Korsakoff said:

... current marketing and social posts rather than archival records.

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I watched about a minute of the video and gave up any hope of getting facts out of it.

RackAttack said:

Who are you, his manager? First off we could bet his statement is false and there are more rooms in the area with 9 footers than his pilot eyes can spy. Fort Myers’s area is a great place to spend the winter months so one good pool hall is all you really need.

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Yes DinF...Who the fk are you. It's time we know who you are.

jtompilot said:

Ok, you got me, it’s only 75 miles Clearwater is a long ways from Diamonds Billiards. When I walk into a room there’s usually a waiting list to play me, I must be the only guy around with a job I lose plenty and win plenty also. It’s more fun than the casino's.

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You bank in the pool room...you bank in the sky. Who are you?

RackAttack said:

ars Who are you, his manager? First off we could bet his statement is false and there are more rooms in the area with 9 footers than his pilot eyes can spy. Fort Myers’s area is a great place to spend the winter months so one good pool hall is all you really need.

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Southern only has one 9’ table. Diamonds is great, the 1P players there know me. I’m all ears if there’s another good room with more than one 9’ table even remotely close to Naples or Ft. Myers.

RackAttack said:

100 miles? That’s false. You mean I picked the best pool room in the area with more action than you could handle? How much did you lose? Players from Clearwater, Fl, are always in SW Florida looking for action.

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Ok, you got me, it’s only 75 miles Clearwater is a long ways from Diamond Billiards. When I walk into a room there’s usually a waiting list to play me, I must be the only guy around with a job I lose plenty and win plenty also. It’s more fun than the casino's.

iusedtoberich said:

I saw the interview (or at least just that question, IDK if there were more). It was just an informal question by a streaming channel asking if he could change one rule what would it be. IMO, he wants to take away the BIH on an illegal break that sets up the 3 fouls. ...

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I see the "3-point" rule as far more problematic from a fairness point of view than a flubbed break shot leading to 3 fouls. I'm not sure what a good solution is, though. "You gotta hit'em right hard," is not very satisfying as an alternative.

jbart65 said:

....snip.... Going this route speeds up the learning process. Learning just by feel takes a lot longer and you have to figure the principles out on your own.

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I disagree. I tried learning some of the math based systems and they were a pain in the butt to remember. On the other hand, visually seeing where the balls will go is as natural as looking straight ahead. Zero numbers to add, zero "is this system thru the diamond or across from it?",etc etc.

I saw the interview (or at least just that question, IDK if there were more). It was just an informal question by a streaming channel asking if he could change one rule what would it be. IMO, he wants to take away the BIH on an illegal break that sets up the 3 fouls.

I'm surprised he didn't say "get rid of the nit rules that a player can lose the game by taking the balls out of the drop-pockets, after the 9 has been pocketed, but before the CB has stopped"

I didn’t see the interview. Is it possible he meant this in the context of a non- compliant break that isn’t a foul?

I put some 1/8" craft foam between my professionals pockets and the outer skirt. Simple and a real improvement.
I really like my pockets, I think I can get 11-12 balls in them.

boogieman said:

The trick where you lay a table matrix out and aim for a pocket (which may be 2 or 3 imaginary tables away works pretty well. It's a lot about the angles and if you can kind of imagine the angles it works, kind of like fly on the wall. It's very difficult to describe because it's really just getting a feel for the angles and imaginary pockets.

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I think the operative condition here is you set a major variable by having a specific shot to consider. Without that, all the variables float. Observe the hit or miss nature of pro short rack for reference. They do set variables like hit 'em hard, or hit 'em with follow, or hit 'em with draw; not the best pivot points IMO.

skip100 said:

the brackets are right above your post

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Maybe I clicked on the wrong thing, but it didn't work. Maybe this?

Edit: the other one says "champioship"

Message member 8cree, He should be able to help you with Charleston

BuddyWing said:

Who are the final 6 for the banks ?

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the brackets are right above your post

Z-Nole said:

Wow, I’ve been out of the game for awhile. Is there really that many around us? Never really thought about it and didn’t realize there’s that many in this area.

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Brewlands Clearwater (best of the best)
Family Billiards - Clearwater
Stix Dunedin
Stix Oldsmar
Stix Palm Harbor
Stix Bay Pines
Strokers Palm Harbor (greatest houseman in the country, Rolando)
Crooked Cues Clearwater
CM Lee’s - Seminole
Long Stroke - Pinellas Park (formerly City Billiards)
Corner Pocket - Largo

It’s currently 11 within 30 minutes of me. Someone had tried to open one on 34th St N as part of the Smokin’ BBQ place, and they were open for a year or so, but the tables were junk. They were the 12th.

Knockin Boots in Largo has a 9’ table plus three 7’ tables.

Flamingos probably still has that front 9’ table

I'm a big fan of the "Confidently line the bank up, miss it wide by a mile, and hop the cue ball off the table" system. Works every time for me.