When is a Break & Run NOT a break & run?

ignomirello

ignomirello

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A friend of mine posted about Run outs.
Example:
Rack #1 I break make Two balls but I scratch, He runs the rest.
Rack #2 He breaks & makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #3 He breaks runs the whole rack.
Rack #4 He breaks Runs to the 3-9 Carom
Rack #5 He breaks makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #6 He breaks Runs to the 5-9 combo.
Rack #7 He breaks runs out to win the set.

Did he just run out 7 times to beat me?
Did he run a 7 pack on me?

Some people say he had 7 Break & runs.
Some say he had 6 Break & runs.
Some say he just won 7 games & He only had 2 break & runs.
What do you think?
 
ignomirello said:
A friend of mine posted about Run outs.
Example:
Rack #1 I break make Two balls but I scratch, He runs the rest.
Rack #2 He breaks & makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #3 He breaks runs the whole rack.
Rack #4 He breaks Runs to the 3-9 Carom
Rack #5 He breaks makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #6 He breaks Runs to the 5-9 combo.
Rack #7 He breaks runs out to win the set.

Did he just run out 7 times to beat me?
Did he run a 7 pack on me?

Some people say he had 7 Break & runs.
Some say he had 6 Break & runs.
Some say he just won 7 games & He only had 2 break & runs.
What do you think?
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The way I have always thought about would be this

You broke first rack scratched he ran the balls out winning the first game. He then proceeded to put a six pack on you with four run outs and two nine on breaks.
 
It doesn't matter, all you need to know is the guys got game.
 
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Banks said:
Six pack, but only two actual bnr.
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This is how I think of it too. Getting the nine on the break or in a combo does not equal a runout in my mind as there are still balls on the table. Still sounds like some great playing, regardless.
 
When is a break and run not a break and run? It's when you've broken the balls and they're all still on the table. There are exceptions to this rule, but for the most part I believe it to be true. :smile:
 
How could he possibly have 7 break and runs when he didn't even break the first game?

He had either 2 or 4 break and runs depending on if one considers the early nines to qualify. The two nine ball breaks to me are not a break and run in any event because there was no "run" component.

He did put a 6 pack on you though in games 2-7 seeing as he broke game 2 and you never got to the table the rest of the set, but they weren't all break and runs.
 
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DogsPlayingPool said:
How could he possibly have 7 break and runs when he didn't even break the first game?

He had either 2 or 4 break and runs depending on if one considers the early nines to qualify. The two nine ball breaks to me are not a break and run in any event because there was no "run" component.

He did put a 6 pack on you though in games 2-7 seeing as he broke game 2 and you never got to the table the rest of the set, but they weren't all break and runs.
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See, I told ya. :)
 
Also, a break run to the 3-9 combo I wouldn't consider a BnR but if you ran to the 8 and played an 8/9combo, I would. Either way a win is a win, doesn't matter.
 
ignomirello said:
A friend of mine posted about Run outs.
Example:
Rack #1 I break make Two balls but I scratch, He runs the rest.
Rack #2 He breaks & makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #3 He breaks runs the whole rack.
Rack #4 He breaks Runs to the 3-9 Carom
Rack #5 He breaks makes the 9 ball on the break.
Rack #6 He breaks Runs to the 5-9 combo.
Rack #7 He breaks runs out to win the set.

Did he just run out 7 times to beat me?
Did he run a 7 pack on me?

Some people say he had 7 Break & runs.
Some say he had 6 Break & runs.
Some say he just won 7 games & He only had 2 break & runs.
What do you think?
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To me, a "run rack" is when you break and run out the whole rack without an early win. To my USAPL league, a "table run" is when you sink 5 or more balls.

A 9 on the break, an early combo, not a run-out. You don't tell someone "nice run" if they make 2 balls and a combo do you?
 
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