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Straight pool challenge
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I would be very surprised if these were, indeed 4 inch pockets- look more like 4 and a half to me- still very challenging- kudos to Neils for his high run on this table- I see every shot going in clean- is John Schmidt trying his run on this table - I would be curious to see how he does on this one as compared to the belly bucket table he used a few months ago to hound Mosconi's exhibition high run.
Amazing. When I was there yesterday John Schmidt said that number was what he felt was the ceiling of what could be run on these tables. We'll see if he was correct.
Filler plays straight pool in the German bundesliga. They play 8-, 9-, 10-Ball and straight pool in teams. This season he won all of his matches with an average of 27.78 points per inning and 125 as a high run (they play to 125 points).
He won several titles in straight pool when he was younger
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Filler plays straight pool in the German bundesliga. They play 8-, 9-, 10-Ball and straight pool in teams. This season he won all of his matches with an average of 27.78 points per inning and 125 as a high run (they play to 125 points).
He won several titles in straight pool when he was younger
He's gonna make Schmidt quit.
Jason
I was going to say I think all of the Germans play straight pool because of their league system. I watched most of the run. It was very impressive with really no crazy run saving shots that I saw. It ended on a tough but makeable shot in the upper left corner.
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Running 15 balls or 30 balls isn’t as difficult as it seems when the table spread invites a runout.
It is leaving a decent break shot after running the first 14 balls that makes it more difficult to get
a run of more than 2 racks in 14.1. Heck, scatter 15 balls on a table and leave a break shot and
the chances of getting into a second rack improves a whole bunch. But play the rack ice cold from
behind the head string using an opening safety and the runout outlook totally changes. You have
to deal with break shots & sometimes creating unintended resulting clusters that must be dealt with.
On an open table, running 15 balls is not difficult but doing that with a full rack of balls with opening
safety play is an entirely different proposition. My high run in 14.1 is modest and it was done a long
time ago in my 40’s when I ran 39 balls. It was a great feeling and I felt in control the entire time right
up until I scratched......ugh.......never got past 35 balls again and nowadays if I can get into a 2nd rack
I am delighted......skills and temperament plus one’s body diminishes as you approach retirement age.
It is leaving a decent break shot after running the first 14 balls that makes it more difficult to get
a run of more than 2 racks in 14.1. Heck, scatter 15 balls on a table and leave a break shot and
the chances of getting into a second rack improves a whole bunch. But play the rack ice cold from
behind the head string using an opening safety and the runout outlook totally changes. You have
to deal with break shots & sometimes creating unintended resulting clusters that must be dealt with.
On an open table, running 15 balls is not difficult but doing that with a full rack of balls with opening
safety play is an entirely different proposition. My high run in 14.1 is modest and it was done a long
time ago in my 40’s when I ran 39 balls. It was a great feeling and I felt in control the entire time right
up until I scratched......ugh.......never got past 35 balls again and nowadays if I can get into a 2nd rack
I am delighted......skills and temperament plus one’s body diminishes as you approach retirement age.
I would have to disagree with most of your statements based on the fact that in the beginning of a 14.1 game, there's only one opening break shot, afterwards it's just you and the table once you get started. Every break shot, pushing balls into position to be break balls if needed, breaking up clusters, all require the same skills to make high runs against an opponent, or against yourself. The straight pool challenge only give you ONE chance to set up your own opening break, after that, you either have the skill needed to string racks together, or you don't....period.
real king cobra......how many innings do you and your opponent average on the very first rack of 14.1.?
The folks I play with, and I include myself, do not offer up any object ball as a break shot on the opening rack for a couple of innings and even then, it is hardly a humdinger.
And not surprisingly, the rack often is not splattered wide open on a break shot either unless it’s that inviting you just can’t pass it up.....one of those perfect setups.
So dropping 15 balls randomly on the table and running 15 balls is simple versus doing that with a fresh rack and running the table. And you start with a new rack every 14 balls.
Running an open table is simple but running the rack using any break shot is much harder. If you miss that point, then there isn’t much left to say or write other than ?....?.......?
The folks I play with, and I include myself, do not offer up any object ball as a break shot on the opening rack for a couple of innings and even then, it is hardly a humdinger.
And not surprisingly, the rack often is not splattered wide open on a break shot either unless it’s that inviting you just can’t pass it up.....one of those perfect setups.
So dropping 15 balls randomly on the table and running 15 balls is simple versus doing that with a fresh rack and running the table. And you start with a new rack every 14 balls.
Running an open table is simple but running the rack using any break shot is much harder. If you miss that point, then there isn’t much left to say or write other than ?....?.......?