Most 150's and out
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One of those 100 and outs was against Bill Maropulos.
Based on the stats quoted in this thread, it is not as rare as a 147. I don't think even Ronnie can run 147s on demand at exhibitions (although he does do so from time to time). It is, nevertheless, tremendously impressive.
Yes, next it would be nice if we could get all the 9 ball players to stop calling straight pool matches, particularly ones from previous generations, "races."
I thought he missed at 149 or something like that.
I think he missed a combination at 148 against Ray Martin.
1992 US Open 14.1. Zuglan 150, Martin 5. High run 148. Available from Accu-Stats.
A 147 is way rarer then a 150 point straight pool run.
A 147 not only requires great shooting, it also requires a very specific way of shooting that does not necessarily make winning the game easier much of the time.
On a proper pro 6x12 snooker table a 150 is probably closer to a 120 or so run in snooker. It takes a very good amateur competition level snooker player to run a century. Corey Deuel won the US snooker championships and when he went and played in England he did not even make a dent in the Q school, and centuries in that are not even that common.
I've always thought that century a at snooker or straight pool to be about equal....
....and a ten run at three cushion billiards.
A 147 is hard to compare to straight pool....the equivalent might be 280....
....or running a 100 at 14.1 using only one side of the table.
i have played all three of these disciplines in action....
...straight pool is more satisfying to me....you NEED every ball to win....
...at snooker, about 80 is all you need playing even...the rest is vanity.
But I love playing all three games...and the champions at snooker, 14.1, and three cushion
all get equal respect from me.
....and a ten run at three cushion billiards.
A 147 is hard to compare to straight pool....the equivalent might be 280....
....or running a 100 at 14.1 using only one side of the table.
i have played all three of these disciplines in action....
...straight pool is more satisfying to me....you NEED every ball to win....
...at snooker, about 80 is all you need playing even...the rest is vanity.
But I love playing all three games...and the champions at snooker, 14.1, and three cushion
all get equal respect from me.
Where would you put an English Billiards break in that comparison? I'm terrible at the game so I have no idea, but I've thought that a 200 break in Billiards seems to be the equivalent.
My memory is not what it used to be , but as Mr. Bond said , a lot of the early years of straight pool were races to 125 in championships.
I remember Ralph Greenleaf as having some ridiculous number of runouts in many tournaments.
I remember Ralph Greenleaf as having some ridiculous number of runouts in many tournaments.
Here we go
I think it was a 5x10 with 4 inch pockets.
Pretty good shooting right?
Chuck Norris ran a 1000 balls on a billiards table. He quit at a 1000 because it was too easy.
Wow! Didn't mean to step on your chew toy! I was just wondering what equipment was used back then and thought a billiards forum was the right place to ask...guess I was wrong
It has been discussed at length here. Most people would tell you to use the search function.
4x8 with 5.5" pockets
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