Chopdoc said:

How is this?

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FAKE! Nobody can read a doctor’s signature, not even other doctors or pharmacists.

garczar said:

I was just doing a search looking to see if Bluegrass cues were still made. AI came with this: Yes, Richard Harris is still making cues. The picture posted was of Richard Harris, the famous actor. Fkng AI/Chat can kiss my ass.

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sjm said:

AI is not up to speed in matters pool.

Search on the Rifleman and you won't get Buddy Hall, you'll get an old TV show. Search on Earthquake and you won't get Keith Macready but seismic activity instead. Search on the Kentucky Colonel and you'll get fried chicken, not Nick Varner.

What the world needs is a pool-oriented AI.

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I dont trust Al or GPS. Been led down many wrong roads or dead ends.

sixpack said:

I ran your username through a while back and it was pretty accurate about your forum posting. Said you were an authority on cues, blah blah blah …but I laughed when it said “beware though, if you buy a cue signed by Chopdoc or have Chopdoc sign your cue it will decrease the value of it.” Lol. I don’t know where it came up with that. Or specifically why it felt the need to add that.

It explained further that collectors prefer cues not to be signed by anyone other than the cue maker or something. Which is accurate but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of you signing cues.

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By the way, if you didn't use incognito mode, and you used an AI that is "personalized" (you may not even know), or if you have it installed as an app, and had researched any cue signatures, that would be why it made that comment. It is anticipating what you want to know.

Unless I want it to know who I am I generally will use an AI anonymously.

I have AI set up for medical teaching, it has all my credentials and teaching methods set up with special prompts. Essentially, it acts as a teaching assistant. I don't use it for real case consults. And I don't use the OpenEvidence AI app that is very popular with clinicians today.

I also have AI set up for anonymous use. I have access to a powerful AI that the public does not. I also have access to an AI for research purposes that I can't really play with but it is amazingly powerful. And I have an AI agent installed locally...sometimes it tries to get out...

I ended up watching the semis and finals in the morning after they were over. No way I was going to watch live!

So little separated Kaci from Filler, or Woj from Kaci. Kaci's break - and the lack thereof for Josh - gave him a close win in the semis. His break wasn't great, but it was a small advantage in a close match. Josh has trouble getting a ball in.

Kaci lived on thin ice in the later rounds. He probably should have lost to Feijin and Capito, but he played the best defense of his life until the finals. Yet a few poor safeties did him in vs Woj, especially in the next to last game with Woj up 3 games to 2.

Woj was challenged, too, Chua was up 3-0, tied at one set apiece, and it looked like he was cruising to a win. But Johann couldn't get a ball in on the break, and a few poor safeties later, Woj came back to win the third set, 4-3. Chua was deflated and Woj won the last set 4-0.

Woj is the best Polish player. He is great at 10-ball. Two World Championships attest. He still hasn't broken through in 9 ball, though.

jay helfert said:

I refused to play Bruce due his craziness. He would promise me he wouldn't act out if we played and he meant it. He was a very good Eight Ball player and I had a tough game against him. We played 20 a game.

Things would go along fine if he was winning. As soon as he missed a shot or two and lost a game(s) he would start to lose it. Pretty soon he started getting crazy and I told him last game. I hated playing the lunatic Bruce even if i could make a little score. He did pay off anyway.

The last time I played him, he went outside and lowered his head and ran into a wall. I heard the thump from inside the poolroom beside the open door to the parking lot. I went out and Bruce was unconscious on the ground.

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Bruce was very handsome and girls flocked to him. Last time I saw him was on Venice Beach. A beautiful woman on his arm. He said she had been the Playboy Playmate of the Month. I think he married her. Bruce made some big money in real estate. Not bad for a guy with zero education, could barely read or write! He grew up in the poolroom.

He was a charming con man. Could charm the stripes off a tiger!

Jaden said:

It doesn't even have to be a super tight throat, The facing angle and the wide pocket makes it more likely to rebound into the opposing facing angle rather than into the pocket.

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Too wide an angle equates to a larger mouth vs throat.

GBCues said:

I get this when I go to their site
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yes, it happened about a year ago.

middleofnowhere said:

Tommy used to come to my poolroom in the winter time often with Danny Gartner. I sure remember him years ago with crazy Bruce. That Bruce really was nuts.

He would punch himself in the face for missing a ball and break cues over his own head. Tommy never reacted to Bruce's antics. I guess it was normal for Bruce. I heard he once threw himself down a flight of stairs after losing.
He rarely lost though, he was a good game maker

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I refused to play Bruce due his craziness. He would promise me he wouldn't act out if we played and he meant it. He was a very good Eight Ball player and I had a tough game against him. We played 20 a game.

Things would go along fine if he was winning. As soon as he missed a shot or two and lost a game(s) he would start to lose it. Pretty soon he started getting crazy and I told him last game. I hated playing the lunatic Bruce even if i could make a little score. He did pay off anyway.

The last time I played him, he went outside and lowered his head and ran into a wall. I heard the thump from inside the poolroom beside the open door to the parking lot. I went out and Bruce was unconscious on the ground.

couldnthinkof01 said:

100 is probably too far out there. I agree with you on that.
The money in these new tournaments is incredible. I love to see it.

If you don't have to travel they are really nice!

There's not many repeating champions. The Calcutta is a large part of the prize.

$500-1k entry, 5-600 for side pots, Calcutta amounts that may be split 2+ ways, hotel, travel, and food...is a lot of upfront cash. Taxes on a large win... Great payouts but it's not some huge windfall.

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The screenshot I posted from one of them shows that the guys who placed high did indeed shoot 50 points or more above their average, which I think is just normal variation in most cases.

And on the economics of it, at least in my area when they do the high entry events they often run some “qualifiers” (really satellites) so you might pay $70 or $80 to enter one and get a chance to win the big one.