What Speed... Ike Runnels..
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Im gonna say he is only a good regional player in big table nine ball-meaning in a Joss type event held in Chicago with 96 players, he would be expected to finish on average around 9-12th. This is an opinion based on almost nothing so dont anyone get upset.
Nostroke said:
from what i've heard he plays pretty strong
i saw him play cliff getting 9-6 a couple of years ago. his best game.....8 ball.
I would say 1-P is his best game, but he plays ALL the short games well and generally goes to the final eight of any tournament he enters. He's solid. GF
IP is probably his best game but he is a force in 8Ball, 9Ball and Banks. He would surprise you if you ever saw him get down. He beat Billy Incardone out of +$25K a couple of years ago playing even 1Hole. Not too shabby there. Him, Ritchie and Jeff Sergent beat Kirkwoods master team pretty good as well. He's not always the favorite, but nobody has to beat him. He's older than you think as well, so he has tonsa experience!
Sure does! Lots of players who are not "ranked" as a pro, play that speed. Ike is one of many...
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vagabond said:
Play nice now!
LOL My favorite and most reasonable reply whenever one pool player asks me about another's "speed". All I can say is go ahead and play him and you'll have a real good idea afterwards for the better or worse.
Play nice now...
Ok, ok...Ike's best game is..................pool and he plays it well too I might add!
ribdoner said:bout your speed
LOL My favorite and most reasonable reply whenever one pool player asks me about another's "speed". All I can say is go ahead and play him and you'll have a real good idea afterwards for the better or worse.
Play nice now...
Ok, ok...Ike's best game is..................pool and he plays it well too I might add!
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alstl said:
Any comment that can incorporate someone who was a member of both the Washington Senators AND the Houston Colt .45s is worth its weight in gold...
androd said:
He actually won 2 batting titles in the early 60's
Sam Waltz said:LOL My favorite and most reasonable reply whenever one pool player asks me about another's "speed". All I can say is go ahead and play him and you'll have a real good idea afterwards for the better or worse.
Play nice now...
Ok, ok...Ike's best game is..................pool and he plays it well too I might add!
I wasn't digging for information on Ike. I know how Ike plays. Just simply asking what "others" feel his speed is in 9 ball.
I don't care to watch too many players play as not much impresses me to be honest. But Ike is one of the few who I actually like watching. Like watching him in one pocket anyway.
Efren, Bustamante, Varner, Buddy Hall, and Earl when he wasn't so crazy are among my very short list of players I would actually sit down and care to watch play.
For me, I always called Ike a "road pro." What that means is he's a player that could cut it as a pro, but he chooses to be a road player. Put all of his focus in one game in preparation for a tournament or something, and he's going to be a force.
I do think Ike plays a great game of banks, but I would also say that 1-P is his game. It plays to his good banking, straight shooting, and creative ideas.
I do think Ike plays a great game of banks, but I would also say that 1-P is his game. It plays to his good banking, straight shooting, and creative ideas.