1Pocket Wedge Arrives at the Crucible

I saw it live. I may have been reading my email, also. And getting tea.

The Times article is behind a paywall unfortunately. Here is a picture from The Guardian:

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They have to hit a red and it's a foul to pocket the black.

"The gruelling frame was finally completed in one hour, 40 minutes and 21 seconds – the longest in history ..." The crowd was really getting into it and not in a good way.

Ah yes, ye old paywall.

Here’s anudder:


Lou Figueroa
I saw it live. I may have been reading my email, also. And getting tea.

The Times article is behind a paywall unfortunately. Here is a picture from The Guardian:

View attachment 901810
They have to hit a red and it's a foul to pocket the black.

"The gruelling frame was finally completed in one hour, 40 minutes and 21 seconds – the longest in history ..." The crowd was really getting into it and not in a good way.

Bob, Gail and are thinking of going next year (she's helping me cross off my bucket list :- ) -- any tips for getting tickets, which I know to be a challenge.

Lou Figueroa

Whatever happened to BUCKTOOTH ?

Buck " No Fear " Tooth ........



He was front and center at the West Coast Swing in Fremont last week.
I'm certain he was chasing Tony around, trying to get him on his Keno
Board. Tony is very fearful of that thing. The Tooth, on the other hand,
ain't a'feared of anything.

Saw him with his keno board one year, probably at the DCC -- couldn't believe no one couldn't spot the con -- lots of bets, maybe some shills ala 3-card monte.

Lou Figueroa
or at least
what I saw
as the con

Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Do you know when Jimmy first came up with THIS??
The method? Never met him so no idea. His video(s) would be copyrighted though. Friend showed me the EAO idea and as explained, I found it confusing but after discovering the Wei geometry many years later It all came together. The diagram is mine though.
On EAO, I learned to do it using the stick to supply the red line. Place the tip on the cloth directly below the contact point and pivot over the cueball to the opposite point and segment. Even if the balls are too far apart, with the contact lattice in mind, you can visually confirm all the alignments including the base of the ghost ball if you need to.

Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Holgraphic sense. Golfers prolly have it along with all encompassing egos. Shots will always sit the same in your awareness. They become a language and just are. Cosmic Transversal Existentialism without the book and silly instructions.

In my not so humble thinkage.
I know certain shots til the point I don't have to think about them. It might take a player 100+ intentional shots to learn how 2 rail shape works, where it breaks down, etc., but once you understand that you can just let your subconscious extrapolate. Just look at the shot, it looks good or it don't. I'm not bashing systems or physics either, knowing what to expect, where the author says the system breaks down, and testing your limits against what you read, etc. is a great way too.

That said, I still don't know the price of tea in China. :unsure:

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