Kris_b1104 said:

That's great, I wasn't aware we had to know someone personally to have an opinion on a public forum. Carry on sir, you got it.

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You're all good.

Final score of the last game.
Judd Trump 6 Mark Allen 2.

I checked the odds pre-game and yep.... Judd was 5/1 to win 6-2! We should have all backed it, yeah? I didn't. Grrrrhhhh.

(Allen was 18/1 to win 6-2).

jasonlaus said:

I clearly said I only play once or twice a year, I didn't say I've only played that often my entire life. I also never said that I didn't play better in the past.

2 times 9' 1 time BB all 9 ball

I really have no desire to play any better, I don't have the time because I'd rather hang out with my dog or play poker

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The problem with most pool halls now is they're boring. The pool hall I grew up playing in had 25-30 regulars there all the time (good dudes!) trying to hash out games with one another. It wasn't easy, but we all ended up in action after some negotiating. Sometimes you got a game you liked, sometimes not, but everyone always ended up in action. Half the room played heads up and the other half in ring games. I can recall there were one or two guys that only wanted to play for the time and everyone teased them because of it. Everyone gambled and money mostly just rotated around. If someone couldn't hash out a game, they would stomp out mad for everyone freezing them out. That was rare though.

In the evenings, card games broke out. It was just a great place to hang out with your friends, play games and gamble. I go to pool halls now and they have a totally different feel / vibe. They lack that gambling atmosphere and camaraderie. Gambling doesn't have the same thrill to me as it used to, but to me, pool is like poker...ya gotta be betting something.

It's probably good that I can't find a room like that close to me...I'd be there all the time and end up in divorce court because of it.

lfigueroa said:

It's how many balls you need vs any particular player.

So if you usually get/need 10-7 and you get better you would get/need 9-7 and have improved a ball.

Lou Figueroa

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You and @bbb, thanks for clearing this up. My bet factor has always been, "They don't shoot good enough." So even simple pool handicapping is a mystery.