Raj Hundal strong words about 9-ball/breaking/the rack

[p1noy]

At first he was complaining about the guy who beat him with a sissy break, then he took on the guys who made the sissy rules to allow the sissy break.. Then went back again whining about the guy doing the completely legal sissy break. I say, don't hate the player hate the game. How he addressed the issue though was kinda sissy, sounded more like he was sour graping and b*tching about it.JMO

 

[jasonlaus]

i <3 raj. great guy. funny as hell.

i personally hate the soft break. i think you hear top pros like raj complain about it because it allows lesser players to win. hit the ball here, make the same balls here, run the same pattern out. rinse and repeat.

You say top PROS like raj, is the way a PROFESSIONAL is supposed to act?

 

[s'portplayer]

Wahhhh Wahhh Wahhhh

Just suck it up and take the loss like the man you claim to be and don't even think about condemning your opponent for making balls off the break, when you could not.

 

[zcat27]

Just suck it up and take the loss like the man you claim to be and don't even think about condemning your opponent for making balls off the break, when you could not.

As good as it can be said!! Amen.

 

[renard]

I say ban 9-ball on punishment of broken thumbs. Make 9-ball an underground game. Make 10-ball the tournament game. Oh yeah the 10-ball isn't wild.


P.S. Raj is cut from the same cloth as Rodney Morris both just as likeable.

 

[cajunbarboxplyr]

Never was a fan of Hundal..............Sounds like a tit full of excuses......


and that damn do-rag!!!!!


So what if someone uses the cut break.............THey obviously must have some ability to runout the rest of the tabl wouldnt yall agree?

 

[jason]

and that damn do-rag!!!!!

Yea, seriously, aren't doo-rags out of style yet? Maybe its just wishful thinking on my part.

 

[cajunbarboxplyr]

never really understood it to be honest...... I dont wanna drift off topic but how long has he been wearing it and has anyone ever seen him without it

 

[Patrick Johnson]

The game looks like a joke sometimes when you have a soft cut break and 3 balls plopping down leaving six open balls to run out.

Isn't the point to make as many balls as possible on the break? I bet you admire a hard breaker who consistently gets balls down on the break. Do you think raw power shows more skill than finesse?

There may be good reasons to not like soft breaks, but making balls isn't one of them.

pj
chgo

 

[Patrick Johnson]

i think you hear top pros like raj complain about it because it allows lesser players to win. hit the ball here, make the same balls here, run the same pattern out. rinse and repeat.

I think you hear him complain about it because he hasn't mastered it yet.

pj
chgo

 

[jason]

I think the topic is finished anyway.

Summary:

1. rules are the rules.
2. 10 ball is better than 9 ball.
3. quit whinning.
4. lose the doo-rag.

 

[jason]

I think you hear him complain about it because he hasn't mastered it yet.

pj
chgo

If you dont like the rules, dont play. Find another tournament.

Reminds me of an old gambling story:

I guy is playing in a poker tournament and loses his shirt. He is talking to someone who explains to him the game is crooked. He replies, "I know it is crooked." Second guy asks, "Then why do you play?"
First guy, "Because it is the only game in town!"

 

[predator]

If they switched to worn non tapped cloth and turned off air conditioners, cut break wouldn't work. But then you would hear people whine even more. Some are just sore losers.

 

[I rack balls]

Did you guys even listen to what he said? He doesn't care at all that he just lost, they split the money anyways. He said go back and look, there was no moving, all the aspects of the game that define a great player from an good player were taken out of the equation when the soft cut break is being used so effectively. Cut beak, make 2-3 balls, have a shot on the lowest number ball, run out. I think he said it best when he said "I didn't feel like I was playing pool neither did he." There is no soft beak in ten ball. Ten ball is real pool. You are going to see more pool in a race to 7 ten ball than a race to 11 nine ball, especially if the soft/cut break is working. If you are stringing ten ball racks on a big table you have a world class break. The only way to maximize your chance of making a ball is breaking like a monster. I for one agree completely, watching the WPC this year it was kinda boring to watch the greatest players in the world playing like they did. Ten ball it is more a test of who is the better player than who can beat the game.

"If you can't get hit em' and if you can't keep the pace then guess what get up and go get yourself a day job or somthing cause you aint a pool player."

haha.

 

[vagabond]

Yea, seriously, aren't doo-rags out of style yet? Maybe its just wishful thinking on my part.

I do not think that it is a doo-rag.There is a religion called 'Sikh'.Sikh religious people do not cut their scalp and facial hair and to keep the hair under control they wear 'Turban'. Centuries ago Muslims/Islamic people killed one of the prominent prophets of Sikh religion.After that Sikhs vowed to take revenge of the murder of their prophet and they did not want to cut their hair till they take their revenge against the Muslims.In the modern day many youth of sikh religion wear token Turbans that may look like do-rags.
It is a religious thing just like Jews wearing 'yamaka' and let us respect that.

I know both raj & imran and they both are reasonable people.

 

[Cuebacca]

He touched on some good points, but I didn't care for how he made them. One thing that was kind of funny was how he said that he's 20 years ahead, in 2010, while his opponent was stuck in the 80's. Isn't that a little backwards when it comes to the break? LOL.

I agree with moving to 10-ball. Setting that aside for a minute, what do you guys think about his solution for 9-ball: A narrow break box. Does that really stop the wing ball on the cut break?

 

[jasonlaus]

There is no soft beak in ten ball. Ten ball is real pool.

Apparently you missed the thread where everybody was bI&*%ing about corey using this break in 10 ball.

 

[s'portplayer]

Jimmy Caras

This reminds of what someone said about Jimmy Caras, in his later years.

Caras, was at a tournament, just shooting on a practice table and this guy was wondering who the oldddddddd guy is and says "he can't be that good, all he does is make straight in shots". He said this after Mr. Caras had strung a few racks.

One of my points is that through hard work and dedication to the game, Mr. Caras had the skill to get shape and knew how to play patters. This is no different than a player who puts the time in to learn how to break in a way that almost guarantees to pocket a ball and get shape.

As with any other type of sport or contest, the goal is to win and win at all costs within the rules and good sportmanship. Pool is no different, if a cut break helps you win, the use the cut break. If breaking from the box does it, then use that.

i <3 raj. great guy. funny as hell.

i personally hate the soft break. i think you hear top pros like raj complain about it because it allows lesser players to win. hit the ball here, make the same balls here, run the same pattern out. rinse and repeat.

 

[snowmon34]

strategy... a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result

 

[deep]

and that damn do-rag!!!!!

Wow.


Though i like to watch players break hard Imran is just making the best of whats put in front of him. To me its not very often now that you'll see a big 9-ball comp where most players aren't using the cut break.