Who is the best small pocket table 9 ball player in america?
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Mika plays well. Just go to Santa Monica House of Billiards and watch him play 14.1 on it. I heard he's run 100+ on 4inch pockets.
i would say archer #1 and svb #2
Yes, but it's a thread about American players.
well
all the top guys play great on small pockets.
i got a friendly game for them.
anyone thats played at garys victor billiards can attest to the tightness of table 2. 4 and 1/8 th inch pockets.
anyway my friend one day in there said john ill let you play the 12ball ghost for cheap sets.
anyway races to 13 i ran a 13 and out ,two 11 packs and ended up about 40 ahead in 2 days.after about 8 or 9 sets i was 40 games winner and never came close too losing a set.
this was in front of the whole poolroom.
believe me if somebody wants to try the game anybody but a world champ can get action at that game on the table i did it on.as a matter of a fact i bet gary would let anybody try it.
i played some of the greatest pool of my life too beat the game that bad.
anyway alot of guys can play on 4 inch pockets ,to figure out whos the best is going to be tough.
gary said no one on earth could have played better than i did .
if only i would play as good against humans as i do the ghost lol.
and yes i lost a 6 ahead set for 2000 playing the 12ball ghost in vegas on a horrible table.
garys is tighter but is clean and plays more accurate so ill try it again.
all the top guys play great on small pockets.
i got a friendly game for them.
anyone thats played at garys victor billiards can attest to the tightness of table 2. 4 and 1/8 th inch pockets.
anyway my friend one day in there said john ill let you play the 12ball ghost for cheap sets.
anyway races to 13 i ran a 13 and out ,two 11 packs and ended up about 40 ahead in 2 days.after about 8 or 9 sets i was 40 games winner and never came close too losing a set.
this was in front of the whole poolroom.
believe me if somebody wants to try the game anybody but a world champ can get action at that game on the table i did it on.as a matter of a fact i bet gary would let anybody try it.
i played some of the greatest pool of my life too beat the game that bad.
anyway alot of guys can play on 4 inch pockets ,to figure out whos the best is going to be tough.
gary said no one on earth could have played better than i did .
if only i would play as good against humans as i do the ghost lol.
and yes i lost a 6 ahead set for 2000 playing the 12ball ghost in vegas on a horrible table.
garys is tighter but is clean and plays more accurate so ill try it again.
Got to be clean Johnny!!
Feels good to me!!!!!!!!!!!:grin:
I would like to let you try it again.
Oh and by the way guys the answer is Dennis Hatch!! He would rob everyone None of the top pros would gamble with him on a tight table
Strickland said he would give the world the 8 on his table w/ 3-1/2" pockets...I would pay to see this!
Well, since we seem to have interest from railbirds and some pros who like to play on tight tables, when is the 1st Annual Tight Pockets event?
Schmidt needs to have a camera around him at all times when he practices. He could seriously sell a lot of different videos of the stuff he does:
403 at 14.1? I'll buy it.
Murdering the 12 ball ghost on a 4" pocket table. 13 and out, two 11 packs? Save one for me, please.
One pocket ghost- ran a 68 once. Sign me up for that one too...
Schmidt needs to have a camera around him at all times when he practices. He could seriously sell a lot of different videos of the stuff he does:
403 at 14.1? I'll buy it.
Murdering the 12 ball ghost on a 4" pocket table. 13 and out, two 11 packs? Save one for me, please.
One pocket ghost- ran a 68 once. Sign me up for that one too...
Great shooting John! Ever play straight pool on anything close to 3 and 7/8 corners and 4 and 3/8 inch sides? I was wondering if you enjoy straight pool on a table like that if it plays right with a good pocket cut that's not phony and how bad you would beat my high run that is in the low eighties.
I think if the race is long enough (make that very long) it won't matter if the pocket is 4.5 inches or 4 inches...the best guys will always prevail.
One thing I noticed about great players is that when they feel confident, balls go straight through the middle of the pocket, so the pocket size won't matter much (if it is reasonable of course). Smaller pockets can still be cheated and pros will use even that sometimes.
Answer? The same guys who you think about when thinking about greatest US 9ballers in general.
Just for the sake of argument, let's say we have a 5 inch bucket pocket table. Also let's assume that for this table we need a race to 100 to determine who is the better player between the two.
Now if we reduce the pocket size to 4.125 let's say, does that mean we won't need the race to 100 to determine who the better player is? Maybe a race to 50 would be enough then?
One thing I noticed about great players is that when they feel confident, balls go straight through the middle of the pocket, so the pocket size won't matter much (if it is reasonable of course). Smaller pockets can still be cheated and pros will use even that sometimes.
Answer? The same guys who you think about when thinking about greatest US 9ballers in general.
Just for the sake of argument, let's say we have a 5 inch bucket pocket table. Also let's assume that for this table we need a race to 100 to determine who is the better player between the two.
Now if we reduce the pocket size to 4.125 let's say, does that mean we won't need the race to 100 to determine who the better player is? Maybe a race to 50 would be enough then?
That is f'n strong. i feel like a sucker after hearing that. how do the balls get racked in 12 ball ghost?
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Johnny is the strongest tight pocket player. IMO
Tim, the balls get racked like the space ship from Atari
take away the two end balls and the middle ball from the back row of a full rack. Only good thing about the twelve ball ghost is it easy to break balls in and everything else about it sucks.
Johnny is the strongest tight pocket player. IMO
Tim, the balls get racked like the space ship from Atari
take away the two end balls and the middle ball from the back row of a full rack. Only good thing about the twelve ball ghost is it easy to break balls in and everything else about it sucks.