Recent content by alphadog

Fun times indeed.

Your reading comprehension is better then that.😉

Well obviously less congestion with a lower # of balls on the table , but breaking dry means the incoming player has a full rack and yet the runout % was higher then the breaker continuing after a successful break.

Played a guy cheap 8 ball moving the coin. Flat top Valley just recovered and played quite well. If either of us broke and made a ball or balls we only ran out maybe 20%. Now if we made more balls , 4 or more , the % was probably 75%. If we broke dry the incoming player would run out 50%+ of...

Randy G came thru ! Perry "The Hitman" Fisher.

I think Mark Wilson's book is great. I learned from it and I also found that if you lend a book to a friend you have to remember which friend.

Talked to Randy he says man was named Perry but Randy couldn't remember his last name. Perry was a McDermott dealer and also staked Mondo Canales. Randy thinks Perry died from cancer a number of years ago.

Interesting the Fast and Loose was a story in the Snap magazine. The hitman was the poolplayer. I believe Robbie Shoemaker wrote them. Randy G probably knows about this.

Where is that damn Maze For Old People?

Sounds like my first job interview after college. I told the interviewer i couldn't see myself working 65 hours a week for a crabapple on the end of a stick. Had to explain that to him and it was then that he thanked me for giving him the incentive to look for a better company to work for.

My bad I have a friend who is related to Joel and 4 years ago he said something like i wish I got a Hercek before he passed?? I guess I didn't hear him correctly or he misspoke?

Since Joel is passed yeah that would be a tall order.

My experience is these level of cues are made in the shop by someone other then the owner. So for me it is hard to justify the price.