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07-30-2014 , 01:32 AM
its the game that also rewards the smartest player the most rather than the player that can pocket the balls the best.
07-30-2014 , 01:35 AM
and in one pocket you use all the skills of the pool table. in most or all the other games you really dont.

you commonly make or shoot one, two, or three rail banks.
hit shots very softly
kick into balls and have to know what goes where.
pick a shot from many alternatives.
09-13-2014 , 03:01 PM
in one hole the balls are like chess pieces, where they all sit matters more than any other game. i been playing pool for 30 years. one hole is the best gambling game as well. 14.1 is a whole different discipline.
03-19-2015 , 06:53 AM
Recently started watching a lot of one pocket and it seems to me to be the chess of pool games. Check out some Shannon Daulton/Efren Reyes action if you want free lessons.
03-19-2015 , 07:17 AM
if you are into youtube watching then scott frost is someone you should watch, he is one of the best at one pocket

Last edited by the orange crush; 03-19-2015 at 07:29 AM.
03-19-2015 , 07:26 AM
this was from a 30 hour match of scott frost and preacher ronn. Scott needs 1 ball to win, preacher needs 2. You wont believe what he does


03-19-2015 , 12:32 PM
I've seen that. So sick.
03-19-2015 , 06:24 PM
ron plays really well too. but the first shot was mostly luck for it to go in. the second was a standard three rail bank.
03-20-2015 , 03:39 PM
One pocket is the GOAT! Never seen that vid before. Incredible.
03-24-2015 , 08:34 AM
how can one need one ball and the other two balls with three on the table?
03-24-2015 , 03:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by toedder
how can one need one ball and the other two balls with three on the table?
Nice catch. Freezer must also need two balls to win.
03-24-2015 , 08:02 PM
ron would be getting a spot. so you could have any combo of balls left depending on the spot.
03-25-2015 , 05:22 AM
Okay. I thought that you'd usually spot in such a way that still in the end n+1 balls are needed. I.e. just have one need 8 and one need 9 balls and respot a pocketed ball. Or have one need 9 and one 7. But of course people are free to chose the handicaps in any way they wish, I guess
03-26-2015 , 10:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by toedder
how can one need one ball and the other two balls with three on the table?
There are many ways you can handicap(spot) a player. You could play where there are balls left on the table at the end of a game if the loser only needs one (like playing 8-6) or you could play where you have to spot pocketed balls so that there are enough to finish the game.

If you are playing say 10-8 (you go to 10, opponent goes to 8) then you would have to spot the first 2 balls you make and then play the rest of the game out as if you were playing 8-8 at that point.

Hope that makes sense
03-31-2015 , 10:45 PM
the greatest gambling game of all time period
09-18-2015 , 07:31 PM
True one pocket true hustlers game this form for giving handicaps, but it not any kind of real pool no 10 ball may be most difficult the great straight pool not play any now this game i love o yea. But if we going yo gamble let us play chicago 61 it rotation with all the balls and their number is the score this for money see pro pool not the ept or wsop no millions today 9 ball world championships pay for first only 30000.
09-23-2015 , 10:29 AM
you have a bright future in forum posting
12-09-2015 , 11:55 AM
I would like to introduce a game to the mix that you've probably never heard of. It's called "Corners" and it's played on a table (usually a 4-1/2 X 9) with only 2 pockets, located at the head of the table. The other rails were straight like those on a billiard table. There's a photo of a Corners table that I now own on the first post of this link. It's a 1923, or later, Brunswick Aviator. Unfortunately, it's been in storage since I bought it. Maybe one of these days I'll have a place to set it up. I keep hoping.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...49680307210967

Each player had a pocket and the winner was the first to get 8 balls in his pocket (the tables had deep pockets). There was no penalty for scratches and once a ball was in either pocket, it stayed there. Other than those unorthodox rules, the game was similar to one-pocket - except banks were much more prevalent, as you can probably see. Tons of 2 railers of various types, quite a few 3 railers, and occasionally a 4 or 5 railer. It was a much more aggressive game than one pocket. A bank example is that a ball frozen on a side rail could be shot down the rail into the corner and back up the rail into one's pocket.

It seems that Corners was played mainly (or, only) in that area where MO, KS, and OK come together. In my home town of 8,000, there were 3 pool halls, all within 2-1/2 blocks of the school (grades 7-12). In each, the front table, the one with spectator benches, was a Corner table. It was by far the most popular game, especially among the better players. Starting at age 12 (1952), I played mostly Corners - before school, during lunch break, after school, and all day Saturday. We usually played Snooker and Golf (on a Snooker table) on Sundays, for some reason. From ages 12 through 21, I estimate that I played about 40-50,000 games of Corners.

Corners lost its popularity and the last table I saw in a pool hall was about 30 years ago. I think most were converted to 6 pocket tables by re-cutting the slate. At present, I only know of 3 Corners tables. Mine, one in a bar in Joplin, MO, and I've heard there's one in someone's home in Hume, MO.

As far as my definition of "pure" goes, I would say that Rotation and Straight Pool are the "purest". Very simple straightforward rules. With one, you just shoot in numerical order and the other you shoot any ball in any pocket. Many other games seem more contrived to me, although I like some of them better.

My favorite games are, in order:
1 - Corners
2 - One-Pocket
3 - 3 Ball
4 - Golf on a Snooker table
5 - Eight Ball, if I had to pick another one.

In pool, like everything else in life, you like what you are good at and you are good at what you like.

I would love to try One-Pocket on a Corners table.
12-09-2015 , 03:19 PM
ive seen pics of them but never heard where they were played. my guess is that it was more prevalent closer to 100 years ago and at some point like you say they were converted to 6 pockets.
or some were also 3 cushion tables with plugs for the two pockets.

      
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