So it's sort of just a tweaked version of 8 ball?
What's the point of 10 ball?
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So it's sort of just a tweaked version of 8 ball?
Because seven ate nine, duh.
I would hate to have to write down, all the things you have "no idea" about!..Just thinking about it gives me a headache!...:sorry: :sorry: :sorry:
How can you have alternate breaks in straight pool when there is only one break??? Unless you were joking LOL.
9 Ball Involves Too Much Luck.....You Can Bang Balls & Pray
A Game of Greater Precision Since There Is No Slop or Luck Involved Like With 9 Ball.
It is a miniature game of 14.1 & very seldom is any luck involved like slop shots in 9 ball.
A Game of Greater Precision Since There Is No Slop or Luck Involved Like With 9 Ball.
It is a miniature game of 14.1 & very seldom is any luck involved like slop shots in 9 ball.
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If you think can be a ' successful' 9 ball player and just bang balls around, then you are sadly mistaken.
In fact, I will play ANYONE in the world, if they get 3 or more balls moving on every shot.
I did not intend to diminish the skills some players bring to the table but let's face the truth........
9 ball frozen to the foot rail.......cue ball is in the kitchen and player attempts to pocket the 9
by a bank shot to the left corner pocket at he head of the table......misses the shot horribly
and the 9 goes around the table and drops in the side pocket and it's a win? LUCK?
Or your opponent is shooting the 3 ball on a long shot.....misses badly....causes a collision with
a cluster of object balls that scatter and one of the scattered balls, even though the 3 ball was
never pocketed, bumps into another object ball that causes the 9 ball to drop in the side pocket.
At least in 10 ball you must predict the outcome and pocket before anything is attempted and you
do not get credit for luckily pocketed object balls....and let's face it, there are players that when
confronted with no shot and only a couple of ball left on the table, these folks just pound the lowest
number ball hoping that the 9 ball will drop as a resultant of the ensuing scattering of object balls.....
and if the 9 ball drops, it's a win.....Duh?
None of that is possible with 10 ball and so there is very little luck. If one cannot see or accept that
notion, then one is just being obstinate minded since the difference in games is lucidly clear as day.
9 ball frozen to the foot rail.......cue ball is in the kitchen and player attempts to pocket the 9
by a bank shot to the left corner pocket at he head of the table......misses the shot horribly
and the 9 goes around the table and drops in the side pocket and it's a win? LUCK?
Or your opponent is shooting the 3 ball on a long shot.....misses badly....causes a collision with
a cluster of object balls that scatter and one of the scattered balls, even though the 3 ball was
never pocketed, bumps into another object ball that causes the 9 ball to drop in the side pocket.
At least in 10 ball you must predict the outcome and pocket before anything is attempted and you
do not get credit for luckily pocketed object balls....and let's face it, there are players that when
confronted with no shot and only a couple of ball left on the table, these folks just pound the lowest
number ball hoping that the 9 ball will drop as a resultant of the ensuing scattering of object balls.....
and if the 9 ball drops, it's a win.....Duh?
None of that is possible with 10 ball and so there is very little luck. If one cannot see or accept that
notion, then one is just being obstinate minded since the difference in games is lucidly clear as day.
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While your statement has some validity as a generalization, beware the variations in 10-Ball rules.
Sometimes 10-Ball is played like 9-Ball, without having to call the shot. The DCC Bigfoot events are an example. All slop counts except for the 10-ball on the break.
WPA (world-standardized) 10-Ball rules are call shot but not call safety. So you don't get credit for slopping a ball in an uncalled pocket, but you can slop into a safety that is just as devastating.
The Predator Tour uses call-shot and call-safety rules. But when round balls are rolling on cloth-covered slate and colliding with other round balls, luck can still intrude in many ways.
Do you happen to recall the average difference in break and run % in 9 ball vs 10 ball?
That's interesting. Never really thought of it that way.
Cowboy Dennis
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Despite 10b being pro players preference , why did 10b crash and burn globally?
A decade ago there was major hype with inaugural W10B in Philippines followed by a couple more years and then it just died. Pacquiao revived it last year but now even he runs away from pool into politics and back into boxing.
Now the only annual major tourney left in 10B is the All Japan
Of cos, there are still those 1 to 1 challenge or gambling matches in 10B which really those fans outside the pool freaks community (like Azb) know nothing about :grin:
A decade ago there was major hype with inaugural W10B in Philippines followed by a couple more years and then it just died. Pacquiao revived it last year but now even he runs away from pool into politics and back into boxing.
Now the only annual major tourney left in 10B is the All Japan
Of cos, there are still those 1 to 1 challenge or gambling matches in 10B which really those fans outside the pool freaks community (like Azb) know nothing about :grin:
Not offhand. B&R percentages for those disciplines vary quite a bit depending on table size, what is used to rack the balls (triangle vs. template), where the balls are racked (only affects 9-Ball so far), where the cue ball must be placed to break, field strength, etc.
Without examining a lot of numbers, my sense is that the B&R percentages on 9-foot tables would be in this order:
9-Ball with template > 10-Ball with template > 9-Ball without template > 10-Ball without template