So to be fair
you’ve seen it in writing the prize was only for Shaw??
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you’ve seen it in writing the prize was only for Shaw??
Go back and read my posts. They are very clear and wouldn't lead to such a silly question.
My high run and last time I tried I ran 26.
That was probably the 10th game of 14.1 I ever played.
I was about 26 years old. Never played that game again.
I'm 72 now.
Congrats JS.
Hmmm, JS is the initials of Shaw and Schmidt, how ironic!
That was probably the 10th game of 14.1 I ever played.
I was about 26 years old. Never played that game again.
I'm 72 now.
Congrats JS.
Hmmm, JS is the initials of Shaw and Schmidt, how ironic!
I hit one longer than 500 yards. Climbed to the top of a 14'er and hit a golf ball off of it. It was 1000 yards away when we lost sight of it. Still going.
Like you said. Means nothing.
Pikes Peak?
Mt Princeton. It was a fun day!
You made it sound like there was a HIGH prize for years and years and years in your initial comment that I called bs. And that prize was open to anyone on the planet. There was never any such thing. The closest was I believe there was a 10k prize at the DCC challenge if anyone broke Mosconi.
The context of what we were talking about was motivation for every pro to dedicate a month to beat Willie's 526 (or Johns/Shaws afterwards). The prize would have to be 100k range for them to do that. That is what Bobby did, which I acknowledged. But his was a very specific prize to a very small group of invited pros to his location. And he only did it a week at a time a few times over the course of a year or so. That was nothing like what you implied.
Now, if Bobby or anyone else posted 500k and said "the first person to beat number xyz, anywhere in the world, on camera and with measured pockets 5" or less, gets the 500k." THEN, you will have every pro in the Phillipines, China, Taiwan, Europe, etc, trying it. The American's won't bother, because they know they can't do it.
That's not enough digits.
600+ is monster. I couldn't go the minimum table time on those buckets.
you cant compare the old and new. willie played on where he was sent to, and only had a few warm up shots and then did his exhibition.
no do over tries. just played to get to or run 100. which he did on the first or close to it tries.
them most times he just quit.
didnt get to try to make a higher run over and over. and didnt start with a ball in hand break as his game started with a safe break.
only a few times did they ask for him to keep shooting.
no do over tries. just played to get to or run 100. which he did on the first or close to it tries.
them most times he just quit.
didnt get to try to make a higher run over and over. and didnt start with a ball in hand break as his game started with a safe break.
only a few times did they ask for him to keep shooting.
yes mosconi was a great. possibly unparalleled talent.
these two JS’s are also greats.
it’s all great.
we dont need to tear anyone down here. the fact that straight pool gets played at all any more is nothing short of a small miracle.
To see these enormous runs happen and then get put online for free for all of us to watch is going to change the way young people think about straight pool. i dont see how it is anything but a good thing, regardless of whether or not willie had his coffee or a cramp in his foot that morning.
I think the other people were Earl, SVB and Ruslan. None of them spent much time at it.
BC has said a lot of things about what he's doing (or wants to do) about this challenge thing. Very little (other than Shaw) has ever materialized.
As far as a prize being offered, no dollar amount was ever mentioned.
His latest was "literally historic money that has never been heard of playing straight pool" Wait for it.
didn't jay have a prize for a while? 10k or something. could be misremembering