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a poster on azb posted this and I asked him this question via a pm
he told me its ok to share our exchange
your thoughts appreciated
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him
If there were 5 big one pocket events a year, like the DCC, then I think all the pros would play it. You'd see all the top 9 ball player dominate it after a few tournaments.
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me
how could 9 ballers dominate a 1p tourney??
thanks for your responce
larry
him
Of the best 9/10 ball players in the world, only a small handful of them put any significant time into one pocket. If there was incentive for them to do so (like 5 large one pocket tournaments per year), their superior ball striking skills would put them above all of the one pocket specialists (that get killed in 9 ball, like Frost level).
We saw this with every top rotation player that ever took up one pocket seriously before. Within a very short time (1 year) they all became unbeatable. Efren. Alex. Shane. Dennis. Even Busty is at the upper eschelon.
Good shooting
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he sent another comment when I asked him of it was ok to post this
ok go for it
Here is another point to consider: players like Frost (and me) who took up one pocket as bangers, and developed into top players (not me, ha ha), learned both the one pocket shots and the strategies as they were coming up.
9 ball world beaters, like Dennis, Alex, Shane, Efren, etc, that never played one pocket until they were already world beaters, only have to learn the strategy. They can make any shot under the sun already, and make the CB do anything they want as well. I think their learning curve would be way way faster for the strategy part of the game than a player who came up playing one hole.
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what do you guys think
he told me its ok to share our exchange
your thoughts appreciated
...
him
If there were 5 big one pocket events a year, like the DCC, then I think all the pros would play it. You'd see all the top 9 ball player dominate it after a few tournaments.
......
...........
me
how could 9 ballers dominate a 1p tourney??
thanks for your responce
larry
him
Of the best 9/10 ball players in the world, only a small handful of them put any significant time into one pocket. If there was incentive for them to do so (like 5 large one pocket tournaments per year), their superior ball striking skills would put them above all of the one pocket specialists (that get killed in 9 ball, like Frost level).
We saw this with every top rotation player that ever took up one pocket seriously before. Within a very short time (1 year) they all became unbeatable. Efren. Alex. Shane. Dennis. Even Busty is at the upper eschelon.
Good shooting
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he sent another comment when I asked him of it was ok to post this
ok go for it
Here is another point to consider: players like Frost (and me) who took up one pocket as bangers, and developed into top players (not me, ha ha), learned both the one pocket shots and the strategies as they were coming up.
9 ball world beaters, like Dennis, Alex, Shane, Efren, etc, that never played one pocket until they were already world beaters, only have to learn the strategy. They can make any shot under the sun already, and make the CB do anything they want as well. I think their learning curve would be way way faster for the strategy part of the game than a player who came up playing one hole.
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what do you guys think