There is a big difference in a tournament match and gambling match race to 30, 50, 80, or even 100. BIG difference... especially for pool. At 740 and above race to 9 or even 11 a 740 has a really really good chance at beating anyone in the world but in reality they aren’t even in the top 200 players in the world. That’s why races to 7,9 etc. are really a joke and that’s what we play in our sport and that’s why we have 20 different winners out of 20 tournaments. You would never ever see a 740 beat Orcollo in a real pool match. A race to 9 in any game other than one pocket is not a real pool match IMO.
I think Fargo is better than any other handicap system but sometimes it just seems so far off that I couldn’t use it. I would love to bet on a lot of the matches that are predicted. Our game is way to inconsistent. We need to be using the same cue ball every weekend for one... For a month a player uses a measle, then flys to Vegas and now he had to use cyclop cue ball... I guarantee It will affect the better player. He may adjust faster but the better player plays a more precise game and if he is dialed and has been training all month with a different cue ball that’s huge.... tables speed, rails, etc. is one thing but cue ball never gets brought up.. All that stuff matters... I honestly think some guys have a good chance winning with certain racks, certain cue balls, etc. and their chances can go down big time if they aren’t using equipment they have been training with.
I think Donny would win easily by 20-30 games in a race 100 against Siming Chen playing 9 or 10 ball race to 100 if both players got a month to practice with whatever they were going to play on.
I think Fargo is better than any other handicap system but sometimes it just seems so far off that I couldn’t use it. I would love to bet on a lot of the matches that are predicted. Our game is way to inconsistent. We need to be using the same cue ball every weekend for one... For a month a player uses a measle, then flys to Vegas and now he had to use cyclop cue ball... I guarantee It will affect the better player. He may adjust faster but the better player plays a more precise game and if he is dialed and has been training all month with a different cue ball that’s huge.... tables speed, rails, etc. is one thing but cue ball never gets brought up.. All that stuff matters... I honestly think some guys have a good chance winning with certain racks, certain cue balls, etc. and their chances can go down big time if they aren’t using equipment they have been training with.
I think Donny would win easily by 20-30 games in a race 100 against Siming Chen playing 9 or 10 ball race to 100 if both players got a month to practice with whatever they were going to play on.