jnwilliams said:

I truly appreciate the thoughts and feedback. right now I'm leaning towards just getting a valley or something and having that set up in the house. It will cost a little extra, but probably come out cheaper in the long run.

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and you can pay for any damages with the quarters

Change the game!
A cheap lesson that I learned thanks to Jim Ward. Well, I was well ahead of his son who was my age playing 9 ball at my home court (The White Spot). Playing for 5 a game, I was up 35. Jim counseled Rodney and then Rodney said we can play 8 ball for 10 or I am done. We switched and he pocketed my allowance at closing time.

skor said:

and how does it work? has a 500 player beaten a 700 player in a race to 7 for example?
I doubt that, spotting games won't help a wicker player in 9 ball

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I don’t understand the phrasing of the question. Has a 500 player beaten a 700 player in a straight race to 7? It would be extremely rare if it’s ever happened. 500 would have to be playing out of his mind and 700 would have to dog a lot of balls late.

But a medium Fargo race for a 2 point gap is 9-3. Has a 500 beat a 700 in that scenario in 9b. For sure - probably 40% of the time.

By the way, if the lower player is low enough, then IMO 8b favours the weaker player. If I’m playing a sub 400 player in 9b and I hang the 9 I’m gonna lose that game. If I hang the 8 and my opponent has 6 balls I’m getting back to the table.

I have a son thats 18. We live outside the city, in a "village" that has arround 2k ppl.
About 2 or 3 yrs ago, during winter, he asked if he could bring some friends to play pool with, on the basement table, couse its cold outside. I said no problem.
They came, i set the rules, explained and showed the use of the equipment.
Now i call them winter regulars.
No problems, ...

It would depend entirely on whether my daughter knew how to properly play, and how mature enough she was to be responsible. Beyond that, no food or beverages in the pool room.

Motivation and or Dedication are huge. Kinda like the nature and nurture analogy. Put them together in the right way and excellence is possible.

mnorwood said:

One pocket is alive and well in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. You might consider a trip to buffalos in New Orleans. You will get all the one pocket action you can handle.

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I am told they have tables there where a sign says "no gambling cheap" or something to that affect. I am worried I would be in deep water with sharks there. I am less of a shark and more of piranha or something like that.

kollegedave

DieselPete said:

The data does show that Fargo holds up well when people from one area (a state) travel to another area to play. There is less jurisdictional bias than we think. Players from all over the country do as expected (no statistically significant difference) when they all convene in Las Vegas for big tournaments. (The exception was players from Puerto Rico that did a little worse than expected).

The data also shows that women's Fargo ratings hold up quite well when playing against men.

The guys at Fargo have heard all of this before, have studied it and made videos to share the evidence.

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The data doesn't lie.

bbb said:

The other side of that story
Is people sandbag and lose on purpose to keep their Fargo rating low

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I have encountered some that try to project that just to preserve their ego.

Players ability to rate themselves or others accurately never goes well.
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