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Another stupid thread from me: golf is harder than pool

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When I was young, I watched Ray Martin and Dan Deliberto playing 14.1 in the Golden 8 Ball on several occasions they played 50 or better to score and either of them could and did string 50 to 100 balls fairly often, most would agree both were very good players. I'm sure they were good, but I wonder how their 9-ball game was compared to Buddy Hall, Archer and others. I mentioned Warren earlier he wins the US Open in 9 Ball and I'm pretty sure his strongest game was 1 Pocket. Billy Weir played as good as any but gambled on another level, you would think he was a bookie or something. Rod Curry played strong but could be out gambled. I don't think I was ever as good a pool player as Rod, but I have left with decent sums of his money before.
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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

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easy-e said:
I saw a thread on Facebook where Colston Harrelson (great young player) has been matching up with people for $10k sets. Someone commented something about being careful going down this road and make sure he has a backup plan if the pool thing doesn't work out. He took a lot of heat for that, but it got me thinking. I see tons of junior players out there asking for sponsorships and traveling from city to city playing big tournaments. Very few of these young players are going to carve out a living playing pool. Not sure what kind of conversation I'm even looking for here, but does anyone else see what I see? There are teenagers out there posting of big tournaments and matchups that can't string a legible sentence together.
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What is really sad is the young players that aren’t even that good and not naturally gifted that say they want to become a pro player. They have absolutely no chance.
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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

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sjm said:
I think the key here is to have one's expectations in place. No matter how hard one practices, how much one wins/bets in action matches, and how much effort a player makes to improve, it is always worth bringing in an expert opinion.

I recall a recent post by JAM noting that Keith had watched the 12-year-old Josh Filler play and knew he was watching a future great. Thorsten Hohmann had said the same of the very young Filler.

Do the top pros see greatness in Colsten? By the age of 18, for example, the future greats can usually comfortably gamble with all but the best 50 players in the world. We now live in a world in which any player not carrying a Fargo of 790+ will be hard pressed to earn a living at pro pool and a Fargo 750 is a long, long way from world class speed. We also live in a world in which expecting to earn a living through action pool alone is probably unrealistic.

Where is Colsten's game relative to those who went on to earn a living at pro pool? Does he play as well at his age as they did at his age? He needs to know if he is going to make the best possible decisions with respect to his path in life.
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even if a player is world class Filler, SVB, Gorst, Yapp level talent, they also have to be prepared to live their life out of a suitcase 3/4 of the year. That is fine for some people, but that wouldn't suit my personality- never mind the fact that I'm just an average league player. I wouldn't want a lifestyle with that much travel and relative instability
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Johan back at 2026 Mosconi Cup Healm

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axejunkie said:
Burning question is do the Americans have to wear mandatory Euro-cut pants now too? Shane's fishing buddies will give him a good razz with that skin tight calf fit.
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A couple guys were in the pool hall the other night, wearing "shorts". The counter was all wondering if they went for the other team. Then we heard them speak. Ah, ok, they are European!
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