Looking For Names Of Left Handed Pro Players...

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blah blah said:
If the probability of a person being left handed is .11, then in a room with 100 poolplayers, there should be 11 left- handed people, right? My friend got me on no less than 2 signed dollars at 2 different big tournaments on this bet. First she said that there would be more than 15% lefty's, and I bet there would be less (thinking that .11 plus another .4 would cover me easily.) Yes, we watched and counted- the tourney was out of our league. On the second signed dollar bet, different tourney, she even upped the %age to be more in my favor- something ridiculous, like 30%, but I forget exactly what. And yes, I lost again.

There are way more left handed poolplayers in any random sample than there ought to be- I don't know why. Maybe it's the creative thinking, I really really don't know. Maybe my best friend just cheats (a huge possibility). But I'm not betting her any more on this one- she can just kick rocks.
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that is interesting. i never really gave it much thought. so there are more lefty's out there than one might think.

i would have lost that bet for sure!

there is no way that i would have ever thought that there would be upwards of 30% lefty's in a tourney.

i would have thought 20% or less for sure!

that is what piques my interest. i'd like to see the diff between patterns that lefty's play versus right handed players. is the shot selection the same? or slightly different?
 
Can't believe nobody mentioned Wu Chia Ching of Chinese Taipei. The best lefthander in the world without a doubt...in fact, better than all of the righthanders as well!
 
TX Poolnut said:
Ronnie O'Sullivan is right-handed, but will run southpaw centuries just as easily. There are several videos on YouTube of him playing left-handed.
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read this (search for Robidoux) and watch that afterwards :)

I also pay speacial attention to the lefties (guess why:p), and beside the already mentioned pros can quickly remember of Satoshi Kawabata of Japan. No wonder, his nickname is Dynamite Lefty, lol.
Can't help with other names at the moment as I always notice a lefty but have never kept record of them.
 
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Grady Mathews has discussed this on accustats. It was his opinion that lefthanded people seem to have a natural affinity towards the game.

I had also read onetime that researchers believe Left handed people have enlarged right brains which provide them with better spatial skills.
 
predator...Ummmm, NO! Although WCC is a former world champion, is he the current 9-ball champion (no)...the current 10-ball champion (no)...the current 8-ball champion (no)...the current 14.1 champion (no)? So, suffice it to say, he is not better than all other players.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

predator said:
Can't believe nobody mentioned Wu Chia Ching of Chinese Taipei. The best lefthander in the world without a doubt...in fact, better than all of the righthanders as well!
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uwate said:
Grady Mathews has discussed this on accustats. It was his opinion that lefthanded people seem to have a natural affinity towards the game.

I had also read onetime that researchers believe Left handed people have enlarged right brains which provide them with better spatial skills.
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Grady Mathews has made numerous exaggerated claims during his accu-stats commentary.
 
Scott Lee said:
predator...Ummmm, NO! Although WCC is a former world champion, is he the current 9-ball champion (no)...the current 10-ball champion (no)...the current 8-ball champion (no)...the current 14.1 champion (no)? So, suffice it to say, he is not better than all other players.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Don't take any shit from him, Scott. :D You're the master at calling people out on BS.
 
Also Lefties - Late Bank Pool legend Leonard "Bugs" Rucker - and late Sang Lee who won a world championship in 3-c in the 90's.
 
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