CocoboloCowboy said:

Nice thing about being up in years the desire to got to local Bars or Rooms to compete is gone. Figured out even if you win the hours spent v/s money won just dont justify the effort, gas, aggravation, and dealing with BS.

Arizona Rating System was like Fargo, as one guy said the BETTER I GOT, the HIGHER I WAS RATED, the Less Tournaments I could play.

Working hard, getting better, was rewarded with being removed from opportunity to compete, and got to point only OPEN TOURNAMENTS (NO Handicapped) were open to him.

FARGO or AZ RATING System all have faults.

JMHO

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Tommy-D said:

I saw Smokey Bartlett in Jackson,Tn back in the early 90's do the Bert Kinister shot where the cue ball is in the jaws of the corner pocket,and the object ball is 6 diamonds away in a diagonal straight line.

You not only have to make the ball but you have to draw the cue ball back in a straight enough line to scratch.

He did it 3 times in a row after miscuing on the first try,and all 3 of them were hit well enough you actually heard the ball slap the back of the pocket liner on an old 8 foot Steepleton.

This was NOT on Simonis either,this was with a normal,clean Red Circle,and clean but old rubber backed Mali cloth. Tommy D.

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u12armresl said:

Smokey Bartlett

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DieselPete said:

I can't pick any pair of them and think that it would be any more than a 55% chance of the stronger/predicted player winning, if we are talking about them in their prime.

Paired up today, Ralf, for example, might have less than a 45% chance in a longer race against the stronger players, but age gets us all.

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John 1963 said:

Spitting the cue ball out of your mouth
I seen a guy once that he was a notorious road player out of the Austin tx area gambling spitting the ball out of his mouth. His name was Smoky Bartlett don’t know where he resides now

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WildWing said:

So why did you say Rempe was the only living player?

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