Here is a cool story I would like to share, i just feel like typing today, my writing here isnt the best-but the story is 100% honest. I just felt like rambling on, I think most people who read this will like it, Best, Eric/Fatboy
I have made 5 a few times many years ago on BIG pocket tables in a pool room thats long gone "Tiptons" is Stockton Ca(spell it backwards-its funny), they were 5" pockets maybe even 5 3/8".
I have seen my friend Mike Mitchel make 6 balls lots of times. And lots of other players over the years. They awalys seem to be hooked after a big break, based on my observations.
I have never seen 7.
The best I ever saw was at the Jointed Cue in Sacramento(my all time favorite pool room). It was a quater final of a match on the Fathers day tournment back in about 89. The room has bleacher seating, the table was a Gold Crown 3 I think , the pockets were a hair under 5". Because of all the people in the room the tables were wet and not playing very fast-which makes this more amazing. I dont remember who was playing and i'm reasonably accurate of the pocket size. The break was working for both players, it was not "Rack your own", loser racked, winner breaks format.
So now that I described the situation I'll tell you about the break, the player was hitting them hard, 2-3 balls went in 100MPH instantly, the rest of the balls were just rolling fast, faster than normal on a break, they were all rolling about the same speed. You know most of the time there is a ball that gets loose and is rolling much faster than the rest of the balls, sometimes you get 2 fast balls out of the rack. This break was differnt, I noticed that all the balls were rolling about the same speed and they just seemed to find a pocket.
I made a point to remember this clearly as I knew it was something special. Six balls made their way into a pocket, none or very few balls kissed off each other, they just rolled into the pocket. There was 2 balls rolling towards the same corner pocket at the head of the table they were rolling at the same pace. And when they both got to jaws they knocked each other apart, and just missed falling into that pocket, the CB had came back up table and naturally he was dead hooked****. Had either of those 2 last balls been a inch infront or behind each other he would have made 8 balls on the break. The 9 was up by the spot and never moved much.
There was 100 people in that room watching that, and it was as close as it could have been to making 8 out of 9 on the break. I commited that to memory and while I dont recall the past very accurately like Jay or Bobby Cotton. I do have this one in my head I can see it plane as day, Itwas the 4 and 6 that collided 2"infront of the pocket. The way the balls came out of that rack was interesting, even if he didnt make so many balls I would still remember it as it just looked different. We have all seen a million breaks but this one was something special.
So it was 6 not 8, I have seen piles of 6's but not like that one. Nobody made more than 4 on that table the whole tournament, it did break easy all the time, I played on it enough to know that. But 8?? Wow I wish that would have happened.
Hope you like my story, i'm kinda sleepy now but its the best I could do.
Happy Christmas,
Eric
****I have a theory and have seen it time and time again, it seems that everytime a player makes5 balls on the break playing 9,10 ball he ends up hooked. More often than not the player is hooked, anyone else agree with that.
one last thing, I made 5 balls 3 nights ago on the break playing 8 ball on a 9' box with big pockets, first time I made 5 in a very long time, my break is weak.
