Online Chip games idea

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mistamikel

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So I had a thought (it might not be a good one, but none the less..)
After reading a post about a member who plays at home and just can't seem to get any better, I got an idea for an online chip game, to add a little pressure to the home players as well as added practice pressure.

My idea, all done over video chat/conference/call. Game can be 8/9/10 ball. Or whatever (14.1 would work too for high run scores,)
2 people agree on a set amount ($5, $10, $20 or whatever) at $1 (or once again whatever the parties agree upon) a game.
Each player adds in a chip.
Player 1 goes first, breaks and trys to run oout. Dry break mean open table (no ball in hand like a Ghost game), miss and you're done, run out is the goal.
Player 2 is next, same goal.
Who ever runs there rack gets the 2 chips.
Both run out, the chips stay in the pot.
Both players fail the run out, chips stay in the pot.
Chips go to the "winner" of the rack (say Player 1 runs out, Player 2 does not. Player 1 gets the chips)
Winner is the one with all the chips, no re-buys.

Now, of course every table will be different (size, pocket size, cloth, etc) as well as skill set, so that would have to be worked out between the parties evolved.

I think this might help people like me, and others who dont get the chance to get out much, but still want that added bit of pressure ( there's a little cash on the line, some AZB bragging rights, camera on you, etc) plus, it's a way for some of the people on here to kinda have a game with someone across the world.

And for the brave, and tech savvy, there could be a live stream on YouTube or something. Just to kick it up a notch.

Sorry if this has been done or brought up before.
Just one of my highdeas 🤓
 
mistamikel said:
So I had a thought (it might not be a good one, but none the less..)
After reading a post about a member who plays at home and just can't seem to get any better, I got an idea for an online chip game, to add a little pressure to the home players as well as added practice pressure.

My idea, all done over video chat/conference/call. Game can be 8/9/10 ball. Or whatever (14.1 would work too for high run scores,)
2 people agree on a set amount ($5, $10, $20 or whatever) at $1 (or once again whatever the parties agree upon) a game.
Each player adds in a chip.
Player 1 goes first, breaks and trys to run oout. Dry break mean open table (no ball in hand like a Ghost game), miss and you're done, run out is the goal.
Player 2 is next, same goal.
Who ever runs there rack gets the 2 chips.
Both run out, the chips stay in the pot.
Both players fail the run out, chips stay in the pot.
Chips go to the "winner" of the rack (say Player 1 runs out, Player 2 does not. Player 1 gets the chips)
Winner is the one with all the chips, no re-buys.

Now, of course every table will be different (size, pocket size, cloth, etc) as well as skill set, so that would have to be worked out between the parties evolved.

I think this might help people like me, and others who dont get the chance to get out much, but still want that added bit of pressure ( there's a little cash on the line, some AZB bragging rights, camera on you, etc) plus, it's a way for some of the people on here to kinda have a game with someone across the world.

And for the brave, and tech savvy, there could be a live stream on YouTube or something. Just to kick it up a notch.

Sorry if this has been done or brought up before.
Just one of my highdeas 🤓
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There have been a few iterations of this. I know some pro's were doing this during Covid (hopefully someone will know where the video's are at but I'm pretty sure Kelly Fisher did very well but I could be wrong) and I also know the APA did something similar but the games were played differently.

In the pro version they were going rack for rack but the APA version was a bit different.

The opponents, sometimes in different countries, would rack, the winner of the lag broke and then the loser broke but the rack was based on the lag winners break meaning, if the lag winner made the 3 and 7 on the break the opponent would put the 3 and 7 down and pull up any balls he/she made (that weren't the 3/7). In this instance, the winner of the lag would then play a regular game of 9B and if he got to, let's say, the 4 ball then missed the 5, the opponent would drop the 1, 2, and 4 and start his run at the 5B (it was orange for those paying attention) and try to run out. If he/she made the 5, 6, and 7 the other player would then drop those balls and start shooting at the 8B. I played the very first rendition of this (Idaho versus Canda) and in reality, it was pretty fun. I enjoyed watching the different strategies between different players i.e. if someone knew they couldn't finish their run they would go to the cameras and figure out trouble balls for their opponents and then instead of making one of their balls they would push a trouble ball into a good spot. Sometimes this worked out, sometimes it didn't. I didn't pay attention to the other person's table layout, I played to runout and didn't realy care what my opponent's table looked like.

And yep, tables are going to be different. In my match I was on a 7' Diamond (which I RARELY played on) and my opponent was on a 9' GC I believe. That being said, I learned the game on 9' tables so I don't think the difference affected my match that much.

At the end of the day, I liked the format and think it could have it's place in our little corner of the world.

Here's my stream for reference.

 
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