That 9 Kazakis missed was almost the exact same miss he had vs Petri in the quarters. Uncanny. Same spot on the table bridging over the rail. He loses to go down 9-3 to Shane and that was it.

sjm said:

Congrats to SVB. He saved his best pool of the week for Sunday and was much the best in capturing the title.

Have to say that I was very impressed with the play of Tyler Styer this week, too. with a tied for fifth finish, he greatly enhanced his Mosconi chances.

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It seems like you should comment on, and give SVB a little more credit, for beating Filler. SVB had Kazakis for a long time, then lost a couple of matches, now he has started beating him again. Opposite with Filler, lost to him a lot, but now he has come out winner. More then once. Filler is a great champion, but SVB is still right there!

It probably is a Viscount. But a Viscount could afford better.

I like mine from Curran. They're single vision.

Played with contacts for a while, but they get can dry if you don't blink for a while. I think I don't blink much if at all during my pre-shot and shot.

Mako and I need to figure out a design, but I have a plain maroon Lucasi that I'm thinking that I want these kinds of colors similar to flame veneers in a shape similar to 8 points. If any of you have a different/better suggestion, I'd love to hear it.

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Was a great time!

jtompilot said:

I see on their flyer BCA rules-3 foul/roll out. How do get a 3 foul if you can roll out? Are they talking about a push after the break then 3 foul after that?

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Yep.

Gotta be push out after the break only...

David in FL said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

But how did Kojak hit 'em?!

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He was okay for an amateur. Super nice guy, always smiling, laughing and having a good time.

sjm said:

Congrats to SVB. He saved his best pool of the week for Sunday and was much the best in capturing the title.

Have to say that I was very impressed with the play of Tyler Styer this week, too. with a tied for fifth finish, he greatly enhanced his Mosconi chances.

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Congrats to Shane! Speaking of Tyler I don’t understand how he doesn’t win more often, he has almost flawless fundamentals

jay helfert said:

Played some friendly pool a couple of times with Peter at Ye Billiard Den in Hollywood. Also Telly Savalas was in there a lot playing pool, as was Vince Edwards. Many other celebs came in from time to time. It was a Hollywood hot spot and I was like a defacto house pro. If they had a question about a match in progress they would ask me. The good old days.

Played an exhibition match there against Mosconi and the place was packed to the rafters to see him play. Willie was a tough act but he was very kind to me.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah...

But how did Kojak hit 'em?!

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Yeah Fargo doesn’t matter much.. what’s he playing on at home? Is that a lot of barbox? Is it big pockets? Fargo doesn’t take a lot of things into effect and it’s why I give it very little thought to how a player plays. There are players with higher Fargo then me but all they play is 8 ball and I steam roll them playing rotation but their rotation Fargo isn’t the same lol . That stroke you saw is not going to win you much under that pressure with 4 inch pockets. That’s just fact. Fundamentals matter..especially under that pressure and those tables. Again I’m not shitting on Kenny. Props to him for putting it out there and I think he cashed but you’re only going so far with a stroke like that.

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Dude is a great player....and a shit human being.

brunswick1901 said:

One of the old timers who was a regular at Tournament Billiards in Culver City told me that one of the other regulars was the actor Peter Falk before he would become famous for being Columbo in the TV series with the same name.

There are several posts about Peter Falk at Tournament Billiards on AZB and you can see Columbo hitting a few shots if you click the link below.

The episode is called, "How to Dial a Murder".


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Played some friendly pool a couple of times with Peter at Ye Billiard Den in Hollywood. Also Telly Savalas was in there a lot playing pool, as was Vince Edwards. Many other celebs came in from time to time. It was a Hollywood hot spot and I was like a defacto house pro. If they had a question about a match in progress they would ask me. The good old days.

Played an exhibition match there against Mosconi and the place was packed to the rafters to see him play. Willie was a tough act but he was very kind to me.

Forgot one guy. I played Jimmy Caan cheap money games many times before he got so famous. Gave him the eight and the break in short races for fifty bucks. Jimmy loved being in the spotlight on the front table.

Phil Spector liked pool too and often backed played players, carrying bundles of cash into the poolroom. He got hooked up with Pancho and they relieved him of over ten grand. He never came back! P.S. He carried a gun at all times and flashed it once or twice as I recall.

It was Marvin Henderson and Eddie Kelly's favorite watering hole as well. They'd sit at the bar for days on end until a road man would wander in. Get off that stool and bust the guy every time.

While the skill and planning is obvious, I haven't seen one that isn't way too gaudy for my taste.

I think the art lends itself to rods more than cues for a couple of reasons. First, the smaller diameter means that the work will look intricate without being gaudy. Second, the colored thread is already used to hold the guides on the rod, so it is a natural progression of a necessary component of the build.

As I said, they are nicely done, but too much for my taste.