Yeah you got a point there.
In my prime in the '80s in N.J. you had to be close to world class to beat me.
Fast forward to now at 74 years old I can still beat up the other 70 years old's but the young guns are real tough now.
What was the first time you realized you’re a strong player?
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In my prime in the '80s in N.J. you had to be close to world class to beat me.
Fast forward to now at 74 years old I can still beat up the other 70 years old's but the young guns are real tough now.
That's all true, but it doesn't mean a snooker cue is better for pool.
Same for me!
What do you think your Fargo Rate would have been in your prime if it had existed back then?Not yet!
Danny D. told me I was a shortstop for life and I believed him.
After I prevailed over a player that was rated to be very good.
After my first victory, it might be he played bad or I was lucky.
Then after beating him again on different days, I started wondering.
A week later when I beat him for the 3rd straight time, I knew I was.
After my first victory, it might be he played bad or I was lucky.
Then after beating him again on different days, I started wondering.
A week later when I beat him for the 3rd straight time, I knew I was.
Some of the pool cues of today are little different than snooker cues other than the usual flat cutaway in the back of most snooker cues. It really depends a lot on the game you play and how you play it. I have played pool with a snooker cue way back when. It suited my style and worked well. Then again, when Ronnie played in the IPT he started off with a snooker cue and soon swapped to a pool cue. Hard to get much more expert than Ronnie.
I would give a snooker cue another try to play one pocket I think. The snooker cue had touch to put a pool cue to shame! The CF plays more like ash than maple best I remember ash, been a long time. Some snooker cues are maple anyway. Now the tips are getting smaller. Gonna be hard to tell a pool cue and snooker cue apart pretty soon!
Hu
There is a line someone uses on here "To the bangers I'm a pro, to the pros I'm a banger". That's about how I feel.
Came from the Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen. "The suckers say I am a gambler, the gamblers say I am a sucker" or pretty close. I modified it for pool and used it way back when myself. Now even the suckers think I am a sucker!
Hu
Yes. A true player would never start a thread like this either.You too, hey???
Yes, Ronnie is a natural, but let's not get carried away. With a $350,000 first prize available at the 2006 IPT Las Vegas 8-ball, Ronnie was a non-factor, finishing tied for 37th. Let's not pretend that Ronnie could show up to major pool events and expect to beat the best at will.
A couple hundred, more or less.
Actually, based on rated players I see today, maybe at my best. I would have been a low .700. I ran out pretty good in 9-Ball with an open rack, and could often run 4,5 and 6 balls when I got a shot in One Pocket. Neither of which I can do any more. I played a full speed better in Banks, but that was a game I might get action in once a year. It took a strong banker to beat me. I still have my moments playing that game. For recent references I would refer you to Fatboy, Bobby Leblanc, Max Eberle and Billy Cardone.
When I was 16. I haven't played that well in decades 
I remember the exact date! Sept 9, 2011. My son’s 12th birthday party, none of his punk friends could beat me.
In my teens I thought I was a strong player when I started beating all my friends and relatives. Then in my 20s I entered some small tournaments and found out I was only average in those circles. So I kept playing until I started winning a lot of them. Then I thought I was a strong player. So I entered a qualifier for a pro event and had to play the tournament director first round. He was pushing 70 years old and was a former pro. He moved the cue ball so smooth that I was mesmerized. And he was an over the hill pro. I found out I was no where near a pro. So I kept playing and donated in several pro tournaments and beat a couple of pros a match and only got in the lower money a time or two. So in the small pool rooms I was considered a strong player, in the big rooms above average and in the pro circles a really weak player. I am almost 60 now and even though my game is not what it used to be the above senerios would still pretty much be true.
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Same for me. My dad always played to win - because he said the day I beat him I would know that I did so fair and square. I was probably around the same age.
I consider myself a good player - but not a great one. Some nights in league play in Chicago I would play above my skill level... and feel on top of the world. But for me I get just as much pleasure out of playing on my own personal table, by myself, and having a good run where everything comes together the way you want it to. I rarely take pleasure from beating someone, unless they are an ass, but I do take pleasure in a good game. Just like I don't mind losing to someone who plays a good game - to me it is a pleasure to watch.