Math Is Fun Forum

That’s quite funny. I think there’s a slight typo though. What the narrator said was “deaf in two ears” (which the other person misheard as “dead in two years”).

When playing any game, you have adopt a specific strategy based on that particular game. For this one, my tips for getting to 2501 or highter would be these:

(1) Go for the highest-scoring pockets.
(2) Go for the most accessible pockets and pot as quickly as possible.

(1) Obviously going for high scores such as 12 × 12 = 144 will advance your total score much more quickly than if you only try low scores like 2 × 2 = 4 (which you would have to do 36 times before your total score advances by 144). However, in some of the table configurations, the highest-scoring pockets may be rather inaccessible. In this case, (2) might be a better option. For instance, suppose the pocket marked 12 on a particular table is in a tricky corner, and it might take you 30 seconds to make a successful pot there. Then you would take one minute to make 12 × 12 = 144. On the other hand, there may be a pocket marked 9 on the same table where you can pot successfully in just 10 seconds. If you go for that pocket four times, you would score 162 in 40 seconds – more points in less time than going for the awkward pocket marked 12.

Try and strike a balance between (1) and (2) to get to 2501 as quickly as possible.

For example,

Wow that is cool.