CJ's Suggestions
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welcome to the rest of your life....noobs dont get it
This guy dropped a few notches in my estimation when I heard him passing on the "cllimate change" nonsense in one of his broadcasts. It's sad when careers are threatened when the orthodoxy isn't maintained.
As far as finding a good instructor, I like the old adage:
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
If CJ can get my grandmother to run a six pack then I'll buy his CD's.
Drop the Rock? Your username should be Drop the Mic! :thumbup:
Post of the Year winner right here!
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Ron Swanson
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Can someone explain what break pots are and how they become so large please?
I host a thursday night 9 ball tournament with one so I will explain as best I can and why they exist. Our entry fee for the tournament is $10 dollars, $2 goes to the break pot and the rest to the tournament payout and then we add $100 etc. Usually a pool hall will add $200 to a 10 Ball breakpot to start and then tournament entries add to it. Next you sell tickets for 2 hours before drawing a ticket and giving a player the chance to break and run. If the player makes a ball on the break and runs 5 and gets hooked, he decides to stop shooting and if the pot is at $50 a ball makes $300. However, if he misses at any point or doesn't make a ball on the break he doesn't get anything. Usually break pots are done on really tight tables. Manny Chau snapped mine off when it was $100 a ball a couple of weeks ago.
Now for why they exist...To get people in the door. Usually around the $100 a ball mark and up more people start to play in the tournament and show up to buy tickets for the break pot. More people means more alcohol sales and good marketing. At some point you start to sell more tickets than what the pot is even worth and it becomes a perpetual advertising and sales generator that will go as long as there is a reserve for the pot and somebody doesn't break and run 3 weeks in a row.
Thanks for taking the time to write
Thanks for taking the time to write such a long story about me. Aloha :thumbup:
Thanks for taking the time to write such a long story about me. Aloha :thumbup:
Depending on the pot size, the balls are worth a portion of the total
We have break and run contests here in Texas where you buy tickets for $1 apiece, then there's a drawing and if your ticket is selected you win.
Some places let you select a player, some make you shoot it yourself. Depending on the pot size, the balls are worth a portion of the total ie: $1000 pot in 10 ball would equal $100 a ball.
I have never participated in one that is 10k, although there have been several I've won in the 5k range. I won the JR POCKETS one in Denton two days ago for $2000. - I've not "dogged" any shots in a competition, although I did miss one in 2011 (because I didn't use TOI)
'the GAME is the teacher'
We have break and run contests here in Texas where you buy tickets for $1 apiece, then there's a drawing and if your ticket is selected you win.
Some places let you select a player, some make you shoot it yourself. Depending on the pot size, the balls are worth a portion of the total ie: $1000 pot in 10 ball would equal $100 a ball.
I have never participated in one that is 10k, although there have been several I've won in the 5k range. I won the JR POCKETS one in Denton two days ago for $2000. - I've not "dogged" any shots in a competition, although I did miss one in 2011 (because I didn't use TOI)
'the GAME is the teacher'
Send your granny down to Texas
Send your granny down to Texas and we'll get her running out in no time. :thumbup:
This guy dropped a few notches in my estimation when I heard him passing on the "cllimate change" nonsense in one of his broadcasts. It's sad when careers are threatened when the orthodoxy isn't maintained.
As far as finding a good instructor, I like the old adage:
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
If CJ can get my grandmother to run a six pack then I'll buy his CD's.
Send your granny down to Texas and we'll get her running out in no time. :thumbup:
The most important factor is you don't have to make near as many choices.
TOI works for all games in the same manner. What you will find is using TOI is a different game entirely. This sounds like a "general" answer is coming, however, I can go into as much detail as necessary. The most important factor is you don't have to make near as many choices.
Even in one pocket there is usually just one choice, sometimes two, depending on ball count, and "risk reward" considerations. When you spin the cue ball you have a wide range of things you can do, therefore a wide range of choices you have to make.
Many players think this is a good thing, I recommend they reconsider this because "less is more" in pocket billiards.
I played one pocket last night for two hours and played a "world class speed" the entire time. The player I was competing against is very accomplished and rarely got more than a couple of balls in a game. My game stays at a very high level and I spend most of my time teaching, not playing.
This is the first time in my lifetime I can do both the same, without conflict. There was a time, not to long ago that teaching hindered my playing, and now that I've been concentrating on the Touch of Inside the game is the easiest it's ever been for me to play, and enjoy.
The ending ball count was somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 to 32. He actually made many of his balls when he used TOI (he uses it unconsciously), he just doesn't realize the secret is doing it every time. Maybe he'll figure it out on his own, he'll probably never ask, and I'll probably never try to tell him 'The Game is the Teacher'
In conclusion:
TOI is better to use in eight-ball in most shots, however, you have to look for the shot. This isn't something that happens over night, so be patience, but at the same time you have to know the shot is always there.
If I was there I could show you the shot every time, so you can believe, the challenge is to stay with it and commit to mastering your TOI shot, like I suggest in the video.
Spin is ONLY necessary when you're changing an angle off the cushion or curving the cue ball. Very rarely is there an exception and if you have any specific examples I'll be happy to show you this is accurate and true.
TOI works for all games in the same manner. What you will find is using TOI is a different game entirely. This sounds like a "general" answer is coming, however, I can go into as much detail as necessary. The most important factor is you don't have to make near as many choices.
Even in one pocket there is usually just one choice, sometimes two, depending on ball count, and "risk reward" considerations. When you spin the cue ball you have a wide range of things you can do, therefore a wide range of choices you have to make.
Many players think this is a good thing, I recommend they reconsider this because "less is more" in pocket billiards.
I played one pocket last night for two hours and played a "world class speed" the entire time. The player I was competing against is very accomplished and rarely got more than a couple of balls in a game. My game stays at a very high level and I spend most of my time teaching, not playing.
This is the first time in my lifetime I can do both the same, without conflict. There was a time, not to long ago that teaching hindered my playing, and now that I've been concentrating on the Touch of Inside the game is the easiest it's ever been for me to play, and enjoy.
The ending ball count was somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 to 32. He actually made many of his balls when he used TOI (he uses it unconsciously), he just doesn't realize the secret is doing it every time. Maybe he'll figure it out on his own, he'll probably never ask, and I'll probably never try to tell him 'The Game is the Teacher'
In conclusion:
TOI is better to use in eight-ball in most shots, however, you have to look for the shot. This isn't something that happens over night, so be patience, but at the same time you have to know the shot is always there.
If I was there I could show you the shot every time, so you can believe, the challenge is to stay with it and commit to mastering your TOI shot, like I suggest in the video.
Spin is ONLY necessary when you're changing an angle off the cushion or curving the cue ball. Very rarely is there an exception and if you have any specific examples I'll be happy to show you this is accurate and true.
The awesome thing about using TOI is there are few decisions
When I'm playing full speed I average one game every 72 seconds. My first pro tournament in Reno I played a match with Steve Mizerak that went 10/10 and I ran the last rack they said in less than a minute (I believe it may have been closer to 72 seconds).
The awesome thing about using TOI is there are few decisions to make. You know you're hitting the inside of the cue ball, you know the shot speed and you know how to create the angle using the '3 Part Pocket System'.......it really does make the game easy and fun to play, every day, in every way. 'the GAME is the teacher'
160 to 32.........hmmmm, 192 balls total, a minimum of 24 games if the score was 8-0 every game. So probably about 18-20 games played in 2 hours????.......TOI was working that night!!About 1 game every 6 minutes, wow!
When I'm playing full speed I average one game every 72 seconds. My first pro tournament in Reno I played a match with Steve Mizerak that went 10/10 and I ran the last rack they said in less than a minute (I believe it may have been closer to 72 seconds).
The awesome thing about using TOI is there are few decisions to make. You know you're hitting the inside of the cue ball, you know the shot speed and you know how to create the angle using the '3 Part Pocket System'.......it really does make the game easy and fun to play, every day, in every way.
'the GAME is the teacher'
When I'm playing full speed I average one game every 72 seconds. My first pro tournament in Reno I played a match with Steve Mizerak that went 10/10 and I ran the last rack they said in less than a minute (I believe it may have been closer to 72 seconds).
The awesome thing about using TOI is there are few decisions to make. You know you're hitting the inside of the cue ball, you know the shot speed and you know how to create the angle using the '3 Part Pocket System'.......it really does make the game easy and fun to play, every day, in every way.
I see the advertisement, but I don't see where you put how much this TOI costs.
Right now, the poll is running about 3 to 1 that CJ has at least, somebody paying attention to his posts. Unfortunately, it's the opposite for haters versus fans. I predict it'll go even further apart. 5 or 6 to 1 possibly, as soon as the silent majority wakes up and starts voting. 
Best,
Mike
Best,
Mike
You think 80% of AzB posters can't tell the difference between CJ's "suggestions" and common sense? That's a sad commentary.Right now, the poll is running about 3 to 1 that CJ has at least, somebody paying attention to his posts. Unfortunately, it's the opposite for haters versus fans. I predict it'll go even further apart. 5 or 6 to 1 possibly, as soon as the silent majority wakes up and starts voting.
Best,
Mike
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