american 14.1 straight pool championships, q-master billiards, october 22

He introduced the modern rule that the object balls are re-racked not when all have been pocketed but after 14 have been sunk and one remains on the table. In 1910, Jerome Keogh, who won numerous continuous pool tournaments, wanted to increase the attacking nature from the break-off shot. As players became skilled in scoring dozens of points in a single turn, they would often use defensive shots on the break to avoid their opponent potting the 15 balls on the table. When all of the balls are potted, a new rack begins and the player who potted the final ball plays the break. Straight pool is derived from an earlier game called continuous pool, in which points are earned for every ball that is potted. History Jerome Keogh invented the game in 1910. The game is currently represented at a continental level in events such as the American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship and the European Pool Championship's straight pool event. The modern incarnation was held from 2006 until ending in 2010.

The World Straight Pool Championship was held from 1912 until 1990.

The game was most popular in the United States and is notably played in the 1961 film The Hustler. One point is scored by pocketing an object ball without a foul, while a point is deducted on a foul.

The goal is to reach a set number of points that is determined by agreement before the game begins traditionally 100 points is needed for a win, though professional matches may be higher. At this point, play resumes with the objective of pocketing the remaining ball in a manner that causes the cue ball to carom into the rack, spreading out the balls and allowing the player to continue the run. In straight pool, the player may call and attempt to pocket any object ball on the table regardless of its number or color until only one object ball and the cue ball remain, at which point the other fourteen balls are re-racked. The game was the primary version of pool played in professional competition until it was superseded by faster-playing games like nine-ball and eight-ball in the 1980s.

Straight pool, which is also called 14.1 continuous and 14.1 rack, is a cue sport in which two competing players attempt to pot as many billiard balls as possible without playing a foul. A traditional straight pool rack with the 1 and 5 balls at the bottom corners, and all other balls placed randomly

American 14.1 straight pool championships, q-master billiards, october 22