Odds for a player in Snooker to...

u12armresl said:
Tons of 147's. Have yet to see anyone break open, even in practice and 147
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The one you ruled out (Jimmy White) was quite open. It wasn't a safety break. Maybe 25% safety to give the possibility of not giving the other guy an easy shot. We're getting to a very specific set of requirements here!
 
Pin said:
The one you ruled out (Jimmy White) was quite open. It wasn't a safety break. Maybe 25% safety to give the possibility of not giving the other guy an easy shot. We're getting to a very specific set of requirements here!
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1 requirement. Break them open. When you kick from the back it leaves the cueball at the back and the 7 stays for the run.
Break them and take what lays.
 
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u12armresl said:
1 requirement. Break them open. When you kick from the back it leaves the cueball at the back and the 7 stays for the run.
Break them and take what lays.
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I suppose doing it your way, on a small percentage of their breaks, the player would (by luck) make a red and get position on the 7, with a clear route to the pocket. Whereas Jimmy essentially did the same thing except guaranteeing position on the 7. So he's starting from about the same beginning as maybe 5% (wild guess) of the open breaks that make a ball. From there it's about the same proposition (loosely speaking).

I think what you're looking for is very possible, and perhaps has even been done in a practice session. I used to play pool at the same club as Chris Melling, and they had a leaderboard of highest breaks. At the top was Chris, I think with over 40 147s. Who knows, maybe there was one in there?
 
Pin said:
I suppose doing it your way, on a small percentage of their breaks, the player would (by luck) make a red and get position on the 7, with a clear route to the pocket. Whereas Jimmy essentially did the same thing except guaranteeing position on the 7. So he's starting from about the same beginning as maybe 5% (wild guess) of the open breaks that make a ball. From there it's about the same proposition (loosely speaking).

I think what you're looking for is very possible, and perhaps has even been done in a practice session. I used to play pool at the same club as Chris Melling, and they had a leaderboard of highest breaks. At the top was Chris, I think with over 40 147s. Who knows, maybe there was one in there?
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How about this as an adjustment, if they break hard and don't make a ball, they get to shoot anyway? That might be a good compromise.
When I thought of players who could possibly do this Melling was pretty high up.
 
straightline said:
Evidently, pro snooker is racked with the 6 frozen on the head ball. the way they played in CA, the 6 used to be on the spot and the displaced red on top of it. I'm not quite sure if you can get the head ball from the D either.
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Been watching and playing snooker for over 40 years.

Never, ever heard anyone refer to the pink ball as "the six".
 
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