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Pool tournaments history 1990s

Bob Jewett
sjm said:
Only the top few on the money list back in the early 1990s made $50,000 for the year. As for the Sands, it used to have gigantic fields, sometimes more than 256, so the prize money wasn't very strong in view of the field size. The Sands was probably the second biggest event (or third behind the BCA Open) of the year, behind only the US Open 9ball. There wasn't much money in tournament pool until the PBT took off circa 1996. That's why so many more of the action players steered clear of the major tournament scene back then.
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The Sands had two events twice a year, a pro event and one for a regional nine ball league (USPPA). The league event may have gone over 256, but I don't think the pro event ever got that large. The league event drew a lot of spectators for the pros. Room were maybe $39 per night and that was before the casinos invented resort fees.
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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Bob Jewett
jimstone said:
Hello, for those of you who use contact point aiming systems, where you first find the contact point on the object ball
by drawing a line from the pocket through the object ball, here is my question.
Let's say you have a long shot , and the object ball is a solid color. You step away from the object ball, after finding the contact point, and head
back to the cue ball which is say - 4 diamonds away. How do you keep track of that contact point on the object ball with your eyes? Thank you.
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There's a whole forum for aiming topics. Maybe this thread will get moved there, but in the meantime....

Suppose you can keep the contact point in mind, say it happens to be a feature on the object ball. What do you then do with that point once you get over to shoot the cue ball?
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Taking the Pocket Out of Aiming

Bob Jewett
Paul_#_ said:
A little background information with a July 2008 AZ post about Jimmy Reid:
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A small nit about the illustration. I think it is better to show a shot that is not a half-ball hit. Some people may see that and conclude that is part of the deal when it is not. It is better to not give the reader that chance to make a mistake.
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Another Cueball Training Device/Product!!

Bob Jewett
Today at the pool hall I noticed a player had brought a hoop thingie and was shooting some shots with it. I asked him about it. He said a friend who has a 3D printer had made some of various radii and had given him two. The one he was using had about 1/4 inch total clearance. He said he found it useful for warming up. The only thing he did with it was to shoot the cue ball through it from a distance as part of his warmup.
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