Longest Game of 9-ball You've Ever Seen/Played

[PoolBum]

Cool, I get to vent again!

A couple years ago I was playing in the Swanee Memorial tourny in San Diego, and I was playing a guy I had never played before (this guy actually just played in the world nine-ball championship this year too--but he had no business being there). My opponent was at the table with the 7, 8 and 9 left. The layout was not difficult--really required little movement of the cueball. I was winning the match, and the longer I stayed ahead in the match, the slower my opponent's play became. Now, he was standing there *studying* this incredibly difficult three-ball cosmo. Then he picks up the chalk and starts chalking his tip--again. Then he goes to study the layout again.

Annoyed, I turned to watch the match on the next table. Aaron Aragon, who is a very good player and a wheelchair player, is at the table shooting at the 4-ball. Determined not to watch my opponent put on his little exhibition of running those three balls, I sat and watched Aaron run out the rack from the 4-ball. Expecting to turn and see that it was my turn to rack the balls, I turned back to my table--and my opponent had still not shot the 7-ball!!

True story.

 

[mjantti]

Did they set a record? Did they beat a record? Is there a record for this?

I think they set some kind of record. I don't know if there is a record for this, but now there should be. I don't know if the record was confirmed by Guinness Book of Records, but they had all the necessary supervisors. Oh, and they played for just getting the 50 hour mark broken, and they told they have a nice sidebet there but never revealed any amounts... I know many gamblers would easily pass this mark, but these guys did it using only coffee to keep themselves awake

 

[cheeserider]

I watched a race to 7 set in a tournament on Saturday that had to have taken a good 2 hours or more.

 

[LastTwo]

A couple years ago I was playing in the Swanee Memorial tourny in San Diego, and I was playing a guy I had never played before (this guy actually just played in the world nine-ball championship this year too--but he had no business being there). My opponent was at the table with the 7, 8 and 9 left. The layout was not difficult--really required little movement of the cueball. I was winning the match, and the longer I stayed ahead in the match, the slower my opponent's play became. Now, he was standing there *studying* this incredibly difficult three-ball cosmo. Then he picks up the chalk and starts chalking his tip--again. Then he goes to study the layout again.

Annoyed, I turned to watch the match on the next table. Aaron Aragon, who is a very good player and a wheelchair player, is at the table shooting at the 4-ball. Determined not to watch my opponent put on his little exhibition of running those three balls, I sat and watched Aaron run out the rack from the 4-ball. Expecting to turn and see that it was my turn to rack the balls, I turned back to my table--and my opponent had still not shot the 7-ball!!

True story.

Well it was a big tourney, so of course some players are going to slow down. Of course waiting so long that another player has already run a rack before he has shot, that is a bit long, but for one tough shot, that seems about right. Now if he was doing this every shot, than that's different. By the way, I hope you are not talking about Ernesto D., he is the only guy I can think of that played at the Swanee tournament the past few years, who also played in the world championship. He definately belongs there, if you ever see him in top form he is absoloutely amazing on the table.