What is the actual goal of gambling?

Turning this on 42 minutes in, Ouschan is up 6-1.

Filler is having quite a year... this is his list of results on the AZB money list:

$4,275.00 4th Derby City Classic 2026 Bank Pool
$400.00 31st Derby City Classic 2026 One Pocket
$20,000.00 1st Derby City Classic 2026 9-Ball
$5,000.00 2nd Derby City Classic 2026 Master of the Table
$45,000.00 1st 2026 Las Vegas Open
$7,500.00 1st 2026 Las Vegas Mixed Doubles Turbo
$5,000.00 5th World Pool Team Championship 2026
$10,000.00 3rd European Open 2026
$2,500.00 5th Bank Pool Master Showdown
$8,850.00 1st 2026 Predator Luxembourg Open
$40,000.00 1st 2026 UK Open

Only a single finish worse than 5th all year and it was in one pocket!

MattPoland said:

I feel like CSI should include season performance ratings in the dashboard. If there’s ever been a tool for transparency and outing people that might sandbag in leagues to get ramped up for a handicapped tournament, that would be so valuable. The data is all right there and we are talking basic math.

FargoRate - League Management System

lms.fargorate.com

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How is this valuable? People play above and below their rating all the time. It doesn't mean they are sandbagging.

Scott44 said:

I know many of you here have put on hundreds of tips. I am sure it is a wide range but ballpark how many tips would you do with a HSS cutting tool before you need to sharpen?

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You need to sharpen HSS very, very often. If I use say a HSS parting tool, I sharpen it before every use.

I took a class from a professor at UT Austin that commuted to campus from LA weekly. ?!

You use the steady rest.