With age, yes, your eyes can go bad, yes your back can hurt, yes you might need to go to bed earlier, yes you might even be on medication, yes you might not even hold your cue the way you use to, might even have a shake stroke to, BUT what you never forget, is HOW to play the game!!
So is it true that this contest has apparently been put completely on hold, at least until they can figure out what to do about this pocket size public relations issue?
Question is, how you going to sell something that's already free?
For right now I guess its on hold because the players that want to play in it are all at DCC. So, we'll have e to wait and see if Bobby wants to put up another grand prize to another record breaker or not, John Schmidt's record is broken now, so we'll see if there's really anymore reason to push the record even higher! That might turn out to be a little to rich for Bobby’s blood. I can definitely see the record being broken at least 2 or 3 more times in the next few months, if the incentive is there, and don't get reduced to being not worthwhile.
Yes, he is without question one of the top 5 rotation players in the world. As for ranking those top 5, I’m going to pass on that. It’s certainly not as clear cut as it would be for golf or tennis.
Except it really doesn't have anything to do with what I wrote.
I guarantee you, if the top 64 players in the world were playing in a world 14.1 world championship event, and the 16 tables they were playing on had these size pockets, and only 8 players were going to walk away with some kind of money in their pocket, you'd hear the complaints then!!!!Except it really doesn't have anything to do with what I wrote.
You're talking about theoretical.
I'm talking about reality. SvB did play. Earl did play. Ruslan did play. None of them put up surprising numbers.
If you want to theorize that it was only a matter of time before Ruslan or anyone else made 714 that's nice. You might be right. But it's a theory.
Also, I asked if SVB, Earl or Ruslan had either commented on the table OR congratulated Jayson on the 714. Their opinion would be highly valuable, but I haven't seen them offer it. Did they?
If the pockets are 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9" wide it's a fair debate how fair that is to previous records. But if multiple pros step up and shoot their normal-ish scores and approximately their normal personal bests (plus or minus a statistically reasonable number) and then only one player steps up and dominates the table, how much should I care about the pockets? It's a little like the debate of 7 foot table versus 8, 8.5, 9 or 10 foot table. Easy pocketing vs more clusters, and so on.
Regardless of the pocket size, Jayson was playing unbelievably consistent break ball position. Over and over and over again, great cut angles to open up the rack. About the only thing that varied was whether he broke from the left or right side
Fair point. Nevertheless you are comparing a theoretical against reality (ie: theoretical is your own guess for why they didn't comment, positively or negative, versus reality which is that I haven't heard of ANY comment either way).
If every table was the same, and 64 players competed, what would the complaints be?
If that happens, then at least you could point to something reality-based instead of theoretical.
So I guess you don't think Jayson's record can be broke either, right?
Except it really doesn't have anything to do with what I wrote.
You're talking about theoretical.
I'm talking about reality. SvB did play. Earl did play. Ruslan did play. None of them put up surprising numbers.
If you want to theorize that it was only a matter of time before Ruslan or anyone else made 714 that's nice. You might be right. But it's a theory.
Also, I asked if SVB, Earl or Ruslan had either commented on the table OR congratulated Jayson on the 714. Their opinion would be highly valuable, but I haven't seen them offer it. Did they?
If the pockets are 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9" wide it's a fair debate how fair that is to previous records. But if multiple pros step up and shoot their normal-ish scores and approximately their normal personal bests (plus or minus a statistically reasonable number) and then only one player steps up and dominates the table, how much should I care about the pockets? It's a little like the debate of 7 foot table versus 8, 8.5, 9 or 10 foot table. Easy pocketing vs more clusters, and so on.
Regardless of the pocket size, Jayson was playing unbelievably consistent break ball position. Over and over and over again, great cut angles to open up the rack. About the only thing that varied was whether he broke from the left or right side
in Derby both players play on the same table. If they play one pocket and bottom right pocket is a little more favorable then bottom left - they play alternate breaks and next game you can choose the more favorable pocket. So this problem doesn't come up in Derby normally.