frankncali said:

He is talking Mark Tadd unless he has a different name. He was the best player I have ever seen. Practiced all the time. I watched him break the balls for 4 hours. Just break and re-rack. I asked him why and he said
all he needed was to be able to see the first one. He would also throw balls
on the table and run out for hours. Rarely if ever missing.

He played poker in Vegas and won a bunch and then lost a few times and
split. He became a born again christian. I think he still plays but rarely and probably never in a poll room that is open.

I have had two people tell me that they played poker online with a
guy that is said to me Mark. I think it might have just been
someone BSing.

I wish he would come back into the sport.

With my own eyes I watched him offer Archer the eight, Townsend the 8,
Tommy Kennedy the 8, and then finally David Grossman the 7.
Some people through David some money and they played. I think David won the first 5 or so and then messed up and Mark won that game and
then ran 7 racks. It was over.
I have heard great stories about him and was lucky enough to see him play a
few times. real nice guy. Kinda quiet.

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vincett said:

Aramith Cleaner makes balls more slick. The balls virtually will slide before spinning away on cut shots. Unlike vinegar/soap/alcohol solutions

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Patrick Johnson said:

In Saturday’s news… the player’s name is Harriet Haynes.

BBC - 2 August 2025

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APA Operator said:

It is 100% about media, image, and protecting the brand (think Cleveland Indians). It is 0% about some adult in a bar being offended. A single off-color name can cost you customers and sponsors, so the rules are a bit strict. Stricter at the national level than at the local level, because that's where big sponsors come from. APA allows each individual LO to be as loose or as strict as they want. I've ratcheted it down in my area quite a bit in the rise of social media, but it started when the newspapers would no longer publish my standings (yes, we used to get the standings published weekly) because of some of the team names. Another big concern is how the team name sounds when read aloud, not whether one "gets it" when reading the name somewhere. It has become a game of seeing what you can get away with, without consideration for what "getting away with" it just once might cost the organization.

The list is long and grows every year, and not every rejected name is on the list. It can't possibly be all-inclusive, a point that confuses teams every year ("it's not on the list, so it should be ok, right?").

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TallJeff said:

Yep,
I lived in Garden Grove in 69, & 70 ( a few miles away ) and was a regular at Daisy Mae’s…
It was all night action after the bars closed at 2:00 am. The main players then
were Percy , Charlie the Ape, Mario, Sergio, and me, Talljeff… Plus all the dead money that
stumbled in and had no chance of winning… I practically lived in the joint every night for those two years.
I was young then ( 26/27 ) and did my share of performance enhancing drugs that helped me stay
awake for hours, sometimes days when the money was there for the taking… I was on the rise then
as a pool player and totally hooked on the fact that it didn’t involve punching a time clock or earning an
hourly wage at some job I hated doing! It was an amazing high that youth and no responsibility allowed…
It and my pool career was short lived though, when I married in January of 71 and we had a son born in April
of 72, but during that short span from 66 to 71 it was quite a ride with many good memories…
Just a quick hello to all who are still breathing and were there also…

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garczar said:

Nothing? C'mon folks surely someone recognizes this cool wand.

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