What constitutes being a "Rack Mechanic"? (long)

Terry Erdman said:
At the Reno Open a few years ago in the semi Corey Duell was playing Danny Medina and it was rack your own. Danny runs a rack and then snaps the 9 the next break and racks for his next break (taking a long time on each rack like he is having trouble getting them tight). Corey now checks the rack before Danny breaks and says "bull shit the nine is wired to go in the right corner pocket" and says "this doesn't count I will break and make the nine" which he did and called the pocket the nine went in and says something like "thats why you were having so much trouble getting the rack tight! So Scott came over and racked the balls after that. It was a display for a highlight film.
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Thats sucks. If someone racks to intentionally wire the 9 for themselves, that seems like one of the biggest BS moves possible in pool. It defeats the whole point of playing pool unless ones purpose is to literally steal from the other guy. :rolleyes: LOL.
 
Deuel is a "creative racker" too...

Terry Erdman said:
Corey now checks the rack before Danny breaks and says "bull shit the nine is wired to go in the right corner pocket" and says "this doesn't count I will break and make the nine" which he did and called the pocket the nine went in and says something like "thats why you were having so much trouble getting the rack tight!
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Nice catch, and good for him, but isn't taking practice shots during a tournament match some sort of foul???:D

Deuel likes to give himself numerically ordered racks so that his runout patterns are similar. That's why he takes the speed off of his break. I was watching him play one year in Reno and from the 6 out, most of the layouts were the same. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

I remember reading a book a few years back which explained how to "influence" the difficulty of a runout by racking in a pattern. Had something to do with trying to get the 2 & 4 at the opposite end of the table from the 3 & 5.

Anyone ever seen a racker put the 9 in the wing ball position by "accident"? That's a real hustler's move.

Ken
 
I have Joe Tucker's breaking DVD. Excellent.

After watching his tape, I would conclude that, if in 9 ball, the one ball won't stay on the spot, the players should agree to rack the one just in front of the spot. Racking it behind the spot will allow more balls to go in the corner pockets, correct?

Good post and I didn't have time to check if anyone answered this way. WW
 
Cuebacca said:
it seems that there are much more ways to screw someone in rack-for-each-other than in rack-your-own, so eventually the breaker just sighs and accepts a mediocre rack or worse, gets into one of these huge arguments over the rack.

Is the last statement a true one, folks? Would you guys agree that there are more arguments in rack-your-own or in rack-for-each-other? I'm talking professionals only here, as I assume that most pros will be basing their arguments on actual knowledge of the rack, not speculation.
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I just re-read that and it didn't sound the way I meant it. I don't mean to say I'm only asking for professionals to reply. LOL. I mean to ask... In which format do professionals argue about the rack? Rack-your-own, or rack-for-each-other?
 
I have read on this forum that Archer is perhaps the greatest rack mechanic in the world. Is this true or am I confusing him with someone else?:confused:
 
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