Have heard NOTHING good ever about Russian Kenny. I have a friend in NJ that has mentioned him before and his very LARGE DEBTS he owes locally there. I have seen him and heard him in action at the Derby a few times. He fast talks and says I have my backer flying in tomorrow with $50k, I need someone to put up $7k until he gets here tomorrow. Plays decent but honestly in the same level as MANY that play good enough to just get by and not so at other times. Listening to the interview of saying he sold only that 1 time, that he was HELPING a friend, is all the role that literally 10’s of thousands play when they get caught. Great BS Artist and full of more s&”t than a Christmas turkey. Listening to him say that he wishes people would hate him for things that they have actually been victim of says all I need to know without hearing or seeing any of the other stories. Just be a good person and you don’t have to worry about what anyone thinks of you. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Do the crime, do the time and BE A MAN and take responsibility for YOUR poor actions. And I ALWAYS find it comical when a grown man calls these people HATERS. Be a decent human being and you would not have So many HATERS. Hopefully he will change his actions and stop with NOT taking responsibility for his actions. It’s people like this that have made me not support pool in certain ways and have grown away from the pool life. Way more to life than being around this.

maha said:

the money matches gets you over the hump. mentors and people to play with only can get you to a good speed.

no pressure no improvement.

virtually all great all around players gambled their way to greatness. its just the way it is.

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i wasn't arguing against gambling. the johnson guy missed my point by a mile. but since you bring up your usual nostalgic dream world that doesn't really exist anymore, i can engage. these are the last 15 world 9-ball champions:

Wu Jiaqing
Ronnie Alcano
Daryl Peach
Francisco Bustamante
Yukio Akakariyama
Darren Appleton
Thorsten Hohmann
Niels Feijen
Ko Pin-yi
Albin Ouschan
Carlo Biado
Joshua Filler
Fedor Gorst
Shane Van Boening
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz

for how many of those does that fantasy hold true? virtually all?

skogstokig said:

sure, but money matches didn't make shane what he is, or fedor for that matter. shane is one of the biggest practice demons in the history of the game. for most pros it's not like that, they need mentors and sparring partners

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the money matches gets you over the hump. mentors and people to play with only can get you to a good speed.

no pressure no improvement.

virtually all great all around players gambled their way to greatness. its just the way it is.

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Dan White said:

It's hard to tell exactly what happened in that shot but your reaction says it all. I love when crazy shots actually work!

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It was like a curve double carom combination with the cueball

Kris_b1104 said:

This argument is only referring to people who have high Fargo rates from playing in leagues or tournaments that are only 7ft tables, in very short races.

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It has been my experience that players with high Fargo numbers can flat out play on both the 9 ft & 7 ft tables. Your example is purely hypothetical & truth be told probably doesn't really exist in the real world.