Hello Everyone,
I'm more of a lurker here (hang out mostly in the Main Forum) but I do enjoy reading about 14.1. I really haven't played much 14.1, but I feel like I've studied the game a good bit. Anyway, like most players I've always had that 100 ball run in the back of my mind. I'm not sure at this point in my life if it is even a realistic goal but it's still in my long term plans.
Backing up a bit -- all of my 14.1 plans have been on the shelf because I really didn't like the table I had. It was slow and it had bad rails, and I just didn't have the patience to play 14.1 on it. Well, I now have a new table (new to me) and I really enjoy playing on it. It's weird, I got a lot of practice time out of the old table but I've found that if you don't really like the table you are playing on -- you will not enjoy playing 14.1 or one-pocket on it. So for me, it was just practice and rotation games. Maybe a little 8 ball. That was about it.
Anyway, my new table is a 9' AMF (Gold Crown knock off). I bought from another pool room that closed. I set it up myself and even tightened up the pockets. I didn't put new cloth on it but I plan on doing that in the next year. It still plays a bit slower than ideal but it's managable. The pockets are right at 4.5" which I know isn't ideal for 14.1 but I really haven't missed too many balls that I would have otherwise made on a looser table.
My personal high run is 52 balls and that's without playing a lot of 14.1. This was quite a few years back and I think I'm a much better player now. I've started tracking my runs over the course of the past week and a half or so and I've had several runs in the 30's with a high run of 39. I feel like I'm just beginning to see the patterns and I'm hoping to break 50 soon. My high goal for the next 12 months is 70. I think I can get there.
I gues we will see.
I'm more of a lurker here (hang out mostly in the Main Forum) but I do enjoy reading about 14.1. I really haven't played much 14.1, but I feel like I've studied the game a good bit. Anyway, like most players I've always had that 100 ball run in the back of my mind. I'm not sure at this point in my life if it is even a realistic goal but it's still in my long term plans.
Backing up a bit -- all of my 14.1 plans have been on the shelf because I really didn't like the table I had. It was slow and it had bad rails, and I just didn't have the patience to play 14.1 on it. Well, I now have a new table (new to me) and I really enjoy playing on it. It's weird, I got a lot of practice time out of the old table but I've found that if you don't really like the table you are playing on -- you will not enjoy playing 14.1 or one-pocket on it. So for me, it was just practice and rotation games. Maybe a little 8 ball. That was about it.
Anyway, my new table is a 9' AMF (Gold Crown knock off). I bought from another pool room that closed. I set it up myself and even tightened up the pockets. I didn't put new cloth on it but I plan on doing that in the next year. It still plays a bit slower than ideal but it's managable. The pockets are right at 4.5" which I know isn't ideal for 14.1 but I really haven't missed too many balls that I would have otherwise made on a looser table.
My personal high run is 52 balls and that's without playing a lot of 14.1. This was quite a few years back and I think I'm a much better player now. I've started tracking my runs over the course of the past week and a half or so and I've had several runs in the 30's with a high run of 39. I feel like I'm just beginning to see the patterns and I'm hoping to break 50 soon. My high goal for the next 12 months is 70. I think I can get there.
I gues we will see.
