What Kim said. I wouldn’t even try.

skip100 said:

People like Woodward and Thorpe could easily make up their costs and then same by staying an extra day or two and giving exhibitions and lessons. I'm sure there are people in the UK who would love to take a banks lesson from Billy Thorpe.

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Seems like that's what Mickey Krause is doing whilst in the U.S.A for tournaments.

jtompilot said:

all the rooms in Texas and most of the country favor smaller tables.

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Quit calling them tables, they’re boxes, it’s an insult to tables

sparkle84 said:

Brings back memories of watching George Rippe do his thing. Sometimes he'd get 6 rails on that little dance in the corner. Great players in that room. Dick Reid, Carlos Hallon, Paul Melinchuk, Larry Johnson and others.
Used to think we could put together a 5 man team that could beat any room in the country. They're all gone now other than Carlos.
Great times though.

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I knew them all, played them all!

Other than Shorty & Carlos, I played Bob 'Ingy' Ingersol, Charlie D, Paul & John M, Dick R and George at Olympic 'the Mines' Billiards' in Boston!

George, Carlos and I were/are good friends, haven't spoken to Carlos in a few months!

Carlos being the Best player of those listed!

Whenever George an I would see each other, we naturally would set up difficult 3c Trick shots to shoot!

He'd alaways say to me, "How do you get so much action on your cue ball, and not hit it so hard"?

George had a 'Power stroke', I have/had a 'Finesse stroke'!

Always a Super Nice guy!

bbb said:

thanks to @cincy_kid on onepocket.org for the link

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For the life of me, I can't think of one possible reason the pool Gods would have anything against DeLuna...

KingSamurai said:

I have been playing in some tournaments where I run into players who refuse to lag the ball to determine whose break....

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Ask the TD. Some have the rule, if one wants to lag, you lag.

I always say it and have seen it many times. You have someone beat down. You have the chance to put them away and you dog it. The pool gods say welllll there was your chance.. then every roll imaginable goes against you and you have to go into full grind mode to win it. I’ve had it happen both ways.

maha said:

there are a small handful that make a decent living. really a poor one for being at the top of a sport.

and all the rest if lucky and good, make about what a cop in a city makes or a bus driver with overtime.

and those lower just support those on top and the venues. till they realize what their future is.

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Have you seen the salaries of some city cops lately? Unless you're in Mayberry, it's easy to make six figures as a cop.