Who are the greatest players ever who were not big gamblers?

Actually it does. The question would be why would a person who already has money make a bet? One of the main reasons is, in life not a whole lot is unpredictable. Most people get up in the morning they go to their job or they go to their business, the end of the month they know how much their bills are going to be in many cases at the end of the year you can calculate exactly how much money you'll make.

Gambling however has the uncertainty to it. You might wake up in the morning and go to the track with $50 in your pocket and come home with 5,000. There's something about for a change that that uncertainty is appealing.

It's difficult in a pool room for a guy who has a little money to gamble with guys who have no money. It just becomes them being a mark a sucker. So it's easier to just pass and not gamble with him at all.

I used to see guys come in my pool room all the time, good players. And announce, nobody in this place wants to gamble. Well that's not exactly true, everybody in the place is willing to gamble just make a fair game. In other words they're the ones who don't want to gamble.
That reminds me of a local. Someone came in asking if anyone wanted to gamble. Local says I will take 10-6. The other guy says that isnt gambling! Local says for you, it is.

Two of the upcoming WNT ranking events canceled

anyone see a players list for the FL Open yet?

The Classic Billiards event right before it is up:
Being a WNT-run event, I'd expect the player list for scoring to come up on wntlivescores.com. Recently, I don't think those have been listing players until a few days before the start of the tournament.

The next ranking event is the Mezz Bucharest (Romania) Open. It is full at 256 players with a $150 entry. I'm very surprised that the two cancelled events were $400 entries.

Names I recognized on the Mezz list include Filler, Feijen, Labutis, Souquet, Arseni, and the Kacis.

Help identifying

Not sure what i have here. Bought it at an estate sale. Best I can tell is its late 70s, early 80s. Ive heard everything from junk to Titleist to Adam. No makers marks, no serial numbers. Can anyone help me out?
Looks like a cheap Asian import like you used to be able to buy at Kmart. If it's straight and shoots good it should play fine. I'm not an expert so see what someone else says.

Help identifying

Not sure what i have here. Bought it at an estate sale. Best I can tell is its late 70s, early 80s. Ive heard everything from junk to Titleist to Adam. No makers marks, no serial numbers. Can anyone help me out?

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