I did hear him mention John Schmidt last night in relation to his current recognized high run of 626.
SVB to Kick Off High Run Attempts
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Which players are you speaking of -- we've only had one guy shooting so far.
Lou Figueroa
Sounds like we are getting through then. Hope springs eternal......
First blush I can see where you're coming from but let me ask you: what other America players are out actively competing at 14.1 that can compete with SVB?
Lou Figueroa
But is JS actively competing -- I thought a hand surgery has put him out of commission.
Lou Figueroa
As good a player as he is I don't believe he is actively competing in 14.1 events.
Lou Figueroa
Wouldn't you know that this is a generic for the format not specifically a single player?
In your first post you mention two players, plural.
Don't get caught slipping PR pro.
And good morning, welcome to another day of verbal reparte' that you love so much.
What was Shane's high run last night or have you not been "read-in" on that yet?
Ah the old diffusion technique.... The soft knock while leaving out relevant information..... Such as the fact that John has been competing regularly in the past 15 years. Even winning a US Open 9 Ball title after securing a backer for it through this forum.
Say this slowly for me if you're allowed to.
American professional player John Schmidt is the current Billard Congress of America recognized holder of the world record 626 high run in Straight Pool 14.1.
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We're talking about 14.1 -- not 9ball, 10ball, 8ball, or 1pocket -- and who might *currently* be in SVB' league amongst American players.
Lou Figueroa
And you're clearly planning on more, ten years or until Bobby gets bored.......
Sooooo, no need to criticize a fan just asking a pertinent question. We are two days in and the pr guy is already getting testy about being asked for basic information. Something that should have been ready to go in the many many many months of detailed planning and committee decisions surrounding this project.
You're a pro at this. Be better.
Words to live by.
On the Facebook page, it shows two videos for day 2.
- DAY 2 - SVB - The Legends of Pocket Billiards 14.1 High Run Challenge, and the duration is 2:54:45
- SVB Day 2 High Run Challenge and the duration is 6:13:09
I downloaded the second video and passed it through some analytic software I'm developing. Note that this software reads the video at 10x rate, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of the runs are off by a ball.
There were a few problems with the video itself, and i had to step through the software manually in one spot.
These are SVB's runs over the 6 hours and 13 minutes.
159
42
154
115
28
30 (see note 1)
103
20
17
62
0
28
42 (see note 2)
84
52
Note 1
3.14 SVB starts new run, scoreboard is reset to show 0 racks
3.16 SVB completes rack 1, but scoreboard shows 2. A minute later, scoreboard drops back to 1
3.19 SVB completes rack 2, scoreboard increases to show 2
3.20 Before SVB breaks again, scoreboard increases to show 3
3.21 video freezes
3.22 after the freeze, SVB is breaking and scoreboard shows 0. Assume that during the frozen (chopped?) part of the video that Shane scratched ending his run at 44 by the scoreboard, but 30 in real life.
Note 2
4.46 SVB starts new run. Scoreboard shows 0
4.49 SVB completes rack 1, scoreboard increases to 1
4.52 SVB completes rack 2, scoreboard increases to 2
4.53 Before SVB breaks again, the scoreboard increases to 3
4.57 SVB completes rack 3, scoreboard increases to show 4
4.58 SVB misses on the break. Scoreboard still shows 4, for a run of 56 by the scoreboard, but 42 in real life.
I'll try the software out on other videos, but will first try different viewing speeds on this particular video. It's long enough to show some useful data.
Some of the other runs may have had scoreboard errors as well so it would be good to figure out the best viewing rate for catching those.
Although, maybe they aren't scoring errors. Maybe the rules for this event periodically allow the player to get "free racks for participation"?
Nope that wasn't the context. And I imagine, as you certainly can, that John will be able to play after he recovers and as such would be not only competitive in the high run contest but would straight up drill Shane at it.
John, however, was not even invited as it clear that he is being snubbed. Maybe if he had been and was ready to play then your contest would have been over before it started based on the bar he might have set.
As it is though you can remedy that with an invitation now since your boss said this contest is open-ended and could go on for a decade.
Hard to believe that it's up to the spectators to go thorough the videos to try and figure out what the runs are.
One would think they could have figured out a way to be accurate and clear.
Didn't SVB win the WC 14.1 title in 2019.... WiKi says yes.
I copied the other Day 2 video (duration 2:54), and scanned it with software
SVB's runs over the almost 3 hours
Then with his runs over the second video of 6 hours
Clearly he was most successful in the first half of the day.
SVB's runs over the almost 3 hours
2
70
70
25
184
121
Then with his runs over the second video of 6 hours
159
42
154
115
28
30 (see note 1)
103
20
17
62
0
28
42 (see note 2)
84
52
Clearly he was most successful in the first half of the day.
Great data Gerry, thank you. My favorite part of this is seeing how SVB reacts to failure and misses without frustration. It's a good lesson for me--i shouldnt get angry if I flub a 10 ball run if SVB doesn't get angry for flubbing a 50 ball run after 5 hours on the table.
