OMG, Enough about John Schmidt and record runs!

[jasonlaus]

No clue. Wasn’t aware of that.

Had we played all monies would have been posted.

I saw him playing on a poker stream pretty high stakes 6-8 months ago. He looked very old.

Best
Fatboy

He took both sides of the posted $$$ and skipped out the door. That's just one story

 

[jasonlaus]

Not that you would know one if you had him in your pocket, jasonlost.

You should play him champ.

 

[Z-Nole]

Fish on!!!

It’s a filet and release.

 

[Z-Nole]

Have your joke, yore mama had hers.

You so funny!

 

[Z-Nole]

No clue. Wasn’t aware of that.

Had we played all monies would have been posted.

I saw him playing on a poker stream pretty high stakes 6-8 months ago. He looked very old.

Best
Fatboy

That was fun watching Dippy match up for big bucks against the world beaters. The best part was watching everyone trying to get a game with him, it was like chumming with live bait…you know you’re gonna catch something.

 

[jasonlaus]

Call names,turkey.
Y’all already say he’s out of his prime, what the heck does that mean, who the heck you saying is a champ player. He hasn’t played shit since he claimed anonymity.

Called you champ....please try to keep up, I have other stuff to do.

I never said he was in his prime, out of his prime or anything like that. All I know is, he is Prime time and you are not

 

[jasonlaus]

Call names,turkey.
Y’all already say he’s out of his prime, what the heck does that mean, who the heck you saying is a champ player. He hasn’t played shit since he claimed anonymity.

He's a US Open champ - you probably can't Open a window

 

[justadub]

Like bruciepoo?

Yup, just like that, Dan. Comedy...

 

[telinoz]

I see Dan found the thread.

 

[AtLarge]

Actually, the World 14.1, to the displeasure of WPA, was the name of the event, and yes, John won the title.

Of course, you're right that it was not the WPA World 14.1 Championship when John won it, but it was the premier straight pool event in America at the time, and to get over the finish line, John beat the most dominant straight pooler of that era, Thorsten Hohmann, so let's not minimize the achievement.

Here's John Schmidt's path to victory in the 2012 World 14.1 Tournament:

Round Robin stage​

Stephan Cohen 100-0 (100 & out for Schmidt)​

Max Ritter 100-58​

Ed Culhane 100-39​

Cleiton Rocha 100-14​

Joey Landi 100-34​

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Double Elimination stage​

Bye​

Max Eberle 85-150​

Dennis Spears 150-unk.​

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Single Elimination stage​

Max Eberle 200-46 (Round of 16)​

Thorsten Hohmann 200-164 (Quarterfinal)​

Ralph Eckert 200-60 (Semifinal)​

Efren Reyes 200-169 (Final)​

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The Schmidt/Hohmann game was not particularly well played by either one. Combined, they gave up the table 7 times on break shots (5 misses and 2 scratches). Schmidt missed 7 times overall (including the 2 on break shots) and Hohmann missed 6 times (including 3 on break shots). The top 3 runs for each player were 51/28/26 for Schmidt and 49/28/23 for Hohmann.

 

[Black-Balled]

JS probably looks at these threads and thinks .... here are many people with not shit else to do but argue about nothing

And smiling at Danny.

 

[Straightpool_99]

Wow, that thread is over 300 pages long and continues to show up on the front page regularly.
A lot of cynical hate and threats in that thread! (As a former forum admin, the fact that that thread is still available is somewhat alarming tbh).

I bet the clown forum members are very supportive and sensitive, unlike us.

You folks really care too much about so little.
Focus on real accomplishments, the runs are trivial at best.

You should try it some time.

News flash: If ANY of the top 100 players in the world really put their mind and time to 14.1 runs, MANY would break 500-600 mark.
Jayson Shaw, for example, was tired of people "oooo-ing and awwww-ing" about "average pro" John Schmidt's life-long journey to finally beat Willie's record, so he spent a few weeks trying to beat it and showed it wasn't/isn't that big of deal to run 600+. (Jayson did it for attention too, lol).

There was a bit of money involved as well...You know, because people wanted to see it.

But the rest of the pros, frankly, just don't care enough to do it. It's a waste of their time.

Evidence suggests you are wrong, as several pros had a go.

So you all need to quit bickering about it lol, you're comparing apples to oranges anyways-- different equipment and environments, etc.
And you keep making average pro player John Schmidt relevant. John who?

I'll take your judgement of the relevance of John Schmidt under advisement, mr. anonymous troll person.

Again, try focusing on REAL pool accomplishments that the pro players themselves care about.
Do you really think a guy with a "Mr. 600" jacket intimidates Josh Filler or SVB lol?
Enough!

Quite a nice strawman you built there.

PS--- The world record for consecutive free throws made in basketball is 5,521 btw, made by an average person.
But you won't see the NBA's greatest-ever shooter, Steph Curry, wasting time trying to break that because, who cares lol. See my point?

....I'd suggest that "average person" was anything but average when it came to free-throws.

 

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