At 79, my biggest problem is consistency and concentration. Some nights I have it, other nights, it’s a crap shoot. The worst time was after rotatator cuff surgery. I was physically unable to break for two years. I finally recovered from that and got some stroke back and now play at least two or three times a week. After two knee replacements, two rotator surgeries, quadruple bypass surgery and macular degeneration in my strong eye I feel truly blessed to be able to continue playing, let alone having occasional nights when I can be competitive. The bottom line is that if you love it, don’t quit. I look forward to every game I play and love being around the younger (everybody) players. I believe it keeps me younger, and it is a definite source of pleasure.

fastone371 said:

I don't know if I would say Cousin's patterns are better but he does have a way of getting around the table with minimal cue ball movement. That seems to be a common trait for most Brits.

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That's how I'd define pattern play. If you can run out with minimal cue ball movement and all easy shots, your patterns are real good. I can't remember which event it was, but I seem to remember watching Tom Cousins carry his ~450 fargo partner deep in the mixed doubles tournament a few months back.

fjk said:

I didn't watch the match or hear exactly what JA said afterward. But a future threat of a slap isn't much of a threat in my book. In the old days, if you threaten to slap another man you'd get laughed at.

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Not necessarily. Uh oh Gramps is having a flashback. Okay the story
It was at the seed 2 in Bellevue. We were in a money game, the wife and I. The soon to be husband for our daughter was engaged in sharking the wife. As she had jacked him up regarding her daughter and her displeasure with his behavior regarding same.
He was proud of his being able to distract with antics.
I spoke up to encourage him to ...uh knock it off. We was across the table from me and gave me the smirk. You know the adolescent response when they think they are Big Boys.
I stopped retrieving the balls and looked him right in the eye and offered to, "Slap that Smirk right off your face." It was no brag just fact. His face changed immediately and he receeded from the table to whisper to his wing man. I heard his wingman say, "it's under the seat in the truck."

who is putting up the 100 thousand dollars they are playing for. is it winner take all.

or are the players putting up the money or a big part of it. otherwise in the middle is bullshit.

how come after the win you never see the winner getting a 100k check in his name. guess why?

If you're trying to gamble with top Filipinos I don't think living expenses are going to be material to the overall cost of your trip - I think you could live comfortably for $1,000-2,000 per month. Of course there are many top professional players, but my experience has been the amazing thing about the Philippines are the number of 650-700 Fargo level players

fjk said:

I didn't watch the match or hear exactly what JA said afterward. But a future threat of a slap isn't much of a threat in my book. In the old days, if you threaten to slap another man you'd get laughed at.

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Now if JA said he was going to "bitch slap him" that would be a different story.

sell them and put the money in stocks for your kids future.
you can list them on the for sale forum here. or e bay if you are into that.

nmh2008 said:

A year ago I didn’t even know who the guy was, but I like Tom Cousins in this. Justin’s cue ball is better, but I think TC’s patterns are better and his cue ball is good enough. I think they’re very even and it’ll be a fun match to watch

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I don't know if I would say Cousin's patterns are better but he does have a way of getting around the table with minimal cue ball movement. That seems to be a common trait for most Brits.

Rocket354 said:

I"m curious about this, as well. Ultimate Pool rules is alternate breaks, I believe.

The way pros playing barbox 8b goes, if it's winner breaks then it could be 30-0. Alternate break, 30-29. In either case, whoever wins the lag is a big favorite.

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If you believe that it means that you have not watched much of the UPUSA play. Dry breaks are pretty common. Scratching on the break is not uncommon as is being hooked after the break and sometimes pro's miss, even on a barbox. I know its hard to believe because all barbox haters make every single ball on the "kiddie table" and cant be bothered to even acknowledge they exist because the game is just so damn easy on a barbox.

skogstokig said:

i had never heard of gabe. checking fargo he's 697. johnny is 754. discrepancies on both those numbers presumably? upwards trajectory and downward descent..

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Who can figure out the probability that a 697 beats a 754 50 to 28?