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iusedtoberich said:

Why aren’t they breaking like Shane taught the world then, and making 2-4 balls on the break like he was, even with the wood rack in TAR 1?

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Less risk (especially with hand racking). If you break from center and don't make a ball the odds are good you leave a wide open table for your opponent. Breaking from the side (with intent to make the 1) leaves more congestion on the side you broke from.
If the center break is working, run with it.
If not...break from the side and trust you're better tactically.

garczar said:

I kinda agree but Yuma is only 150mi from San Diego and that casino/hotel looks pretty nice. Still, it is a tad remote compared to places they could go. I'd guess the tribe/casino made them a helluva deal on rooms.

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It's over 170 miles from San Diego. Almost a 3 hour drive. Why would a player fly into San Diego then drive 3 hours? Waste of time and money.

Or you can be a man about it run the other 7 out.

Still looking. Butt only.

Bob Jewett said:

It's interesting that Hopkins didn't get elected to the HOF until he was 56, according to the article.

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The probably kept him out until then because nobody could bring themselves to vote for someone with a poke stroke like that! Every time I see him on video I’m shocked that it works so well.

what's wrong with breaking from rail?
just like any break, it works if you doing it right....

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iusedtoberich said:

Why aren’t they breaking like Shane taught the world then, and making 2-4 balls on the break like he was, even with the wood rack in TAR 1?

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Prob'ly the same reason I don't - cause I can't.

Bob Jewett said:

It's interesting that Hopkins didn't get elected to the HOF until he was 56, according to the article.

Hopkins used to offer this proposition: he would break the balls at one pocket and without taking ball in hand would run out all 15 balls in four or five tries. Of course, they didn't have 4-inch pockets back then, but still.

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Allen Hopkins in my opinion was the best all around player, say 1980 - 1985. One of his proposition bets was to throw out all 15 balls

on the pool table and run all 15 without the cue ball hitting a rail. I personally witnessed this in either 1979 or 1980. It was the year that

he won $112,000 at The Rack in Detroit playing 1-pkt. He told me that he left thousands in $20 bills with the houseman as sort of security that he

could walk out with the rest of the cash.