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ShootingArts said:
I watched a bit of The Hustler last night. Reminded me of Mike copying Paul Newman before the final. Funny in a way but I think the con ran in the IPT was Mike conning Kevin. I suspect that Mike really thought he could turn back the clock with the heavy cloth but the train had left the station. Mike might have stood a better chance had he played an American but playing Efren who had been adapting to every kind of equipment since he was a child didn't work out at all for Mike.

The experiment was interesting to see. Mike would have probably had a better chance in the final had he came up through the event. We usually see players in the semi-finals and finals and they all look like monsters. Easy to forget the players have been tuning in tough competition to get where they are at. Mike didn't have that fine tuning. The other side of the coin is that it is highly unlikely that Mike would have gotten through the field to get to the final. Father Time is a cruel bastard!

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my theory is efren got told after the first donut set to let off a little to make it less obvious. simple bookkeeping, write it off as operational expenses instead of consultant fee, and for the recipient as professional athlete..

anyway, that's yesterdays papers
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More Early Impressions Of The Diamond Professional

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I've also noticed three more things with regards to the new Diamond Professional.

1) The side pockets play tough. I've hit some shots into the side pockets facings and they have bounced out. Shots that I though would go in. Is this typical of Diamond tables?
2) The table plays faster than my Gold Crown IV.
3) My runout/screwup percentage is better on the Diamond than the Gold Crown IV. Not sure how to explain this but I seem to have a little more confidence playing on the Diamond. There have been several times so far where, after the break, I have said outloud...."If I make this first shot I should get out...." And alot of times I do. Yesterday I had about eight (8) chances where I felt I should run out. I hosed up five and got out three times. And one of those that I messed up was due to a ball skidding.

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