Compete without fear

We have, at our pool hall, an individual that has a reputation of severe sharking. It p'd me off how how I let him beat me last time we played a match, with just the anticipation of him possibly sharking me affected my game. I have only about 2 years of Billiards competing under my belt, and I let him get to me. Everybody in the house tries to avoid him, but sometimes in League you just have to play him, even though you wish you didn't have to. It was my fault, as I should not let someone affect my mental game like I did that day, and I should have just focused on what I was doing. The guy just can't keep his mouth shut, and I have to realize this, and just not pay attention to it.

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44 Breaks & Only 3 Chances

Just got done racking and breaking racks of 9-Ball on my Gold Crown IV. I counted and I broke 44 racks and only had three decent chances to run out. I got out once and hosed up the two others.

This has been going on for years and years and years. <snip> But I've just about reached my wits end with this GCIV. It has to be a bad breaking table. And even when I did make a ball almost every time I had a real bad spread, literally no chance at all.

Maybe you should try hitting the head ball at different points !?! and see what happens.

Remember, the break has more to do with precision than power.

{{You could also try NEW balls}}

US Open 08/18-23

We have our first true upset, American Alex Bausch (Fargo 724) beating Mario He 9-8.


Bausch played well at the US Open last year, if I recall.

Mario He is in his early 30s. He doesn’t seem to be getting better. Nor is he living up to expectations.

I can’t find a single major tourney win under his name. Nor does it appear he have ever gotten to the semis of a big MR event.

His most notable claim are several World Cup of Pool titles with partner Albin Ouschan.

Still a formidable foe who cannot be taken lightly, but he’s never been able to get over the hump.

There are other players like that. He, Max Lechner, Skyler Woodward, Naoyuki Oi.

Oi has come close several times, including getting to this year's European Open final. Filler crushed him.

Wojciech Szewczyk hasn’t come truly close in a big WNT event, but he did win a European 9-ball title and a WPA World 10-ball title.

Alex Kazakis whitewashed SVB to win the 2021 World Pool Masters, but he has not shown up big in a Matchroom major.

Who will be the first of this group to win a big MR major? I’d go with Woodward or Szewczyk.

Corey Deuel still good? Fargorate

I got a great idea for someone out there. I've been learning about AI modeling. Take the following factors and use ai to build a handicap system

Age
Table size
Gender
Game type
Score results
Alternate or winner break
Score per inning or any skill measure
Tournament finish
Money won
Break and runs
Whatever variable you want

You could specify whatever spec you want to achieve and model results. Wish I had the time and data myself to build it. It would be more accurate than anything existing
What if I’m non-binary and my age is “eternal”?

8 Foot Diamond Rail Problem

Pay close attention to your 10B break. The areas on your foot rail are common areas for balls to hit during the break. My money is still on residual Aramith Ball Cleaner transferred from the balls to the rail. What do you use to clean your balls and how much ABC are you using?
I clean them by hand, just a couple of drops on each ball, two microfiber cloths-

-dj

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