Texas Hold'em Billiards

[kamasutraguru]

On ESPN now

 

[Masayoshi]

i think they could do without all the poker analogies and their camera men need to show the table a little better, but it seems like a pretty good production.

 

[ARM9BALLER]

They need to come up a rule with something about not making anything on the break and the incoming person having no shot. That's crazy to reward anybody for not making a ball on the break especially if it is only down to 2 players. Anybody else agree? Other than that, I liked the format very much.

 

[sixpack]

They need to come up a rule with something about not making anything on the break and the incoming person having no shot. That's crazy to reward anybody for not making a ball on the break especially if it is only down to 2 players. Anybody else agree? Other than that, I liked the format very much.

I was going to post exactly the same thing. A guy doesn't make a ball on the break and there's not shot, tough for the incoming player, if he fails to make a ball, the guy following him has BIH. If it's going to be BIH after a miss, the break should count as well.

Cheers,
RC

 

[sasman]

congrat Mr. Quiet get than big check

 

[bznsharkie]

I thought the way the tournament was set up and run was interesting, although it did take me a little while to catch on. The idea of each player being forced to put their "chips" on games in which they might not even have the chance to play made for some pretty entertaining action. I give it 1.5 thumbs up.

 

[jsp]

They need to come up a rule with something about not making anything on the break and the incoming person having no shot. That's crazy to reward anybody for not making a ball on the break especially if it is only down to 2 players. Anybody else agree? Other than that, I liked the format very much.

I'm surprised no one tried to make more intentional scratches by trying to create more clusters for the other players. Because there are no safeties, the other players will be forced to attempt to break up the cluster, and your chances of returning back to the table are much higher. This seems like a much better option than blindly kicking at the ball, and hoping that you'd fluke a shot in.

Also, this was the first time I saw Manalo play on TV. Many have praised him for his snooker fundamentals. However, something that totally stuck out was his elbow drop. On every shot, he'd drop his elbow when following through. I thought this was a no-no for snooker fundamentals. Just something I noticed.