jokrswylde said:

Pool just needs one eccentric gazillionaire. ....

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I've had a couple of billionaires as students. The problem is that while they may have some interest in pool, they tend to have other, very strong interests. Like:



More recently, there was the billionaire who sponsored a three-cushion tournament in New York. I think he doesn't do billiards any more, showing that if you depend on a single person for a program, a whim can make it disappear. The rumor was that the tournament cost in the low eight digits.

bbb said:

not always....

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Hmmm. I forgot about castrated pool
players.

lfigueroa said:

lol, I couldn't afford the first game with this guy. ...

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AZB GoFundMe! I'm in for 10. We've got your back, Lou.

Do snooker cues count?

Dave714 said:

I say Stop the Series completely until USA can become more competitive.

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they should brainstorm about how they won in 2018 and 2019. It was basically the same level of talent (if not better now with Gorst on the team).

They are underdogs for sure, but they shouldn't lose this badly every year and should actually win here and there with the right coaching and personnel

middleofnowhere said:

It'd be fun to have Bob Jewett tell us about his experience being college champion. I know the college champion used to get free entry in the US Open.

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My strategy was to wait until Dan Louie graduated.

Just so you are aware, AZB utilizes it’s Hall of Fame as a place
to remember its members we have lost. All have passed away.
Will Prout

Bob Jewett said:

I must have missed it along the way.... Which pros has he coached in the past?

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Apparently he posted this on Facebook:

"Give me an opportunity to be Captain of Team USA

I will have a mini Mosconi Cup with the five guys that made the team against five guys that didn’t make the team to help them prepare.
I will find sponsors to put up 5-10k so they are playing for something in the mini Mosconi cup!
I’d fly in top players from around the country to play them races to five for $$
2-3 days before the cup to get them prepared for the short races and I’d have a screaming crowd playing in the background!
I will have them at the cup at least 5-7 days ahead of time.
They will have a curfew every night, and there will be strict rules to follow!
There will be practice sessions twice a day and they will also get some days off to do some bonding as a team!
They will practice on a Duya Chinese 8 ball table.
They will do some training on and off the table like they’ve never done before in order to help them win.
There’s a lot more that I’d do for them but I don’t want to make it a long long post.
I’m sure David Bartosiak and Classic Billiards Lauderhill, FL would love to help us make this happen and make his room available to us before the cup!
Carl Bolm and Jason Sword you guys ready to help us make a change
JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE!"

Looks like a lot of off the top of his head pandering nonsense. Making them play guys he brings in for money? LOL. Mini-Mosconi Cup? LOL.
Curfew and strict rules? I think their response would rhyme with curfew, assuming they even need one.
Silliness.

Jack Boy said:

This is hilarious and sad imo. I'm 64, remember when you would go down to the local store and put up a photo and paper of what you were selling with paper tabs of your home phone numbers up on the community bulletin board and when someone called you they would meet and shake hands and either way shake hands again and go their separate way? Bet none of you don't. I'll say it again, I have 4 cues I'd like to sell because my retirement plans fell through (thought I would be buying a house big enough for a pool room with a display case I would have made with my own hands). I think I'm only allowed to sell one at a time since I'm technically a new member. So I started with this one. My good friend bought it for $1,600 in 2015, he bought it off recollection cues (I have his receipt). I bought it from him 1 year later for $1,000 and never played it (he didn't either). I think it's the most elegant cue I have ever seen. My friend who is on this site advised my cues with wooden shafts aren't "hot" any more and I'd be lucky to get what I paid for. Apparently I'm not asking enough LOL My offer still stands, $1,000 and I'll pay for shipping and I'm gonna ship it in a case. For those of you who actually believe I'm a straight up guy and sent me legit PM's I am discussions right now to sell this. Just waiting on the facetime and this gentlemen seems legit. If this falls through I'll go to the next guy that contacted me.

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Is it so hard to take a photo of the item with your username(which is not your real name) and a date stamp? Or is this just a 64 year-old thing?

Unfortunately, this is how we prevent scams nowadays. Don't be gullible and just be as cautious as we can. If it's legitimate I'd sure be happy to back it up.