Why stop at 22?

gulfportdoc

gulfportdoc

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I see Jaspers had an amazing run of 22 and out against Bury! Even though that ended the match, I'm surprised he wasn't asked to continue his run to see if he could approach or exceed a world record?! I wonder if that simply is not allowed at the tournaments?

What is the tournament record, anyway? 25?

Doc
 
Double-Dave said:
Wow, that is strong. I do believe Ceulemans has it at 26 but not 100%.
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I'm not sure what counts as a "tournament", but I am sure that a run that was continued after the end of the game wouldn't count as a record. Caudron had an official 27 a year or so ago. (He also had a 25 around the same time.)

Mark
 
gulfportdoc said:
... What is the tournament record, anyway? 25? ...
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Most of the major tournaments -- World Championships, WorldCups -- are played in sets of 15 points.

In the Dutch League, which is a competition among teams divided into five levels or so, the top division plays to 50 points. Komori and Ceulemans have both had 28s in league play.
 
I don't think there would be anything wrong letting a player continue a run like that. I think even the other players enjoy watching runs that high. Maybe if they had a general agreement that any run over 15 is worth continueing or something like that.

Snooker players run out the same pattern with the colors after a frame is won; unless a snooker player has a chance at a 147, running 20+ at three cushion is a lot more interesting.
 
bud green said:
I don't think there would be anything wrong letting a player continue a run like that. ...
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But I think some of the players would. I have heard some very negative comments about Hoppe's run of 25 since it continued after the end of the nominal length of the exhibition match.

In the 14.1 challenge at DCC this year, the finals were matches to 150 and any player who ran more than 50 and out was permitted to continue, but no one did any good with that.

The main thing to see more high runs at 3-C is to have more long matches. It may be that Blomdahl will never be challenged for the record average for 60 points (60 in 15 innings).
 
I understand that currently its considered poor "form" or unsporting to want to continue a run in three cushion, but I don't see why that should be the case. I think if the players understood that it helps people get excited about the game, they might let it happen.

Even if Jaspers ended up running 35, I don't think it would take nearly as long as Schmidt getting up into the 200-400 range in 14.1.

Most experienced pool players have at least tried three cushion, even if they don't normally play the game on a regular basis. I think even they would watch someone run 30+ at 3-C. Not as exciting as Sayginers trick shots, but anyone who has tried to run even a 3 at the game realizes how hard 20 in a row is.
 
I dont see what the hell the big deal is,just keep shooting,if the record is broke great.I have played billiards since I was 14 years old,and I cant think of anyone that would care if a guy kept shooting to continue a run after a match.
 
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