Fair enough. Obviously he’s the only one in recent times that’s done it. I just think he’s in retirement mode and won’t play competitively again. He went out with a bang.
SVB to Kick Off High Run Attempts
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Noted! I do think his participation would be a bonus for your event, but you are the promoter.
However it works out, it should generate some interest for the game, good luck!
I take it back, looks like you have long been part of the truther/conspiracy brigade when it comes to the 626.
Is Schmidt's and charlie 626 Legit
If you are not apart of their 'semi public' thats is OK, also if you have a table and practice 14.1 on a regular basis - your opinion is valuable to me. Please note that I do like Westerns - just not the one schmidt, charlie and the bca are...
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Long runs are still cool though and whatever gets more top pros to try them will be great for the game and for the fans.
I have no trouble standing by that comment.
It does have a certain odor, given the way it has been handled. So a rational person can have their doubts. Not making an accusation, just sayin' it smells funny and it's not a pleasant whiff.
Lou Figueroa
your just An Angry little man. Lol John wished everyone best of luck on fb records were made to be broken and I hope one of them does.
That's great but I'm not angry about anything.
I just came back from the American 14.1 Championship in VA Beach where I saw lots of friends and got the chance to commentate several matches and buy stuff. I also had the opportunity to go over the the International 9ball and 1pocket tournament. So I'm actually in a pretty good mood at the moment.
But thank you for your intelligent, well spoken participation in this thread.
Lou Figueroa
I am looking forward to see what kind of runs these players can put up. I think the main reason why JS did what he did was it was his goal to break Mosconi's record. I don't think a lot of the great players today cared about the record so they didn't attempt to break it. Now you will have those players doing high runs so it really will be cool to see.
Agreed. Only thing I'd add is that I think a lot of the the great players of yesteryear also didn't care much about the record either. Could someone like Mizerak have broken it? I'd say yes, but at this point it's all just speculation obviously. This is not meant to take anything away from John at all.
In my little amateur world, the most disappointing part of chasing my high run is not so much getting close and missing, it's the thought of having to invest all the time and mental energy into bearing down again. I can't imagine what it's like to spend a few hours climbing into the 300s, to catch a skid, miss, or just have no shot after opening the balls, and then have to bear down a few more hours to get back up into the 300s again and then try and keep going from there. It just sounds exhausting.
The last part is why I feel a lot of players today didn't mess with it and why JS needed break days. Why would Shane invest all that time and anguish when he could practice his break and position play and win tournaments? But now with all these players going for high runs, it will be very interesting to see where everyone ends up. We could see runs of over 400, 500, and maybe even see 626 broken. Or we could also not see a run over 400. We got no clue how this is going to go, which I feel is the exciting part of it.
Well, maybe you did and maybe you didn't. Maybe you just claimed to be there and it was actually Danny Harriman who did the commentating.
At the DCC they've held a 14.1 high run competition how many times now? How many high run records have been broken in that event? Don't JF hold the high run record of 285 in that event?
That was on a diamond table and the players were limited to 10 attempts per buy in I believe. John Schmidt himself never broke 200 under those conditions I believe. This event is on 5 inch pockets and unlimited attempts over several days.
I'd go as far to say 300 but will reserve my prediction until I see the payouts.
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Why not make them 6" corner pockets
then someone might break Johns record, but would it really mean anything if John set the bar on 4 3/4" corner pockets?John was playing on 5 inch pockets too.Why not make them 6" corner pockets
Bobby mentioned them on the American 14.1 stream, so I assume they are somewhere written down.
And no, I can’t remember what he said other than ‘Brunswick.’