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Update: I'm also told you can check out Zona 9 in the San Juan area.

OK...just got a msg from Alan Rolon, PR's best player. THE places to play are really in San Sebastian--Players Factory (immaculate Diamonds) and Master's (also good tables). But it's a two-hour drive. There's another spot in Bayamón, but it didn't sound too hot and if I remember the place, I...

Haven't played in PR for years, but I'm putting out a couple feelers. Will report back.

Glad to hear you've found someone to work with. Go get 'em at DCC, bro! And have a blast! I expect regular reports.

Happy Belated B-day, Eric! And congrats on picking up your cue again! Call it a fallacy of sunken costs, but you love the game too much to not play.

Leather!

I knew you were kidding bro...or at least I hoped so! :) And My Favorite Things was my introduction to Coltrane. You know the rest of the story! Anyway, here's the shot. Nothing complicated. In truth, the bet was made as the result of that lethal combination--testosterone and alcohol. Since I...

Thanks for the responses, everyone! And for the record, I was Player B, the bet was for $100, and I most certainly did get paid! And no, GoldCrown, I didn't have the Smith with me. If push comes to shove, there are more than enough of those in the bar to enforce bets as it is. :cool:

Player A bets Player B that he can't cut the 12-ball into a corner pocket (not a game situation--just two balls set up on the table). Player B makes the ball and scratches. Who gets paid?

While sitting with Groundhog eating the trash concession food in the Rio at the 2013 BCAPL's. Groundhog: Damn, this food is trash! Unknown player: But at least it's only ten dollars. Groundhog: I'd pay you ten dollars to eat this shit!

Here's a link. Man, this Drill Instructor guy is good! He's got more ways to separate aspiring pool players from their money than any hustler I've ever seen! https://thedrillinstructor.us/The-B-R-A-C-Bank-Rail-Angle-Calculator.html

To the disgrace of our entire age group, the offending player is a boomer. He fell in love with the game a couple years ago, and he's one of those folks who has ALL the equipment under the sun (including a new $1900 Longoni) except a smooth stroke. And of course, he's nitty to such a level as to...

BCAPL rules.

Made a perfect kick.. object ball was nearly pocketed. :sneaky:

In a local weekend tournament, a player pulled a B.R.A.C. bank calculator out of his pocket to figure out where on the rail to aim. Is that legal?? If not, what is the penalty?

That may be true of classical pianists, but not jazz musicians. In jazz, you will never play a tune exactly like you did the previous time, and you are constantly reacting in the moment. Ask Billy Palmer what he thinks.

Get well soon,bro!

I must add something to my previous post. Unfortunately, there was absolutely NO straight pool played in the VI in my youth, so I had ZERO exposure to the game until my mid-20's when I went to UMASS and met Jim Martin and Bob Lisciotti (yes, Larry's cousin), and started locking horns everyday...

In the Virgin Islands we called it "Juice" and played it 3 or 4-handed with five money balls (5, 8, 11, 13, & 15), and the last money ball was worth double. Depending on the players and the situation, the price per ball went from "half and one (.50 and a $1)" all the way to $100 and $200. The...

"...and he that ruleth his spirit [is greater] than he who taketh a city." I don't know Billy Thorpe, but he is clearly a young man of immense talent and immense issues. We can only pray that he brings his inner demons under control.