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garczar said:

are you delusional? if you lose in a tournament you're out(maybe if your staked) the entry fee. Gambling you might(again, are you staked?) well be betting everything you have at the time. Both have their own form of pressure but don't even try to say that gambling is easier.

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Well I wont insult you or lack of comprehension, but you must not have spent much time around the Pool world. I was at the One Pocket tournament at Buffalo's and there was no way to get off cheap, so your belief that theres only a entry fee is mis-guided. There was $320,000
in the Calcutta and I spoke with a number of players that brought part of themselves, not cheap. It also cost to get to these tournaments and if your not sponsored or staked the travel is costly and if you want to keep your sponsors or backers you better being winning or placing.

Gambling depends, if I've got $800 in my pocket and I'm betting $30 a game Nine Ball, $100 a game One Pocket theres a long why to go before I feel pressure. Now that can change depending on the bet, but no matter what if I've got more Money then you, if I aint betting the rent Money then I'll be right in front of you until I decide to quit, not two and out.

You should listen to the John Schmidt interview on the Legends of the Cue podcast. His story about winning the US open is absolutely bonkers.

1500 hours for 600 Fargo sound very realistic (and true for 98% with no special disabilities). Some outliers can reach it a little faster... But most "naturals" just have the motivation to spend incredible amounts of hours on the "right" practice at the start of their "career". (Practicing 12 hours a day alone at the table will get you to 1500 hours in 4 months.)

OP.... life's not that simple.
One things for sure, when losing (that's your teacher).... and how you treat/think/process that is completely different in every person.

Frosty said:

Do you gamble? Because if you don’t then you’re not in a position to speak of what you call the pressure of gambling vs the pressure of tournaments

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When gambling, if you lose, you can keep on playing until you lose all the money in your pocket or start to win.
In tournaments, you lose twice and your out, can’t continue to play.
If it’s a small local tournament than maybe the pressure of gambling is higher, depends on the effect on your life if you lose.
If you travel to the other side of the world risking a lot of money covering expenses and you lose twice and go home, that’s a total different pressure that no gambling can match. Unless you are an amateur with no expectations and just travel for the fun of it.
If you gamble more than you can afford to lose, than this is something completely different, then you’re an idiot and I don’t know if idiots feel pressure

I didn’t watch the beginning part, but on the semifinal match in the beginning, he also seem to be shooting slow.

Unplayed new.

Super nice and new. 3 new wrapless Steve Serna cues coming in a few weeks.

Still available. Like new.

Not gunna lie...this thread turned out to be far funnier than anticipated


It is after "tomorrow", did I miss it? I hope the family is OK