Puzzles with numbers and things

[abextra]

Ok will try ... for 77
colours on their spots.
two reds in front of each pocket except for top left -pocket is free- and green pocket which gets three reds
now

Oh, I thought there can be only 2 reds... I better go to sleep...

[Monique]

Ok will try ... for 77
colours on their spots.
two reds in front of each pocket except for top left -pocket is free- and green pocket which gets three reds
now

red1 in middle left (plant)
pink in top left
red2 in middle left
black in top left
red1 in top right (plant)
pink in middle left
red2 in top right
blue in middle left
red1 in middle right (plant)
pink in top right
red2 in middle right
black in top right
red1 in yellow pocket (plant)
pink in middle right
red2 in yellow poket
blue in middle right
red1 in green pocket (plant)
yellow in yellow pocket
red2 in green pocket (plant)
green in yellow pocket
red3 in yellow pocket
brown in yellow pocket
yellow in green pocket
green in green pocket
brown in green pocket

Hope that's OK

[davis_greatest]

Round 229 - abextra's 67 (or 71?), Monique's 77, snookersfun's 81 - and / or any other bids ... please post them all here explaining where the balls should be positioned and how to get them!

[abextra]

I think I can do the 81 (hopefully)...

and perfectly done of course Abextra!

You're welcome, Snookersfun!

81 would be great, but you will never beat my 93... Actually I am on 67 now...

[snookersfun]

and oops, just checked my e-mail. There a long time waiting are answers to R. 227 and 228 by Monique. Well done yet again

I think I can do the 81 (hopefully)...

and perfectly done of course Abextra!

[abextra]

... and finally round 223...

[abextra]

... and round 222...

[abextra]

Well, Round 221

[Monique]

No, I just said that 80 is the maximum theoretically possible if you take into account that a ball cannot be potted twice in same pocket + other constraints. Now I did'nt say that maximum can actually be reached. I have a sequence of pots for 77.

[snookersfun]

I have a bid of 77.

didn't you have 80 before? I was ready to go for 81 at first thought now


... and we can close R.221-223. I don't know (as usual) what Abextra has, so she or anybody else can put it up on the thread now. Whatever won't appear I can link to tomorrow...

[Monique]

I have a bid of 77.

[abextra]

How do you get that abextra?
If a ball can never been potted twice in the same pocket, then
Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue and Black can be potted 2x, Pink 4x max
If we suppose each is potted with red - which gives more points than alone - we get to
6 +8 +10 +12 +28 +16 = 80.
Or did I misunderstand something?

Oh, you're right, Monique, you didn't misunderstand anything, I was just too optimistic...
... maybe 71 then?

[Monique]

R229

How do you get that abextra?
If a ball can never been potted twice in the same pocket, then
Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue and Black can be potted 2x, Pink 4x max
If we suppose each is potted with red - which gives more points than alone - we get to
6 +8 +10 +12 +28 +16 = 80.
Or did I misunderstand something?

[abextra]

Round 229 - Barry gets better

I bid a break of 93 for the beginning...

[davis_greatest]

Round 224 - Barry The Baboon's balls-blasting big break

Barry the Baboon has asked you to coach him for the day.

Due to an unfortunate injury caused to his finger while trying to unbutton his pants while playing a massé, he can only pot easy shots, as follows.

He can only pot a ball if it is hanging right over the pocket* or if it is a colour on its own spot (and if it is a colour on its spot, he can only pot baulk colours into the baulk pockets, the blue into the centre pockets, the pink into the centre or top pockets, and the black into the top pockets). He is not able to pot plants, no matter how easy they may be.

You want to restore his confidence so you can place some balls on the table by hand, wherever you like, for him to have a practice break. Your aim is to let Barry make as high a break as possible. However, Barry's positional play is so poor that he can never play two consecutive pots into the same pocket.

* "hanging right over the pocket" means that it is teetering on the edge, about to drop, with no room for anything else to pass

Which balls do you place where and what break can Barry achieve?

Round 224 - breaks of 67 from Monique and Robert! Well done! As this doesn't seem beatable...

Round 229 - Barry gets better

Barry is now getting better, and can play easy plants. The only plants that he can manage are where one ball (Ball A) is hanging over the pocket - he is then able to play another ball (Ball B) to knock Ball A in... whenever he does this, Ball B will always finish hanging over the same pocket.

As his coach, you decide to make things harder, and forbid him from ever potting a ball into a pocket into which that particular ball has previously been potted.

Apart from that, everything is the same as in round 224.

Which balls do you place where and what is the highest break that Barry can achieve?

Feel free to post answers / attempts straight on the thread...