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Fedor Gorst - looking for action in Louisville, KY tomorrow. If you could - would you?

Black-Balled
Badpenguin said:
Seems reasonable. I paid about the same to play a small set with Efren. What other sport would you get the opportunity to go one-on-one with a world champion for $100?
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Can do it on a bicycle for free too. Doesn't last long and hurts though.

I also played pickup basketball with Doug Flutie. Does that count?
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Was pool better 50 years ago?

Biloxi Boy
middleofnowhere said:
Thomas Wolfe may have said that but that doesn't mean you can't try. It doesn't mean you have to accept change as inevitable and inflexible.
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actually, "Wolfe took the title from a conversation with the writer Ella Winter, who remarked to Wolfe: 'Don't you know you can't go home again?' Wolfe then asked Winter for permission to use the phrase as the title of his book." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can't_Go_Home_Again

and, to borrow another one -- the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet
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Was pool better 50 years ago?

M
Taxi said:
This is also what keeps me interested at 81, and with luck for years to come. Just in the last year I've loved watching the emergence of Neuhausen and the rise of Atencio, who's fast becoming my favorite player. That doesn't take away anything from the great players of the past, like Buddy and Sigel and Nick, but what's made it better is the coming of one great international player after another. It's the same reason that baseball is vastly improved over the days when 99% of the players were American born. Bigger talent pools make for better talent.

And let's not forget the women. Other than Balukis, I doubt if any of the women from the 80's on back could compete with any one of dozens of the best women players today from all over the world. Players like Seo and Jasmin and Kristina are every bit as much fun to watch as the top men players, even if their game is at a lower level.

Looking forward to Derby City! Bring it on!
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Derby might be the one exception as to tournaments worth watching. Having said, that regardless of who wins or what happens you won't see one mention of it in any paper or public media anywhere in the country. It's an invisible sport.
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Pool Ball Collecting.

Rubik's Cube
Hello, HKC.

Other than to admire your beautiful sets, sir, I cannot offer anything much you do not already know unfortunately.

The straight underscores clearly indicate an earlier vintage and open 4s do perhaps suggest one of the European manufacturers. Boxcar would be the gentleman to put us right on that score but, alas, does not frequent AZB anymore.

Would you like to join a private Facebook group of which Boxcar is a member? Just say the word and I will send you an invite.
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Pool Ball Collecting.

Rubik's Cube
Hello, Mulambo.

I believe you might be referring to the Aramith Hybrid set of 1996, dear chap. To the best of my knowledge this was the first time the distinctive chequered design was seen on a pool ball.

It’s a special set. There is a gentleman on Facebook who has been trying to persuade me to part with it, but I have given my word not to sell. His latest bid was £1,500.

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Fedor Gorst - looking for action in Louisville, KY tomorrow. If you could - would you?

jasonlaus
8intheside said:
To each their own. I personally would for the experience. But for the people who are saying “you’d be a sucker to do so” are the same people who spend a 1,000 on a break cue and 30 on a piece of chalk. 🤷‍♂️
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Do you have proof of that statement?

Tell us you're a sucker without telling us you're a sucker
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Meucci Originals No Dice Gamblers - ID & Date

K
HitMaster said:
I now have 2 Meucci Originals No Dice Gamblers and I need some input on when they were made and where they fit in the Originals line of no-dice gambler history. As you can see from the images mine are the ones made before the Originals with dice above and below the playing cards and at the joint. Mine have the rectangles above and below the cards, and at the joint, as opposed to the other version of the Originals no-dice gambler that has the rectangles forming a chain pattern above and below the cards and at the joint.

My research indicates there were at least 3 gamblers made in the Originals line. My question is what were the production years of each of these Originals gamblers? Which came first? Which is the original, original no-dice gambler? And when did Meucci begin making the Originals gambler with dice?

I know the ones with dice came after the ones without dice but that’s about it. In other words what were the production years for these 3 Meucci Originals gambler’s, and if possible what are the model numbers?
  1. Originals no-dice gambler with rectangles pattern above & below the cards
  2. Originals no-dice gambler with chain pattern above & below the cards
  3. Originals gambler with dice above and below the cards
I can’t find anything on the internet that definitively answers these questions so any information you can provide is much appreciated!

The first 3 images are of one I bought several years ago and my second one is identical to it. Both are in spades. The 4th image is an example of an Originals no-dice gambler with the chain pattern above and below the cards and at the joint, as opposed to the rectangle pattern above and below the cards and at the joint.

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Look at the letter A if it's all filled in it's a remake.
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Was pool better 50 years ago?

T
sjm said:
For me, and this pertains to every sport I watch, what I enjoy the most is watching the emergence of new talent. The unprecedented amount of new talent that is emerging today in pro pool today is leaps and bounds beyond what we saw back in the day, and it's because the whole world is playing pool now, which wasn't true fifty years ago.
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This is also what keeps me interested at 81, and with luck for years to come. Just in the last year I've loved watching the emergence of Neuhausen and the rise of Atencio, who's fast becoming my favorite player. That doesn't take away anything from the great players of the past, like Buddy and Sigel and Nick, but what's made it better is the coming of one great international player after another. It's the same reason that baseball is vastly improved over the days when 99% of the players were American born. Bigger talent pools make for better talent.

And let's not forget the women. Other than Balukis, I doubt if any of the women from the 80's on back could compete with any one of dozens of the best women players today from all over the world. Players like Seo and Jasmin and Kristina are every bit as much fun to watch as the top men players, even if their game is at a lower level.

Looking forward to Derby City! Bring it on!
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Gold Crown II

mikemosconi
I believe that they were made for 2 years only 74 to 76. If the table is decent $1500 is a steal in terms of Northeast coast pricing anyhow - as in my present search for a table here in CT - I have guys asking $4,000 to $6,000 for good condition GC s 1 thru 4.
I think that the Northeast seems to have the highest prices for older GCs - just like everything else for sale here. The going rate for a GC 1-4 in very good condition - without new cushion install, but with new Simonis install and full table delivery and install - I am seeing $7,500 as standard. I have been in touch with several here on availability and pricing.
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Was pool better 50 years ago?

T
Tournament play is infinitely better these days, with far more events, an international field, better equipment, a variety of games and widely available streaming.

OTOH I'm more partial to the days when there were dozens of pool rooms in nearly every big metro area, and in many of them you could almost always find action. Contrast that to today, with almost no action rooms, and the few thriving pool rooms feature nothing but those sorryassed Romper Room barbox tables.
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