blend of 9-ball and one pocket. In fact, the original name for the game was One Pocket Nine. A single game can be over in as little as 45 seconds, or can take up to 45 minutes to complete.

What are the basic rules of play for Einstein-Nine?
If you just want to start playing the game and don't feel like reading the 2 pages of rules found on the www.einstein-nine.com web site, here you go:

1) Rack 9 balls in normal 9-ball fashion.
2) Breaking player chooses one of the foot pockets, his opponent gets the other foot corner.
3) Each player must in turn hit the lowest numbered ball on the table first. The object of the game is to win by sinking 5 balls in your pocket or by sinking the 9 ball in your pocket.

If it sounds simple then give it a try. :-)

Please read over the complete rules for info on how to deal with scratches, fouls and other things that can and will happen.

Why you should play Einstein-Nine?
If you play Einstein-Nine regularly, you can expect to learn to:
1) Play better and tighter safeties,
2) Quickly increase your pool knowledge.
3) Think more creatively in all aspects of your pool game.
4) Improve your overall pool concentration skills.

So, please give the game a try and tell me what you think. (It may take more than just a few games to really appreciate all this game has to offer) :eek:

In Closing
If this game were easy, it wouldn't be called Einstein-Nine!

www.einstein-nine.com
 
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fd_colorado said:
Einstein-Nine - The Player's Game

Overview
Fellow Az'er, Cuebuddy, and his longtime buddy John G., work together as truck drivers plowing the heavy winter snows of the central Colorado mountains. In their breakroom is a pool table that sees a lot of daily play. However, these two plow jockeys are not your typical 8-ball playing, Coors drinking blue collar guys. What these 2 men have done over the past 7 years is create, modify and polish an exceptionally challenging pool game of their very own called Einstein-Nine.

What is Einstein-Nine?
Einstein-Nine is a master's level blend of 9-ball and one pocket. In fact, the original name for the game was One Pocket Nine. A single game can be over in as little as 45 seconds, or can take up to 45 minutes to complete.

What are the basic rules of play for Einstein-Nine?
If you just want to start playing the game and don't feel like reading the 2 pages of rules found on the www.einstein-nine.com web site, here you go:

1) Rack 9 balls in normal 9-ball fashion.
2) Breaking player chooses one of the foot pockets, his opponent gets the other foot corner.
3) Each player must in turn hit the lowest numbered ball on the table first. The object of the game is to win by sinking 5 balls in your pocket or by sinking the 9 ball in your pocket.

If it sounds simple then give it a try. :-)

Please read over the complete rules for info on how to deal with scratches, fouls and other things that can and will happen.

Why you should play Einstein-Nine?
If you play Einstein-Nine regulary, you can expect to learn to:
1) Play better and tighter safeties,
2) Quickly increase your pool knowledge.
3) Think more creatively in all aspects of your pool game.
4) Improve your overall pool concentration skills.

So, please give the game a try and tell me what you think. (It may take more than just a few games to really appreciate all this game has to offer) :eek:

In Closing
If this game were easy, it wouldn't be called Einstein-Nine!

www.einstein-nine.com
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How much it cost them to use his name and image?
 
LoL, probably not as much as you'd think :-)

Since this game doesn't lend itself to being televised, played by leaugers, etc. Al may have to wait awhile to collect any $$$.
 
It would be cool if we could get a few AZ'ers to give this game a try. I have shown it to quite a few players over the years and have watched many become addicted to it. When I showed fd_colorado the game he liked it so much that he wrote down the rules and made them look very professional. The game brings something new to the world of pool and that may be important to the sport that we obviously all enjoy.:cool:
 
Thanks Todd and poolhustler, it may take a few games for the players to acclimate them selves to a hybrid. There is no end to the strategy involved with this and the situations that occur are so varied that you will make mistakes that are not normal in other games. Play it for a few days and you will see a different game evolve once you start to employ strategy.
 
I would love to see a couple of top players square off playing Einstein Nine!

This game can take its players so far "down the rabbit hole" that when a player gets any kind of open shot they're excited about the chance to execute.

Normal pool typically requires a player to think about 2 or 3 things at a time, while E9 can have you feeling like Mickey Mouse in the Sorcerer's Apprentice!

For me, the pleasure comes from the chance to apply creative artistry (and hopefully skillful execution) to almost every shot you take in this game.
 
fd_colorado said:
I would love to see a couple of top players square off playing Einstein Nine!

This game can take its players so far "down the rabbit hole" that when a player gets any kind of open shot they're excited about the chance to execute.

Normal pool typically requires a player to think about 2 or 3 things at a time, while E9 can have you feeling like Mickey Mouse in the Sorcerer's Apprentice!

For me, the pleasure comes from the chance to apply creative artistry (and hopefully skillful execution) to almost every shot you take in this game.
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What it needs to help it take off is a few players that like nine ball and like one pocket or that have been a little one pocket curious to try it. i do know that there are players that I have shown this game to that will no longer play anything else now.:grin:

http://www.einstein-nine.com/
 
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Ha, Nothing to it!!

Cuebuddy said:
What it needs to help it take off is a few players that like nine ball and like one pocket or that have been a little one pocket curious to try it. i do know that there are players that I have shown this game to that will no longer play anything else now.:grin:

http://www.einstein-nine.com/
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Nothing to playing this Einstien Nine Ball! I already have a high run of . . . um, ah, I'll get back to you with that info! :D :D :D

Hu
 
alstl said:
Seems like a lot of safety play to get ball in hand.
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Ball in hand is of course one of the best ways to win at E9. There are days that my offense is not what it should be but my defense is kicking butt, with poor shot making I can still get out with ball in hand:wink:. I have said it before the worst thing you can do in this game is scratch, all kinds of bad things happen after that. Learning to move two balls into perfect position on nearly every shot is a trick but when you start to get it many other pool games begin to seem much easier. You will also learn to kick at and hit the object ball like the Philippinos.
 
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alstl said:
Seems like a lot of safety play to get ball in hand.
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When I first started playing E9 I found that great safeties (doh) were much better than good ones. With an "Iron Maiden" safe I only need one to get BIH. And of course, 3 consecutive fouls by your opponent is one of the ways to win.

At my level, I am generally not winning games by shooting 3 consecutive lock up safes...and that's one of the reasons why I'd like to watch some really good players play E9. :)

Why you should play Einstein-Nine?
If you play Einstein-Nine regulary, you can expect to learn to:
1) Play better and tighter safeties
 
Anybody try this???

I know most people are super busy these days, but did anyone take a stab at playing this game since last Saturday's intro posting???
 
I am going to print the rules and give this game a go tonight (I hope). If I play it, I will report back tomorrow! :p

On the surface, it looks like a safety battle since BIH anywhere is a huge reward (as it is in regular 9-ball).

Also, I'm not sure if I agree with this rule though:

**SPECIAL** - In the event that both players appear to have won the game on the same shot, the player whose "winning" ball drops first will be considered the winner of the game. If the "winning" balls appear to drop simultaneously and the players cannot agree as to which ball was pocketed first, then both balls are spotted and play continues for the next shooter with cue ball in hand anywhere behind the head string.

I'd think the win should go to the shooter! :p Also, according to the rules, it's BIH anywhere on a regular foul, so why is this rule different (i.e. behind the line)? It seems a little odd to me. :p

Anyhow, I'll let you know how it goes! :p
 
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