SVB to Kick Off High Run Attempts

Looking into it a little deeper, for the DCC 14.1 Challenge, John Schmidt has placed in the money more than any other person in the whole world.

Top 5
1. Schmidt, 12
2. Orcollo, 10
3. Feijen, 8
4. Appleton, 7
5. Immonen, 7

Danny Harriman placed 2 times, and his AZB avatar says 'One of the best in 14.1".

What would John Schmidt's avatar say? Maybe "Six times better than Danny Harriman"
 
lfigueroa said:
Says (drum roll): you.

Go start up your own event, John, and invite who you like.

Lou Figueroa
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Ah the old standby answer of if you don't like it do it yourself........come on man a PR pro such as yourself can do better than that. That's low hanging fruit for a bonafide professional relations pro....... Let me help you out and try.

....John, at this time it our understanding that Mr. Schmidt, the current world record holder for running 626 balls, is recovering from hand surgery and although we have not invited him we hold out the possibility in the future that he may choose to participate. Regrettably Mr. Schmidt is understandably upset about our sustained implication that his world record is not valid or in some way tainted and should he wish to discuss this we sincerely hope that he will consider pausing his criticism of our endeavor.

We wish Mr. Schmidt a speedy and full recovery and look forward to his possible inclusion in our landmark effort to have the world's best pocket billiards attempt to establish personal bests and world records......

Yes I know it is just an amateur effort but I thought since you asked for volunteers I might as well try.
 
gerryf said:
Not AI, just video analysis.

The software just keeps track of what balls are on the table, and where they're located.

It can tell the balls apart if the video is of good quality. On Youtube there are lots of matches where the camera is of poor quality, or wasn't color calibrated. The balls can then look wrong. For example, the 3, 4, and 5 are indistinguishable, or the 2 and 6 and 8 look very similar.

With poor color calibration it can be particularly difficult to identify the striped balls.

In many cases though you can overcome poor colors if you have a good initial view of the rack and can identify all the balls.
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Like OpenCV? Sounds like a great project.
 
briankenobi said:
Well said Stu. Granted Shane isn't a straight pool guy but he hasn't run over 200 during the event. If that is any foreshadowing, John's record will be safe. We will now see if those claims by players or by people talking about said players running 200 all the time/every day stand up. Either way, it is good to watch and hopefully people start doing runs themselves. I might start something like that at my pool room.
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TBF Shane did run 257 the day before the "official" start. IIRC Bobby said it would count as well.
 
gerryf said:
From what I can find, the DCC has had a 14.1 Challenge event starting in 2007 and running through to 2019.

John Schmidt placed in the money for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

I don't know what happened in 2013 that he didn't place. Was that the year he couldn't play because Xradarx bit him in the kneecap?
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The first year was in 2006. Here is a list of the winners. The format was a little different the first year and there was no match-based playoff, just more solo attempts for the finals.

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Bob Jewett said:
The first year was in 2006. Here is a list of the winners. The format was a little different the first year and there was no match-based playoff, just more solo attempts for the finals.

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Thanks Bob,

Bleepety-bleep-bleep!

Recalculating, recalculating .....

DCC 14.1 Challenge. 2006-2009, Finishing in the money.
Top 5
1. Schmidt, 13
2. Orcollo, 10
3. Feijen, 8
4. Appleton, 7
5. Immonen, 7

Danny Harriman placed 3 times, and his AZB avatar says 'One of the best in 14.1".

John Schmidt's avatar should say "At least four times better than Danny Harriman in 14.1"
 
rexus31 said:
Transparency is always welcomed but transparency also welcomes criticism. I don't think the size of the pockets is concerning but the geometry is. The mouth and throat of the pockets in the pic provided appear to be the same size which makes the pocket "parallel" and "easy". A 4" pocket cut this way is easier than a properly cut 4.25" pocket, especially for professional players. Depending on pocket size, the pockets should be cut to 141-143 degrees. The pockets in question appear to be 137-138 degrees, I don't think this was done with intent but it is worth pointing out in the event the promoters want to correct it. Below is an example of a properly cut 4.125" pocket. The mouth measures 4.125", the throat 3.5".

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lfigueroa said:
OK, all that is great about JS’ run — but bottom line, I and others — remain unconvinced.

Don’t like? Sorry. Not sorry. I have no idea why that bothers you so much and I don’t need John’s or anyone else’s clearance to form my own opinion or tell me where I can air it.

Lastly, I don’t believe any decision on JS’ participation has been made. As BC said just earlier in this thread: maybe at some point he will be invited. In any case, it’s an invitational, not an open event, so that’s just the way it is.

If you don’t like it I encourage you to go set up a table, assemble a tech crew, get on social media, and put up the money to attract the pros. Good luck with all that. I’ve been a witness to what it takes and it ain’t so easy.

Lou Figueroa
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Why not just back someone to play Schmidt to like 500?

Take your Barton Bucks and double up if you've got a better straight pool player in the stable.
 
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