ShootingArts said:

Work was hard to come by but I was making union construction wages or better playing pool so I wasn't unhappy.

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Oh my I am triggered.
Alaska and the pipeline project provided a huge opportunity for a person with on the pool table skills and oh don't forget the gold being mined up there.
I had the pleasure of aquintance with a few that had success up there. One was a Gal that could jump a full ball with her shooter using the pumpkin ball. AT 12 INCHES!

Fore Rail said:

JFC Dennis Edwards what is your question / problem with CSI!!

Spill the beans here in this thread you started & perhaps you will get an answer.

Otherwise pick up the phone and call CSI at (702) 719-7665

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Don’t what JFC means but here goes any way. I am currently banned from CSI. It started when I asked about race numbers following state tournament in 2025. I looked on CSI website and their advice is to use e-mail for fastest response time. So, I sent my question as directed. Waited 3 months with no response. I resent and waited a couple of weeks. Still no response. 3rd time same response, nothing. Feeling like nobody was receiving or caring approximately 8 months from starting this I asked if maybe getting legal help would get me the answer. Still no response. Cut to present time, tried registering for Michigan State and found out I have been banned. Mind you, nobody from CSI ever contacted me in anyway shape or form. (Read their bylaws, direct violation of their own laws). Anyway there you go laid out plain and simple. Now, how do you contact these people when they don’t answer the phone?

jay helfert said:

didn't want to wait four or five games to play again. That's lost wages for me

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Again, such a similar history.
To avoid the wait the 9 ball ring game was the logical and profit able solution.
In the Northwest it was an honest effort with up to 5 players. Shooting from kitchen on scratch. Fouled shot generated option for next shooter. Sometimes the rotation was shuffled to make it more fair. Of course there were times I played in a 3 handed game knowing they played from the same pocket. On one such occasion the weaker player was setting up the stronger. The shooter played Almost as good as me. So at 1 and 2 the stuck 20 was approaching, I approached the shooter and said, "I can't beat both of you. How 'bout you and me for 10. I had employed a Cole Stance with Budweiser bottle in hand and quietly making the offer. The set man had rabbit ears and jumped into our conversation with , I Wanna Play TOO!
Sooo, my suck sinked and direct reply was, "you don't understand. I said I can't play both of you but will play him for 10. (As I could be better than even in 2 games). YOU! I will play for 20. Do you wanna play?"
He sat down.

Fore Rail said:

The only real cap though is the 720 or 660 Fargo Ratings.

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Doubles and teams divisions have caps. For example, 9b gold is capped at 1650 for three players. 1650 you're in. 1651 you're in platinum. But if you register as a 1650 and move to 1680, you're ok.

I had a buddy who was in gold doubles, 1100 cap. His partner dropped, so he tried to replace him with someone else. Would have been 1100 exactly. Took CSI a week to respond to the request. In that time, the new partner's rating moved up one point. 1101 total now. No go.

Literally one day later he dropped back a few points, back below 1100. New request for the same change. Still no, even though a new registration at that rating would have been fine (and registration was still open.) Got told he had 24hrs to find a partner or his fee would be forfeit. He scrambled, got someone very low, and they ended up going two-and-out.

When I read threads about guys threatening to sue CSI, to parapjrase Chris Rock, "I'm not saying I'd do it. But I understand."

Bob Jewett said:

I find that nearly all students have something in their fundamentals that can be improved to significantly help their games. Video analysis can be very helpful in both revealing such problems and tracking their elimination. I think it's very helpful for players to do their own recordings, but sometimes it's hard to know what to look for.

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I watched myself rush shots… rush the backswing pause. A video definitely is helpful.