It is not just "stroking errors". The way he executes shows that he doesn't align correctly for the shot. The whole foundation is the problem. The movement he does at the end of the stroke is subconscious and he can't control this. Because his brain is getting a false perception. He has a lot of work to do with his eyes, feet, bridge placement, etc.....
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It is not just "stroking errors". The way he executes shows that he doesn't align correctly for the shot. The whole foundation is the problem. The movement he does at the end of the stroke is subconscious and he can't control this. Because his brain is getting a false perception. He has a lot of work to do with his eyes, feet, bridge placement, etc.....
lol, surely they aren't getting down to the felt by betting $10K.
The thing that interested me was your approach to the game and the match itself. You've always been professional and friendly and helpful. Much like Pat himself.
Juxtaposed with the past behavior of Mr Barton and Mr Figueroa I learned something. It doesn't hurt to be a good human being.
Which I hope both participants can take away from this. There seems to be a lot of animosity towards both from the fans. What started this was the worse of human behavior from the beginning. One from a Loudmouth the other a Big Bully. But both I think last night were behaving in a professional manner. I hope that they can take that away with them. Win or lose I think both have learned some humility and understanding. I hope at least.
Again Fred, you don't know me, but I thank you for your dedication to the game.
Last nite taught me to never put my foot where my mouth is and never to take pride in having an advantage over the weak
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I went to bed at around 11 last night. Is the match being continued today? If so, what is the current score?
I've been away from pool for quite a while, and am just getting back into it. But I really enjoyed your commentary last night.
I used to live down your way. I used to play music in the bars in Gulfport, and used to play pool down at Planet 9-ball (Buddy Hall's joint) over in Town and Country.
Overall I'm glad I moved to Texas, but the pool scene in DFW is pretty lame. There are (or were, at least) tons of great places to play around St. Pete.
Great minds think alike! LOL I just type slower
After watching that game yesterday, I'd say it's certainly JB's to lose.
If JB plays like he's 8 racks and 7 balls up, he might just pull this thing off. But I'd give him a whopping 2 mistakes in one rack and he's toast.
If JB plays like he's 8 racks and 7 balls up, he might just pull this thing off. But I'd give him a whopping 2 mistakes in one rack and he's toast.
I thought that ALL of the commentary yesterday was some of the best I've heard outside of high-budget productions like the ESPN stuff with Mitch Lawrence and a female pro or the US Open with Jimmy Wetch and Danny DeLiberto (or Billy Incardona or pretty much anything with Jimmy Wetch and anybody). Thank you for taking the time to do it for us.
Are you comparing your 1P game to Lous' 1P game... there are more missed shots in 1P, because controlling the cb is far more important than making the ball so you don't sell out... just saying.
1P is like chess, it always looks easy when you are sitting on the sidelines.. but get up and play and then you find out, not so easy
Ken "The Rolling Shark" Miller was the owner of Planet 9-Ball, he sold it to Strokers and it became Strokers II this was around 2009, then it was closed by 2011.
I moved away in 2006, and was playing right up to then. Was Buddy not affiliated with that place at all? I coulda swore...
Sucks that place closed. They're dropping like flies
There was also a little place up on 4th st that had a carom table. Are they still around?
You mentioned last night about scaring the kids away... man I liked the old guys, but I wasn't betting my lunch money. What caused me to have to stop going to pool halls was the cigarette smoke. Between the honky tonks and pool halls I developed a pretty bad allergy to second hand smoke, and I just can't be around it at all anymore. I think the smoke environment is really hurting selling this sport to younger people.
I have a table at home now, but damn I miss playing pickup games and watching the old guys play one pocket out at a hall.
Semi off topic:
One of the announcers mentioned that Sandcastle has no liquor and no food?
How the !#@$ do they possibly make enough to operate?
Just curious...
One of the announcers mentioned that Sandcastle has no liquor and no food?
How the !#@$ do they possibly make enough to operate?
Just curious...
It's JBs to lose how do you come to that conclusion when Lou was ahead every step of the way ,, I didn't watch as I was watching mold grow on my counter but from what I read Lou looked like the better player ,, however he did not play great and given that with all this talk from JB how he's playing guys close to even that Lou could not even stand in the same room I'm somewhat surprised he did not play better
The fact is, one of the hardest things to do is keep your foot on the gas when a player appears not to be in your class and if you let up and that guy starts coming back the pockets seem to shrink and momentum swing the other way that's what I think happened to Lou and I give him credit for keeping it together and getting to the Hill
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No, I think it is. I watched almost the whole thing yesterday, and JB had the better strategy. Lou made the balls early, can bank well and run, but if you kept looking at the layout of the table, JB was in control the vast majority of the time. The wedge was present a few time, but in almost all of the games all of the balls were over JB's side of the table.
If they got down to a few balls on the table, JB won every time. I really think that JB just let the first 2 get away from him, and after that it's incredibly even. Every other rack but one could have gone either way.
But if JB loses, it's because he lets Lou run, which is JB's mistake. That's why I say it's JB's to lose.
If they got down to a few balls on the table, JB won every time. I really think that JB just let the first 2 get away from him, and after that it's incredibly even. Every other rack but one could have gone either way.
But if JB loses, it's because he lets Lou run, which is JB's mistake. That's why I say it's JB's to lose.