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Posted By: christian munk-christensen
Date: Friday, 15 February 2013, at 10:41 a.m.

In Response To: Playing under 2.0 (Stick)

.. has a high run of 526 balls in straight pool (14.1).

John Schmidt believes that today's top pros would be able to match or beat Mosconi's record if there was sufficient financial incentive.

It is along the same lines as what you're saying for backgammon PR. However, the difference is that Mosconi - a human - actually did achieve the feat of potting 526 in a run, whereas no human has been close to averaging below 2.0 in backgammon.

I think it sounds kind of hollow when you say it would be easy to average below 2.0 if there was sufficient money in it. Several players have offered to bet against it happening. Bill even offered a 10K freeroll.

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• Playing under 2.0
  Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:35 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Petch -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:48 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        winfox -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Iancho Hristov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:25 a.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:06 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:15 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 3:40 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:38 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:04 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Stick -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 11:37 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:05 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:41 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:14 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:38 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:49 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:23 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:53 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:27 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:26 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 7:29 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:02 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                  Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:20 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                    Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:31 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              mochy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:27 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                falafel -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:09 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:30 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  neilkaz -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 6:46 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Victor Ashkenazi -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:18 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Mochy -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:52 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    falafel -- Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 5:30 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:32 p.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:30 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:41 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:36 p.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:59 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 2:07 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 7:08 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 4:50 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        6stones -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:30 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:53 p.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:12 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 3:13 a.m.
    • Mosconi...
      christian munk-christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 10:41 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:46 p.m.
  • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
    Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:31 a.m.
    • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
      DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:34 p.m.
      • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
        Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:11 p.m.
        • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
          DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:20 p.m.
      • Stick's 2.31 PR
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
    higonefive -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:36 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:43 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
        David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:47 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:46 p.m.
          • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
            higonefive -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:24 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
              Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 6:27 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:41 p.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:32 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:10 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:48 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Stick -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:52 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:14 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:50 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 2:56 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 7:27 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:44 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 11:30 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:28 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 6:12 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 February 2013, at 12:35 a.m.