Pool player vs Enjoying Playing

After all is said and done, the players to be envied the most are the ones that enjoy it most. I recall a match I played some thirty years ago against a top pro. On a nearby table, someone made a great shot and their expression of joy was both animated and loud. The pro looked at me and commented "I wish I could get that excited about pool."

Among the pros I've watched, two got more excited about playing than all the others: Efren Reyes and Jeanette Lee.

Do you wipe down your cue?

I always wipe down my cues, butt and shaft, before putting them back in the case. I also clean my tips and do any needed tip edge burnishing, shaping and scuffing too....it takes me forever to pack up at the end of a session, haha. But I like knowing my cues are clean and ready to go as soon as I pull them out of the case, every single time.

I play wrapless now and can get sweaty hands at times so it's important for me to wipe it down so it doesn't get. I still did it when I had a wrapped cue but I find it even more important with wrapless.

Do you wipe down your cue?

Nope. I like my cue. I’d rather it not be dirty and dinged. But I just kind of accept the natural life it will live. It is a personal extension of who I am. But also somewhere in my brain it’s just a tool. It’s there to be used and the put away so it’s ready to be used again later. I don’t care about its collectibility, resale value, or identity as a piece of art. It’s not to the extreme as Willie Nelson’s guitar “Trigger” but it’s very adjacent in my mind to that.

Luck as a skillset.

Hu made an awesome comment in a thread I was attempting to derail. He talked about luck being part of a skillset developed over time playing a certain type of pool.
I've often thought about this and how to explain it. I find myself apologizing over and over for leaving someone bad. Can't count the times I've heard "you get the rolls dude."
I've come to the realization that for me, in my game, I get the rolls. It happens far too often for it to be luck.
I'm going to look into this further. There's always the chance I'm full of shit.😉
Anybody else see this in their game??
Its always my prefrence to keep my opponent wondering if I made the shot because of skill or luck.

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