Straight pool (14:1) race to a hundred..how long?

Race to 100 Straight pool; how long?

  • 1 Hour

    Votes: 14 58.3%

  • 2 Hours

    Votes: 9 37.5%

  • 3-4 Hours

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • You kidding, we're still playing!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    24
tjlmbklr

tjlmbklr

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On an average of course if you played 3 races to 100 and averaged the time that match took how long would it take you and a equal matched opponent?

Curious, that's all.:shrug:
 
tjlmbklr said:
On an average of course if you played 3 races to 100 and averaged the time that match took how long would it take you and a equal matched opponent?

Curious, that's all.:shrug:
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I would guess two reasonably good players should be able to average around 1hr per game. These would be folks who have a high run of 50 or 100.

Poolmouse
 
for any equal matched opponent, if we're both having a good day, i'd say 1 hour 20 minutes. if we're both having a bad day, i'd say between 2 and 2 and a half hours.
 
The question that comes to my mind is how good are the players? I would think professionals could be 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Two c level players who run 3-8 balls at a time could take 2 to 3 hours.
 
i dont how long it would take me,
but when i had all the 100+ runs in 14-1 saved on my computer, windows explorer also showed the time of the run. And it was surprsing.

on average, a 100 run would take around 45-55 minuts with Niels feyen being one of the fastest 100 ball runners around !
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In a non 100 run match, with safety batles and non pro's,
i'd say it would take 90 - 120 minuts. So 5 hours for 3 sets to 100 for B+ level players would be fine.
 
C players 2+ hours they just miss more

B players 90 minutes good shot makers and like to take risks and show off

A players 60 minutes very good shot makers and play the safe game well

Pros 2+ hours. they take less chances (high runs only if there are no risks)
 
If you're scheduling matches and the situation is not "first open table", you need to allow 1.5 hours at least and 2 hours to be safe. I've seen two 3.5-hour matches between champions to 150: Danny Gartner vs. Ed Kelly (1969), Luther Lassiter vs. Dick Lane (1975), and a 3-hour match between Lou Butera (!!!) and Frank McGowan (1980). The last is particularly memorable to me as I was the referee and Butera punched me in the nose (by accident). A spectator had a stopwatch on McGowan, and clocked five minutes for each of two shots and eight minutes for another. In the Lassiter-Lane match, Lassiter had a run of 103 but also took three fouls three times.
 
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