Bob Jewett said:

A few details:

Do you have a small "start of inning" increment on the clock, as in some chess formats?

If a player's time runs out, does the other player take over the table immediately, and does he take the balls in position?

If the catch-up player is shooting alone, does he ever shoot before the balls stop moving to break up clusters, or intentionally shoot some other foul shot to improve the layout?

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The lag/flip determines the first break in our alternating break format. As soon as the winner of the lag/flip is determined, the clock starts. There is no start of inning increment. One of the players is always on the clock. It is refreshing to see how quickly the balls are racked and broken off with this process. No cell phones used, no smoke breaks, just playing pool!

Once a players time expires, the opposing player's clock starts and that player continues to shoot, intentional foul shot or legal shot until the nine ball is legally pocketed. That player continues to rack and break the balls until he/she either runs out of time and loses because he/she is behind in wins, ties the match and runs out of time or wins more racks than his opponent in which case he/she wins the match. We had a couple players win their match over a player out of time with this process. As I indicated in my original post, the tie is broken with a one game playoff.

jax_joe said:

Four.

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I count seven from the Americas. Well, including the ice-back from Moscow. And somebody here should adopt Wictor, since he is no longer representing Poland.

The way I played the hustle was just the early dance. Lifetime, both times when I was very young, early teens, I have hustled two people that were not trying to hustle me. Of the thousands who tried to hustle me, firetruck them!

Two players both think they are hustling in the early dance but the time comes when you both have to play pool and see who is best. As for the con's that were considerably different than hustles, I didn't get into that kind of stuff. I had a handful of opponents who wanted to dump their backer. Figured they were playing both ends against the middle, also figured they couldn't beat me or they wouldn't be trying to play both ends of things.

I was a hardcore fisherman for decades. When I laid a spread on a pool table I was just doing a little more fishing, nobody had to bite. When I laid a spread I laid it in front of the entire pool room or bar. Typically a dozen or two to one, me.

When on the road there is a room full of strangers. You know before you leave they are going to try to get the best around to play you. The hustle is one thing, the skill on the table another.

The cons where the players knew each other and the one with the money bet right on the rail always won was a different story and a dangerous one on the road.

When I first started playing there were a lot of con men around. They usually ended up shot or cut up bad. I settled for letting people come to me and let skill on the table settle things. Nobody had to play me but the points were my best friend and all of those near misses tempted people. Since I let them raise the bet nobody had to get bit.

A little risky but I used to buy my first beer or drink with a hundred dollar bill and stick the change in my t-shirt pocket, dripping out a bit! Many a nice barmaid warned me that such activity wasn't smart in the place and I did step careful when leaving but around town the money in my shirt pocket was pretty much my trademark for years. A friend I hadn't seen in a couple years sixty feet across a dark bar couldn't tell if it was me until he saw me doing my banking from a black t-shirt pocket.

People that hustled themselves usually couldn't get too mad at me! They got mad but usually at themselves or the situation more than getting mad enough to want to fight or cut on me.

Hu

Poolmanis said:

wtf are you babbling?

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It's not even blabbing. There's "research" documentation for the checking. Certainly enough for humor.
Anyway, the ball headed for the rail then back out as if it had hit the cushion, while there was still air in between.

wakuljr said:

I am on the North end of Flathead lake
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Dang man! That looks like heaven!

I bet the Mepps spinner has caught more species of fish than almost anything else. I hear that Flathead Lake is the largest natural lake in the western U.S. and one of the clearest with depths reaching over 300 ft. Love me a Williams Wobbler in silver and blue in clear water.

What are you fishing’ out of? I thought for a second you were cruisin’ in a belly boat.

Hope those pleasure cruisers in the distance didn’t disturb you.

May all your bumps be bites, your hook sets firm, and your beer ice cold.
Cheers to you and FISH ON!

straightline said:

Silicone. But it still looks like the ball simply changed direction. Zanetti is like ok my telekinesis not so good today etc...

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wtf are you babbling?

Kris_b1104 said:

6 Americans into the final 32. Nice.

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Four.

Mobiker said:

This guy needs his ass kicked real good.

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and then real bad.

Black-Balled said:

Objection: relevance.

And what is prepped, your Honor? Is the author implying the table is not 100% tournament legitimate?

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Silicone. But it still looks like the ball simply changed direction. Zanetti is like ok my telekinesis not so good today etc...

Deer season opens in a couple months, doing some equipment maintenance and treestand tweaking

This guy needs his ass kicked real good.