I played in one of the Pechauer stops today, while I was playing Ismael "Morro" Paez, I noticed on the table next to me a single game of 9-ball was going on very long between two skilled players. It was a safety battle, and the rack was nearly impossible to run. Once I noticed it, the game ended about 15 minutes later, so I am guessing it went on for 20 minutes. That's pretty long for a game of 9-ball. Needless to say, Morro and I were not playing very well, but he got me 9-5. What's the longest game you've ever seen?
Longest Game of 9-ball You've Ever Seen/Played
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LastTwo said:
Just being humorous, here, Last Two. The longest nine ball games are, IMO, between not so good players. Last year when I was still an sl2 or beginning three, I played this sl5 woman in a tournament, race to 5 in the loser's bracket. Well, it turned into a 'mind game', because she was falling apart mentally and I was, to put it mildly, not shooting well. When we were finally finished, her victory 5-4, my husband said that it had lasted close to two hours LOL. She diced me the first game, then I turned it into a safety battle in the second game. Boy did that second game last a long time, not sue how long, but it seemed like it took forever.
So, when you have one player, who is not real great, but can play safe, and the other one is falling apart in frustration, it did make for a long battle. This was one of those planet pool matches, where most of the women were sl4-5, with a few sl6-sl7, women thrown in. The funniest thing happened in that match. At the bar, they were playing this very loud music and the speaker was right over our head. By about the 3rd game, she was so nervous, she asked me if the music was too loud,I looked at her in a daze, thinking 'what music?', because I was so deeply in play that I did not hear any music and she proceeded to go to the bar and ask them to turn down the music.
Oh, well, off on a tangent again. Glad to see you on here.
Laura
It was 8 ball, but last night I played a very lengthy game. The woman I was playing put an awfully good safety on me with just a ball each (plus the 8) on the table. The only possibility was high-risk kick shot, so I instead did an intentional foul by shooting the 8 to freeze it behind my ball and making her run chances very slim. That sparked off perhaps 20 innings of safeties and fouls. After a while the tournament director came over to watch our game (we were slowing down other matches). I ultimately lost trying to move my one ball without pocketing it or fouling.
ramdadingdong
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LastTwo said:
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This one is silly, two klutz beginners could play all day long on one game. When two good players get in a situation where taking the shot loses and both know it and you get into a endless safety exchange, the game should be called a draw and you rerack and play it again. You should not allow it to drag on for 20 minutes. There are rules written for the stalemate.
How about instead what was the fastest set, I won 10 in a row twice in 5 minutes flat, any one want to fade that. That was Fast, that was how I got my name Fast, for doing that in 1960.
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ramdadingdong
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sniper said:I saw Corey Duel and Paul Potier take 12 minutes to pocket the one ballIt turned out to be one of the best matches I've ever seen with Paul making a dandy shot to win 5-4.
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You sir are a purist, which is good, not bad, I compliment that. Put that match on TV and pool is no longer on TV. That is why you are playing 9 ball today, Miz had a couple of long 14.1 safety matches, the purist loves this, the ball bangers fall asleep and go into brain comas. they turn off pool and turn on cops and watch a good car chase through downtown. That was what killed off straight pool on tv, miz showing how pure he could could play and having a high run of 12. Snooker in England has frames that have a high run of 12, but they never get on the air, the edit that turkey out and instead show a century break.
What sells is slam bam rack em and run em. That is why one hole can never get on TV, you want to try and TV a race to 5 that goes 6 hours and they sometimes do. That is why one pocket has never captured more than 1% of the pool playing population. That probably then gives you the stat, 1% of players are purists. I bet that used to be 10%. One thing I am sure of, the percentage of ball bangers is soaring, going through the roof. I would venture a good guess at what that percentage is now but I don't want to start something.
Fast Larry
ramdadingdong
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sniper said:Ummm.....it was on TV
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I don't watch Canadian TV. I am not qualified to speak about the match having not seen it so I should just not comment on it.
Fast Larry
LastTwo said:
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mjantti Couple of good players here in Finland had a go at making a Guinness World record in continuos play. [/QUOTE]
Isn't the answer in mjantti's post? They played for a cup!
But check this thread out:
http://www.azbilliards.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=1696
-piga
long game
Wasn't 9 ball but team 8 ball at Vegas in Valley International Championship Tournament.
My opponent and I each had 1 ball left and the 8 ball with the 8 ball on the kitchen end rail in the center, and each of the other balls on each side of the 8 ball close to same end rail.
1 slight mistake and the game was over. Both of us were good players, so we both knew we had to be careful.
We played 18 consecutive safeties in a row with no breaks until the 18th when my opponent rolled the cue ball a little far and gave me a shot. I quickly put him away and won the game. It was extremely nerveracking since both of the teams were extremely close and it was within the last couple of games of the match, and 1 point could make the difference between winning and losing.
We bptj took our time in playing the safeties so it did take some time ...
Wasn't 9 ball but team 8 ball at Vegas in Valley International Championship Tournament.
My opponent and I each had 1 ball left and the 8 ball with the 8 ball on the kitchen end rail in the center, and each of the other balls on each side of the 8 ball close to same end rail.
1 slight mistake and the game was over. Both of us were good players, so we both knew we had to be careful.
We played 18 consecutive safeties in a row with no breaks until the 18th when my opponent rolled the cue ball a little far and gave me a shot. I quickly put him away and won the game. It was extremely nerveracking since both of the teams were extremely close and it was within the last couple of games of the match, and 1 point could make the difference between winning and losing.
We bptj took our time in playing the safeties so it did take some time ...
As has been noted, the slowest racks will be played by the weakest players, and I have first-hand knowledge of a race to five taking five and a half hours. Still, I suspect the question posed is about the longest rack of nine ball ever played by two accomplished players.
It has already been noted thaqt in ridiculously tied up racks, long safety battles can occur. There are other situations where this can happen, too.
The slowest rack I've ever been involved in had the eight tied up under the nine with both balls between the corner pocket and the first diamond on the long rail. I was hooked, so I slow kicked at the eight, and my opponent thinned the eight to leave me the exact same position, so I slow kicked again. This happened about five times when I was told the eight was now frozen, so i slow kicked again, and though I fouled, I had now nudged the eight off the rail, and the process began again. Safe, slow kick, safe, slow kick, etc. As long as I kicked soft enough to keep ensuring that the eight would remain directly under the nine, I'd be OK. My friend was unwilling to chance a safe that would separate the eight from the nine for fear of leaving a shot or kick safe. We chose to call the rack a draw and begin a new one, with the break belonging to me, as I had been the one who broke the rack.
This raises the question "Wouldn't it be OK to allow both players to, by mutual consent, declare a rack a draw and replay it?" Might save some time.
It has already been noted thaqt in ridiculously tied up racks, long safety battles can occur. There are other situations where this can happen, too.
The slowest rack I've ever been involved in had the eight tied up under the nine with both balls between the corner pocket and the first diamond on the long rail. I was hooked, so I slow kicked at the eight, and my opponent thinned the eight to leave me the exact same position, so I slow kicked again. This happened about five times when I was told the eight was now frozen, so i slow kicked again, and though I fouled, I had now nudged the eight off the rail, and the process began again. Safe, slow kick, safe, slow kick, etc. As long as I kicked soft enough to keep ensuring that the eight would remain directly under the nine, I'd be OK. My friend was unwilling to chance a safe that would separate the eight from the nine for fear of leaving a shot or kick safe. We chose to call the rack a draw and begin a new one, with the break belonging to me, as I had been the one who broke the rack.
This raises the question "Wouldn't it be OK to allow both players to, by mutual consent, declare a rack a draw and replay it?" Might save some time.
About 7 years ago I remember on game in a race to 7 going on for 45 minutes. It was between two women and the game was 9-ball.
The racker slugged the rack and the breaker couldn't break them apart very well. So the racker proceeded to play safety after safety to get her opponent on three. Thie went on for 45 minutes and the RO was getting furious because it was going to hold up that one bracket and he wanted his room back for his regular customers.
This was the racker's modus operandi as she's done this to other players as well. Thankfully, she doesn't play in the tour anymore.
Barbara
The racker slugged the rack and the breaker couldn't break them apart very well. So the racker proceeded to play safety after safety to get her opponent on three. Thie went on for 45 minutes and the RO was getting furious because it was going to hold up that one bracket and he wanted his room back for his regular customers.
This was the racker's modus operandi as she's done this to other players as well. Thankfully, she doesn't play in the tour anymore.
Barbara
LastTwo said:
ramdadingdong
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Barbara said:
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You are talking about duck and hide Peg I bet.
Fast Larry
piglit said:
Isn't the answer in mjantti's post? They played for a cup!
But check this thread out:
http://www.azbilliards.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=1696
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HOLY S*** THAT PICTURE OF GREMLIN WITH THE KAREN CORR T-SHIRT AND THE CAP CREEPED ME OUT!! what a wacko.....