Recent content by Bert van Manen

If the ticky gets two points, you're in the wrong league. :)

I remember that shot. Beauty.

Literally. He's a prize winner in (I think) ballroom dancing. Forgive me if I use the wrong term.

Best dancer in billiards.

A halfway decent balkline player can make 600 points in that game if he's drunk and has his left wrist cuffed to his right ankle.

In pool, one moment of vanity or a desire to gamble can cost you the match. 3C is a little more forgiving, sometimes you can put your money on drawing to an inside straight, hoping it pays off. If you miss and he runs 8, just smile and own it.

My question is: what's the point of that triangle on a 3C table?

The people who do not like this choice of shot probably think it is too low-percentage. "Beautiful when it comes off, but it hardly ever does." I can sympathize with that, but there is a second side to the coin. Those who don't like the shot, never play it and it will therefore stay...

https://www.knbb.nl/nieuws/een-half-uurtje-klaar?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2EgakZa8mLHhPgUcpD2TjeHK_0xTs6WZba-LG0y-PVg4V9qUnKWm8bX9w_aem_To0xNJziJs6BWQgPWnbY2w Raymund Swertz making 200 pts in 71/2 in a little over half an hour. This is about as well as that game CAN be played.

I had the honor of playing him in the Dutch League a few months ago. He beat me fair and square, at 87 years of age, 40-34 in 32 innings. He closed it out with a textbook-perfect run of 9.

I've known the one and only Mr. 3Cushion for 45 years now. He's a fountain of knowledge and experience. He's 87 years old and lives near Mechelen, Belgium.

Good for you!

Thx Bud.

The 2024 Dutch Masters winner and 2005 World Championship runner-up Jean Paul de Bruijn has made a run of 26 in the Belgian League. His monumental effort came in the second inning, and he won the match 40-19 in 13. Only eight runs (documented, refereed) of 26 had been made in history, three of...

Glenn Hofman from the Netherlands, currently 21st on the UMB players ranking.