What is the best you ever played?
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Was sitting at my local watering hole when a woman I had played pool with a few times before, taps me on the shoulder and introduces me to her behemoth (6'6" 275ish)brother. She had spoken of him being the best player she's ever seen, and he was in town from Louisville just for the night. He gets me to agree on a race to 5 for the bar tab. We lagged for the break and he wins. He breaks and sinks nothing. He never got another shot. I ran the table on #1, broke in the 8 on #2, ran out in 3,4,& 5 from the break. All of this with a bar cue.
He payed my $30 tab. I never saw him or her again.
He payed my $30 tab. I never saw him or her again.
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Scottster
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I made three balls in a row once! I wish I could figure out what I was doing so right that night.
At my best...
...in my younger days back in the late 80s to early 90s I was able to consistently run between 3 and 5 racks of nine ball regularly. In eight ball, I could run out more than regularly on bar tables and nine foot tables. In one pocket, I could and still can run four to six balls regularly, and eight and out on occasion. One pocket is my strongest game, and since I have lately learned how to make the corner ball regularly, I am more dangerous than ever. And that's the honest truth...
PS: I played with a Meucci Original back then, and honestly haven't been able to find a cue that I'm as comfortable with as I was back then with that Meucci. It was one of the cheaper models, no points, orange-ish colored forearm, white with black speckled wrap, white buttcap. No frills, just a solid hitter...
...in my younger days back in the late 80s to early 90s I was able to consistently run between 3 and 5 racks of nine ball regularly. In eight ball, I could run out more than regularly on bar tables and nine foot tables. In one pocket, I could and still can run four to six balls regularly, and eight and out on occasion. One pocket is my strongest game, and since I have lately learned how to make the corner ball regularly, I am more dangerous than ever. And that's the honest truth...
PS: I played with a Meucci Original back then, and honestly haven't been able to find a cue that I'm as comfortable with as I was back then with that Meucci. It was one of the cheaper models, no points, orange-ish colored forearm, white with black speckled wrap, white buttcap. No frills, just a solid hitter...
I beat all my old teachers (including my main instructor) the other day without really trying. I let things go and stopped focusing on specifics and things just went my way. I ran every time I got to the table... or executed a perfect safe that got me ball-in-hand and THEN ran the table. This was Wednesday btw... and I'm not showing any signs of slowing down as far as improving. Hopefully I can get in the money in a few tournaments coming up.
My "Best Ever" was during the 12th Naval District Championship in 1966 ... I ran 236 straight (needed 150 to win) to capture my 5th Straight Pool Title ... It must have been a fluke, since I rarely ran more than 90-100 straight after that ... Cataract Surgery on March 6th will, hopefully, restore my vision enough to play well again ...
Ran out a set to 5 then ran 3 of the next 5 in my second match 
mr8ball
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Congrats to all
Well it nice to see some honesty here. When I did my 9 ball run it was only a few months ago. I broke and run 7 racks in a row of 9 ball on the 9 ft at one time while i was playing in a tournament in Roanoke Va at Guys & Dolls Pool room. The funny thing was the match before that i really played bad but the guy i had my run on had told me a week before that i had no chance with him and maybe that flipped a switch or something. I fell into dead stroke!! My buddy Greg Taylor and I were in the tournament and he won the winner?s side and when i made it back to him my back was hurting so bad we just split. I felt bad for him for sitting and waiting and not getting to play but i had no choice. The 6 racks of 8 ball on a bar box were at a tournament on the new Diamond BB and they were all in a row also. Mike Painter, Ray Datamore, Greg Taylor and I won 10 state titles in the Va moose lodge. Greg and I won 11 doubles state titles. Not to brag but that?s not too bad for someone with a bad back I guess. I just wish I could play like that all the time. I would play in more Pro tournaments if it wasn?t for my back. O well I am almost 50 now, so I have decided to just enjoy it all I can and help others play better and see what happens. Thanks for the replays, Doug
Well it nice to see some honesty here. When I did my 9 ball run it was only a few months ago. I broke and run 7 racks in a row of 9 ball on the 9 ft at one time while i was playing in a tournament in Roanoke Va at Guys & Dolls Pool room. The funny thing was the match before that i really played bad but the guy i had my run on had told me a week before that i had no chance with him and maybe that flipped a switch or something. I fell into dead stroke!! My buddy Greg Taylor and I were in the tournament and he won the winner?s side and when i made it back to him my back was hurting so bad we just split. I felt bad for him for sitting and waiting and not getting to play but i had no choice. The 6 racks of 8 ball on a bar box were at a tournament on the new Diamond BB and they were all in a row also. Mike Painter, Ray Datamore, Greg Taylor and I won 10 state titles in the Va moose lodge. Greg and I won 11 doubles state titles. Not to brag but that?s not too bad for someone with a bad back I guess. I just wish I could play like that all the time. I would play in more Pro tournaments if it wasn?t for my back. O well I am almost 50 now, so I have decided to just enjoy it all I can and help others play better and see what happens. Thanks for the replays, Doug
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My best was at the APA Nationals in Vegas playing 9 Ball.
I was a 6 playing a 7 and broke and ran the first 3 racks. Wound up winning 46-2. Haven't come close duplicating that performance and I doubt I ever will with the amount of table time I get these days.
I was a 6 playing a 7 and broke and ran the first 3 racks. Wound up winning 46-2. Haven't come close duplicating that performance and I doubt I ever will with the amount of table time I get these days.
I would quote that T-shirt "I'm huge in Japan" but they all play better than I do.. hahaha Will someone please give me the 6 ball!!!!?
when I was in high school there was ONE "Pool Player" in school. he was a monster on the table .... or so we thought... last class reuinion bout a year and a half ago... we get to chattin and I ask if he still plays pool.. and he starts woofin I beat you every time we ever stepped to a table and blah blah blah so I challenge him..
we get to a nearby bar.. 9 foot bar box.. and OLD!!!!!! that cloth was older than me.
we agree on a race to 6, 8 ball winner breaks, for drinks... we flip a coin.. I win.. I break and run 6 straight.. he never picked up his cue... he insists on another race.. only to 3 because he's gotta go.. but he gets to break... and he makes a show of it polishes his cue the whole bit ( a house cue mind you)
tries to break and scratches... I runout... then Break and run 2 more.....next thing I know... he's gone... haven't seen him since.
I can get hot... but I have never been that hot.. before or since.
we get to a nearby bar.. 9 foot bar box.. and OLD!!!!!! that cloth was older than me.
we agree on a race to 6, 8 ball winner breaks, for drinks... we flip a coin.. I win.. I break and run 6 straight.. he never picked up his cue... he insists on another race.. only to 3 because he's gotta go.. but he gets to break... and he makes a show of it polishes his cue the whole bit ( a house cue mind you)
tries to break and scratches... I runout... then Break and run 2 more.....next thing I know... he's gone... haven't seen him since.
I can get hot... but I have never been that hot.. before or since.
> I played 100 dollar sets with a dear friend I was furious with at the moment,and played 10 consecutive .900+ races to 13,winning by a combined score of 130-75.
I never missed more than 2 balls in any one set,and 3 sets in a row where I made no offensive mistakes of ANY kind.
I had 21 innings of 3 full racks in a row,with a 5 rack run and a 4 rack run in the same race to 13,after my opponent put down a personal best of 6 full racks to go up 9-8.
I told him that was the best I had ever seen him play,and his response was "it's still not gonna be enough,I'd bet all I have that you run out the set from there". Damned if I didn't do exactly that,along with the first 2 racks of the next set.
According to the old guy that watched the whole thing and kept the stats,my break-and-run percentage was around 65%.
There were only 3 times in the 8-hour+ session where I came to the table with an open shot and didn't run out and put at least 1 more rack behind it.
I've only gotten close to hitting that gear 4-5 times in the 12 years since then,but never to that extent and it never lasted more than 3-4 hours since then. I was still feeling the effects of that gear over a year later. I'd give a testicle to catch a gear like that in front of a DCC-type crowd just once,no hesitation. Tommy D.
I never missed more than 2 balls in any one set,and 3 sets in a row where I made no offensive mistakes of ANY kind.
I had 21 innings of 3 full racks in a row,with a 5 rack run and a 4 rack run in the same race to 13,after my opponent put down a personal best of 6 full racks to go up 9-8.
I told him that was the best I had ever seen him play,and his response was "it's still not gonna be enough,I'd bet all I have that you run out the set from there". Damned if I didn't do exactly that,along with the first 2 racks of the next set.
According to the old guy that watched the whole thing and kept the stats,my break-and-run percentage was around 65%.
There were only 3 times in the 8-hour+ session where I came to the table with an open shot and didn't run out and put at least 1 more rack behind it.
I've only gotten close to hitting that gear 4-5 times in the 12 years since then,but never to that extent and it never lasted more than 3-4 hours since then. I was still feeling the effects of that gear over a year later. I'd give a testicle to catch a gear like that in front of a DCC-type crowd just once,no hesitation. Tommy D.
Ain't it great?
When you hit one of those gears? And everything just falls into place. Just to live in that zone for a few hours is the best.
Bar table 9-ball -- 10 racks
8-ball -- 8 racks
9' 9-ball 8-racks
8-ball not positive but I think it was a 7pack.
Tommy-D said:
When you hit one of those gears? And everything just falls into place. Just to live in that zone for a few hours is the best.
Bar table 9-ball -- 10 racks
8-ball -- 8 racks
9' 9-ball 8-racks
8-ball not positive but I think it was a 7pack.