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SA96 · Saturday at 11:18 PM

SVB into the final.

Bergman leading 4-3 in his semi-final.

Hopefully JB holds on and we get the big all-American final.

HawaiianEye · Saturday at 11:09 PM

SSP said:
I'll play in $5 or $10 tournaments, it's good experience but my experience is gamblers don't like to quit until they have all your money, I have been approached a few times to gamble but I saw their speed and it wasn't any gamble on their part, I did get my first break and run of the year last week in league, there are a lot of players that are very good and have been playing a long time.

I started gambling at pool when I was a young teen working in the pool hall.

I started playing as a kid and I played all the adults in the pool hall and watched the gamblers play. I played with some of the best gamblers when they were practicing.

I didn't start gambling with them until I knew I could hang with them. By then I could consistently run racks and string racks together. Eventually, I could outplay all of them and they wouldn't play even...they wanted a spot.

straightline · Saturday at 10:43 PM

Keith's description matches Vince perfectly so RIP Vince. Sorry I wasn't the score you were looking for.

Nuther guy from that era said he "play's" Cole Dickson with the 8. Meant nothing to me. I only knew the name.

Same guy, James - house painter by trade said Cotton ran 36 racks of 6 ball and no mention of Cole. Straight pool is harder but 96 racks is a lotta balls...

SSP · Saturday at 10:37 PM

HawaiianEye said:
You don't have to use your whole life savings to play pool for money and you don't have to play for a lot of money in "friendly" ring games. It is like playing frindly poker at somebody's house.

When I was a kid working in the pool hall, I would jump in the ring games with the adults who were playing $.25 on the five ball and $.50 on the nine. There would usually be four or five players in the game.

I always came out ahead and sometimes I would win over $100 before everyone quit. I would play until I had all their money or they quit.

$100 back then is equivalent to $700-800 in today's money.

I'll play in $5 or $10 tournaments, it's good experience but my experience is gamblers don't like to quit until they have all your money, I have been approached a few times to gamble but I saw their speed and it wasn't any gamble on their part, I did get my first break and run of the year last week in league, there are a lot of players that are very good and have been playing a long time.

maha · Saturday at 10:32 PM

i was good friends with cole for many years(decades). and gambled with him many times but not in pool. that was off for both of us.
and also played richie and broke him for over a good 5 figures twice, in a trick game.
i guarantee both were about equal on their best days . cole had less best days, and occasionally made big mistakes from being lackadaisical when playing.
but only a very few of having any chance when he was on. cole got to drinking too often and went downhill from there. changed him.

no one should have ever gone or even talked to sizemore. he was the prime example of a complete creep. and even worse than joe veasy,
and the steve the whale, who at least was funny.

HawaiianEye · Saturday at 10:22 PM

SSP said:
I love to play but I've never had the money to gamble, I started playing later in life so I know I'm nowhere near your speed, I just keep working everyday to get better.

You don't have to use your whole life savings to play pool for money and you don't have to play for a lot of money in "friendly" ring games. It is like playing friendly poker at somebody's house.

When I was a kid working in the pool hall, I would jump in the ring games with the adults who were playing $.25 on the five ball and $.50 on the nine. There would usually be four or five players in the game.

I always came out ahead and sometimes I would win over $100 before everyone quit. I would play until I had all their money or they quit.

$100 back then is equivalent to $700-800 in today's money.

hustler4483 · Saturday at 10:14 PM

I have a new Konllen radial but 12.5 mm if you opt to go a little bigger

maha · Saturday at 10:11 PM

please stop you are giving the bangers too much to consider and soon all the posts will be about that stuff.

SSP · Saturday at 10:10 PM

mnorwood said:
Why stop with just having a break cue? Have a cue for draw shots, then one for follow shots and one for extreme side spin. All of them need to be custom made out of different materials for maximum accuracy and power.

I think they call that game golf......

vincett · Saturday at 10:08 PM

I have seen people comparing lucasi to predator and some even say it is poor man predator. It is completely wrong. Lucasi feel every bit as premium if not even more premium than Predator. The weight balances is very different from these 2 brands, predator is more front forward unless changing shaft, and lucasi is more butt heavy.

In the hit and feedback feelings, the lucasi outdone the predator for a great bit. Most predator cues I have had, is too much dampening. The cues feels very dampened in the hand. May be others like it. But I prefer lucasi, despite I started it with predator

I hear people say custime cues is even better. I am not sure which custome cues I should go for next

SSP · Saturday at 10:05 PM

HawaiianEye said:
Of course you played people you thought you could beat.

You would have to be a dumbass to play ANYTHING if you though it was a sure loser.

I never played anybody thinking I was going to lose. I was of the mindset that I thought I could hang with anybody.

That doesn't mean everybody went out looking for suckers to play.

I used to go into places where people were gambling and ring games were being played and I would jump right in not knowing anybody or how well they played.

I would go into places and "run over" people right from the start if they wanted to gamble. If they couldn't hang and quit, so be it.

I never once hid my speed and I ran a lot of people off because they knew right from the beginning they couldn't beat me head up.

I love to play but I've never had the money to gamble, I started playing later in life so I know I'm nowhere near your speed, I just keep working everyday to get better.

VarmintKong · Saturday at 10:02 PM

I don’t know shit, but wouldn’t the embellishments on the “W” be nothing? I would think you would look at the spacing and the height of the hump in the middle. They don’t seem to match up.

What is the spacing of the letters like? Connected in the 2nd pic and only the “I-M” are connected in the first.

What aboot the letters where you would drop down below the line of your grade school primer? In the rosewood forearm the “p” and “y” both have loops where the maple forearm is straight.

Nothing seems the same, but it’s probably hard to sign your name in a round hunk of wood…

I haven’t signed my actual name in decades. I just sign as old Browns players from the 80’s; “Tim Manoa #42” or the like.

maha · Saturday at 10:00 PM

just mad as when i buy a donut i get less product because of the hole. so i gravitate to bismarks which are certainly tastier albeit more unhealthy.

you have seemed to have devised a use for a hole with is basically nothingness. congrats on that.

time for bed go and count decimals for pi and rest up for more.

HawaiianEye · Saturday at 9:59 PM

mnorwood said:
Why stop with just having a break cue? Have a cue for draw shots, then one for follow shots and one for extreme side spin. All of them need to be custom made out of different materials for maximum accuracy and power.

Exactly.

And you must wear special pool clothing and shoes.

A specially-made, temperature-controlled case is a MUST, too.

While you are sitting on the bench watching the other guy run out, you must ensure your cue maintains the perfect temperature for maximum performance should you ever get back to the table.

westcoast · Saturday at 9:59 PM

Ģüśţāṿ said:
Bergman over Thorpe any day, you should never just pick your friends, especially when the entire damn country wants you to win.

I know Bergman doesn't like to travel, but there's gotta be something to get him motivated.

I think Sky is friends with Bergman too. As you mentioned, perhaps travel was a factor. Bergman also needs to start playing 9 footers more to be seriously considered for the MC

cleitonrocha · Saturday at 9:58 PM

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