Could you call a two way shot?
Who played 9ball... before Texas Express rules was the norm?
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Cool story.. i have feet too and now i feel that much closer to him.
you know many words. Are people born pool players, or are they mede?
Farhan
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This is excellent. I'm a fan of call-shot/call-safe but I think this may be even better.
Believe it or not. 9-Ball used to be illegal in Texas. They legalized it in the early 60's. Pool halls sprang up on every street corner. That's when everyone in Texas started playing 9-Ball. Sure wish we still played by the rules we started with. Back then if you Ducked and played a Safe, you would get your arms broke. No two shot shootout or ball in hand.
You could always miss to duck , but just like in 8 ball proving somebody ducked could be troublesome .:wink:
Well, here we go again...
It was a 4 x 8 with standard pockets for the time - about like the Diamond pockets of
the 90s - but tighter than the Gold Crowns of the 60s.
There was a 9ft in the room - but it was not a Brunswick, which he was obligated to play
on if one was available.
He missed shot 527.
He did run in the high 600s but quit because dinner was ready.
Dale
I played when it was best effort, to hit balls, only suckers came closer than a diamond to the ball.
If you tried to hit every ball and your opponent didn't, you didn't have much chance.
When the good players were done kicking, you were usually frozen on a rail somewhere with an impossible shot.
When two shot pushout started , it didn't do anything to the smart players, but it sent a lot of great ball makers that could cut the paint off the balls, out to find jobs.
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On a video he made in 1980 he says he got tired, not sore feet. Still, the "Man" himself said he didn't miss.
Yes, I did. I also used to practice spot shots for hours on end, and I wasn't the only one in the room that did. When was the last time you saw that happening? Uh, right about shortly after Texas Express became dominant.
Me and the guys I hung out with, would shoot spot shots for a buck a miss, like you said for hours. We even did it on a 12' snooker table from time to time.
In his autobiography, "Willie's Game," Willie (with co-author Stanley Cohen) writes: "I finally missed a difficult cut shot, but by that time I was weary; it was almost a relief to have it come to an end."
This is the way ALL games should migrate towards..(Call Safe / Call shot - ie one ball in a pocket). This is how we play American Rotation, except that because AMRO is a "point accumulated game" instead of having the option to roll out you can either shoot or pass back the shot to the 1st player. Much more fairer game than Simple Texas Express where anything goes an you get punished for other players BS Luck.
TE 9B has done enough Damage to Pool Action across the country. Risk Management has to become important at some point in life. Otherwise pool goes broke. Enough with 'piss in' game rules... Pool is hard enough.
Randy
Oh and no jump cues in AmRo... This would also help with Mosconi cup as well..
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loved the push. the game is not the same now............
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LOL, we gambled on them as well, usually a pot game. 6-8 guys, sometimes more, would each throw $1 - $5 into the pot. Best out of 15 shots (one rack), winner take all. It was decent action for high school in the 60's.
2 shot roll out with no jump cues when i learned. It should be that way again. Makes for more strategy and a much more difficult game...