He mentions the rules are fundamentally the same. Insinuates @Bob Jewett had some influence in their writing.
I can't find a link to the rules or any press releases. Anyone have any information on this development?
WPA Adopts Rulesets for 1P and Banks?
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He mentions the rules are fundamentally the same. Insinuates @Bob Jewett had some influence in their writing.
I can't find a link to the rules or any press releases. Anyone have any information on this development?
The new rules should be available shortly as a PDF on the WPA website.
I think it is more to do with great success of the Derby City 1-pocket and Buffalo Billiards 1-pocket events, but either way, interest in the game is growing.
One-pocket was once almost exclusively American, but about 25 years ago, a couple of pretty sporty Filipino players named Reyes and Bustamante fell in love with the game and both helped raise the general level of play. It seems now that the two most elite European-born players, Gorst and Filler, have fallen in love with the game, too, and it has ushered in yet another chapter in the game's history.
These are good times for one-pocket.
Is this just the addition of those games or are any existing rules being revised?
Doing that rule out the gate seems a little aggressive.
It’s about time they started using Grady Rules.
Make it a scoring game. All 15 balls, running score, 1hr limit.
I suppose that if a sponsor could be found that would guarantee the minimum prize money for several years, there could be a WPA-sanctioned World Championship. The current minimum prize money required for a World Championship is $220,001. This is the sum of entry fees and added money, and the amount of added money and the entry fees are negotiated with the WPA.
I think the main point of this minimum is to ensure that the top players are likely to play.
There were some other revisions. One of the major ones is that the player may use his body and cue as he sees fit to aim, measure, and plan shots. It is no longer a foul to let go of your cue stick while planning the shot. (CSI deleted this as a foul a long time ago.)
how can you have a time limit on a match without a shot clock for every shot. otherwise a guy winning will just stall and run the clock out and take the win.
dont some remember the ncaa championships without a shot clock and combined scores were less than 15 points. with winning team just holding the ball.
dont some remember the ncaa championships without a shot clock and combined scores were less than 15 points. with winning team just holding the ball.
My way you can figure in ball totals as major advancement criteria.
Chess clock -- you can only waste your own time.
yes bob that is the only way, if the t.d. doesnt intervene and use his authority to run the show.
have the shot clock as an option for slow games. my original solution was to threaten not invite slow players. and to put a shot clock on them individually. as to why punish a normal player by making him deal with a shot clock.
its the same people slowing up the tournaments every time. that is the problem. not the game.
have the shot clock as an option for slow games. my original solution was to threaten not invite slow players. and to put a shot clock on them individually. as to why punish a normal player by making him deal with a shot clock.
its the same people slowing up the tournaments every time. that is the problem. not the game.
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if there is a world championship in brewing that's great news. don't really care if it's predator or any other promoter.
i believe it's already been in use in the last two DCC's? i'm on the fence on that one.
i believe it's already been in use in the last two DCC's? i'm on the fence on that one.
Agreed for the most part, but the WPA may now be in a position to sanction a World 1-pocket championship, and that, to me, is an exciting prospect.One pocket is a great game. But I do worry about the WPA getting involved. It is a game that tests a huge variety of skills but, in Fatboy’s terminology, the milk drinkers can stick with WPA snoozefest 10 ball.
Gimme the Buffalo’s stream.
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