Jake...<<I suggest you go watch the videos that Tate posted and tell me that Allison can do that. Actually, I know that Helena Thornfeldt can, she showed up here one night and tried to get people to bet against her playing the ghost and couldn't get any takers.>>
Ummm...Jake my man. Allision is currently ranked #1 in spite of one of her lesser seasons so far and Helena is ranked #8. What....exactly...leads you to believe that Allision is a less capable player than Helena?? Amd BTW, what the He!! does beating the Ghost have to do with winning 9 Ball matches? You see Jake, there are a couple of rules in 9 Ball that are fairly important. One, you don't get ball in hand after the break...including after scratching on the break and two, some advanced pros are pretty good at a shot called a "safety."
<<Alternate break is a handicap to the better player. The WPBA did it to slow down Allison.>>
First, MANY MALE pro events including nearly all that are televised on ESPN use the alternate break format. But that isn't the point. The point is that winner breaks is a STUPID way to conduct a sporting contest. Are you in favor of
1. The team scored upon kicking off to the scoring team?
2. The scoring basketball team getting to throw the ball back into play?
3. The tennis player who just won a game getting to keep the serve?
4. The scoring hockey team getting guaranteed possession of the puck after the goal?
5. The bowler rolling a strike to just get to keep his/her turn until he rolls a spare?
6. The scoring soccer team getting to put the ball back into play?
The "winner breaks" mentality is nearly unique to pool and thankfully, is becoming more and more out of favor because it is so STUPID! What EXACTLY does it prove to have two world champions playing each other and one of them sitting in his chair watching the other guy put on a "six pack" to win a tournament??? Especially since the VAST majority of such runs are a COMBINATION of great play and GREAT ROLLS???
<<Allison does not play on any tours except the WPBA
but she did get beat by Grady about 10 years ago when she was in her prime>>
And that proves exactly WHAT?? The FACT of the matter is that at the IPT Vegas her win percentage was 50% which equals ONE HALF where I went to school and SHE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE MATCH AGAINST ANOTHER WOMAN AND PROBABLY HADN'T PLAYED 100 RACKS OF COMPETITIVE 8 BALL
IN HER LIFE BEFORE THAT TOURNAMENT!!! And oh, by the way, she turned in that spectacular performance in spite of having a significant physical strehgth disadvantage vs. the men in 8 Ball...a disadvantage that is much lower....WAY lower in the game of 9 Ball because of the physical laws of moving 15 balls with a single stroke vs. moving 8 Balls.
In her prime TEN YEARS AGO? Have you been living in a cave? She only arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago Since then she has won more 9-Ball tournaments than the total wins of all her pro competitors
combined, and over 5 times as many titles as the player with the 2nd most wins in that span.
You sound like Sigel who utterly disprespects female players...which is, of course, why he contracted to play LJJ in the Masters of the Hill tournement and DUCKED playing Allison. No disprespect to LJJ who was a GREAT champion but she was ranked about 64th out of 66 on the WPBA tour at the time of that match!
Jim
She would get owned by touring pros not in the top 12. Sure, she would win a couple sets but she would lose far more often. She is very good, but not that good. remember there are big differences in the gaps between high level play. There is really, really good, and then their is world beater... I'll take your bet 
