Playing a ball better?

g monster

g monster

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Refering to the game of nine ball what exactly does it mean when a guy says that he plays a ball or two better than somone? Does it mean that on an average run he makes 1 more ball than the other person? Or does it mean that the guy can spot the 8 or something?
Thanks in advance.
 
g monster said:
Refering to the game of nine ball what exactly does it mean when a guy says that he plays a ball or two better than somone? Does it mean that on an average run he makes 1 more ball than the other person? Or does it mean that the guy can spot the 8 or something?
Thanks in advance.
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Usually it means that he can give the 8, or at least try to, lol. Good question though, some may have different definitions but I would say this is right on. Peace.
 
g monster said:
Refering to the game of nine ball what exactly does it mean when a guy says that he plays a ball or two better than somone? Does it mean that on an average run he makes 1 more ball than the other person? Or does it mean that the guy can spot the 8 or something?
Thanks in advance.
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If I play a ball better than someone, it means that I can spot them the eight and expect to win half the racks.

The term will tend to be used more often to compare two players that play at "A" or "B" level, however, as once you get to the very top guys, the eight as a spot means very little. Similarly, if a very weak player spots another very weak player the eight, it is a huge spot.
 
sjm said:
If I play a ball better than someone, it means that I can spot them the eight and expect to win half the racks.
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SJM,
This may be quibbling (as is most of my posting), but I always thought that if I play a ball better than someone (for example Stevie Wonder, Stephen Hawking, and the late Ray Charles) it means that I can spot them the LAST 2 balls as their "money balls" and expect to win slightly MORE than half the racks. I would defer to your interpretation.
 
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Williebetmore said:
SJM,
This may be quibbling (as is most of my posting), but I always thought that if I play a ball better than someone (for example Stevie Wonder, Stephen Hawking, and the late Ray Charles) it means that I can spot them the LAST ball and expect to win slightly MORE than half the racks. I would defer to your interpretation.
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Hawking? I'd never spot anyone that might come up with a way of reconicling relativity with quantum mechanics in the middle of a match. Who's to say how he might apply that knowledge over the green felt, Wille?

Stevie and Ray got the eight, though.
 
sjm said:
Hawking? I'd never spot anyone that might come up with a way of reconicling relativity with quantum mechanics in the middle of a match. Who's to say how he might apply that knowledge over the green felt, Wille?

Stevie and Ray got the eight, though.
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Stevie game me the wild seven.

:( I still lost, Pel
 
the i'll take the 6 from all of you.

Pelican said:
Stevie game me the wild seven.

:( I still lost, Pel
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How you doin Pel. Goin to DCC? Would like to catch you there and get some lessons from you. I know you hang out with all the champions. Sam
 
sjm said:
Hawking? I'd never spot anyone that might come up with a way of reconicling relativity with quantum mechanics in the middle of a match. Who's to say how he might apply that knowledge over the green felt, Wille?
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Why not spot him? It never seemed to help Jewett and some of his cronnies. ;)
Hawking might have to spot you though if you played from a wheelchair and had to shoot each shot with the cue tethered to the top of your skull. :eek:
 
Williebetmore said:
SJM,
This may be quibbling (as is most of my posting), but I always thought that if I play a ball better than someone (for example Stevie Wonder, Stephen Hawking, and the late Ray Charles) it means that I can spot them the LAST 2 balls as their "money balls" and expect to win slightly MORE than half the racks. I would defer to your interpretation.
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Willie,

Spotting someone the "last two" is actually considered a 1/2 ball spot. It's probably one of the smallest spots to give up. It's considered weaker than the called eight because with the called eight, you have two money balls in play during the entire rack. The last two only becomes a spot once there are only two balls left on the table.


Eric


*edited: sorry Willie, I missed the joke in your earlier post. Doh! I don't usually let those fly over my head, what was I thinking! :p
 
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Williebetmore said:
SJM,
This may be quibbling (as is most of my posting), but I always thought that if I play a ball better than someone (for example Stevie Wonder, Stephen Hawking, and the late Ray Charles) it means that I can spot them the LAST 2 balls as their "money balls" and expect to win slightly MORE than half the racks. I would defer to your interpretation.
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By the way, Willie, did you know that there's a great player out of the Philadelphia area named (know I'll spell this wrong) Steve Dobrowski who is more familiarly known as Stevie Wonder? FYI, he plays easily as fast as Luc Salvas. I'm not giving that guy any weight!
 
sjm said:
By the way, Willie, did you know that there's a great player out of the Philadelphia area named (know I'll spell this wrong) Steve Dobrowski who is more familiarly known as Stevie Wonder? FYI, he plays easily as fast as Luc Salvas. I'm not giving that guy any weight!
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SJM,
I think it is Dobrowolski. I have an Accu-Stats of him playing Buddy Hall at one pocket, and they both review the match afterwards (I have ALL the Accu-Stats player review tapes, from all disciplines). Stevie W. plays way fast (not as fast as Machine Gun Lou B. though, but still fast), and Buddy just giggles every time Stevie starts shooting, saying stuff to the viewers like, "don't blink or you're going to miss this runout by Steve."
 
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