Straightpool99: Your own passion for the game is equally an inspiration and is almost certainly contagious to newcomers to Straight Pool itself.John Schmidt is a rare talent indeed. I don't think I've ever heard of a modern age player putting up such huge numbers, with such consistency. The funny thing is, he gets out of line and makes outrageous shots one after the other hardly missing any of those extreme shots. I've never seen anything like it.
I like to watch other straight pool players for inspiration for my patterns, but he's made a convert out of me. When such shotmaking is possible, it's an inspiration to work on ones stroke and consistency. What a player.
Just before his 464 he tried a sideways masse from along the head cushion. It would have been an excellent start to the 464 that few would complain about.Well, John's stay at Bull Shooters just ended. No super runs today, but he had 3 good ones -- 172, 169, and 169.
I counted 19 attempts for the day. But for several of those, his BIH opening break shot did not offer as high a probability of success as would many other break shots. He put the CB behind the head string on his right side and the OB a bit above the head string close to the right rail. So he cut the OB a bit to the left to the foot-rail pocket on that side and sent the OB with inside english off the right rail into (or past) the rack. This produced a run of 53 once, but also runs of 3, 0, 1, and 1. Just having some fun, I guess.
Just before his 464 he tried a sideways masse from along the head cushion. It would have been an excellent start to the 464 that few would complain about.
You are probably right. In looking for the start of the 464 I got turned around a couple of times. I don't like Facebook's video interface at all. Or does someone know how to do single-frame advance and such on Facebook videos?My notes put that attempt about 3½ hours before the big run, right after he scratched on the break shot at 168. ...
You are probably right. In looking for the start of the 464 I got turned around a couple of times. I don't like Facebook's video interface at all. Or does someone know how to do single-frame advance and such on Facebook videos?
Very impressive effort. Does anyone have the average run number? How many low runs with a miss did he have?
I'm sure that the 464 will be up eventually with some scoring graphics.Can the 464 facebook feed be cut and put on youtube? Or does facebook not allow that? That run needs to be made available for everyone to see.
Yes, that is what I nearly did but I'm paying for bandwidth right now. It will be better when it's available on YouTube for everyone.Use recording program. Then you can have it for your own and can use it with any program..
Can the 464 facebook feed be cut and put on youtube? Or does facebook not allow that? That run needs to be made available for everyone to see.