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You are definitely on the right track by trying to figure things out for yourself. Advice for 8-ball depends somewhat on how good the opposition is. If your opponent cannot clear the table with a push broom, strategy doesn't matter much. Let's assume that the players are evenly matched...

A Bounce Not A Jump The smash-through is a great shot, but even pros hang up their cues if you do it very often. It shows them that they are in way over their heads and many wisely head for the rack. Here's a free tip for bar table players using overweight cue balls. The "fish?hook shot is...

Whitey Had A Close Call When I was a baby in Detroit, I got broke and sold my Rambow and the cue case to a fellow named Jimmy Cox. Cox showed me some of the action joints and he was busy with a $20 game using his new Rambow. The cue case was under the table. Before long I saw a guy who turned...

Hello, I'm the infamous R Givens who writes for Pool & Billiard Magazine. I did quite a few interviews with top players for the magazine, but I never got any response from readers. Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna just posted an interview I did with Jim Mataya, I'd like your opinion of what you...

Freddy did an interview with a Chicago TV station discussing his career etc. What do you guys think. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_jS7CmqDcEM Did anyone see it live?

Avoiding Kisses Freddy "the Beard" has instruction for banks with kisses on his DVD set Banks That Don't Go? But Do! http://www.8-ballbible.com/bankdvd.html

Beard's Blog Running http://www.bankingwiththebeard.blogspot.com/ So is Freddy the Beard's site. Freddy has movie clips, links, an enormous blog and lots of cues, books, DVDs and pool memorabilia for sale. There's a section on the late great Bugs Rucker and a clip of one of Rucker's...

Tevis wrote a good book. However, there is not an iota of doubt that "Minnesota Fats" was modeled on "New York Fats" (aka Rudolph Wonderone). There was no other top money player with "Fats" in their nickname. Rudolph Wonderone had been on the pool scene since the 1920s and whether Fats ever beat...

Fats Could Shoot! Like a lot of blowhards McGoorty never had a good word for anybody. He even insulted Jake Schafer Jr for beating his brains out in exhibitions (a left-handed compliment). I saw Fats play many times and no one present was doing back flips to bet against Fatty. (Fats got me...

Since I was mainly an 8-ball player when I could still shoot a little, there were only 3 or 4 shots in the BANKS THAT DON'T GO? BUT DO! collection that I knew were playable (didn't know the method though). Unlike one pocket and bank pool players, when a ball was hanging in the pocket that's...

See Sample Clips? Banks That Don't Go? But Do! SAMPLE CLIPS FROM BANKS THAT DON'T GO? BUT DO! CAN BE SEEN AT? http://www.8-ballbible.com/bankdvd.html

Do You Stiff Waitresses Too??? I'm with the players. Pool is a lousy career choice, incomewise. Being a champion in any other sport mandates multi-million dollar pay days. Tiddley wink champions probably make more than pool players. The income proposition and the necessity of hustling kept me...

Dirty Pool With Illustration http://CueTable.com/B/?@4CaMa4HWjh4JPWb3KDAb3NYKO2ODIY1PTCL4WaMW4WbsB1kTCL4kUad4kYvW@ Hope the illustration shows this time. This is a play I saw Cornbread Red shoot in a blood bucket called Paul's Bar in Detroit when I was a kid. Red was playing a fair...

Dirty Pool With Illustration http://CueTable.com/B/?@4CaMa4HWjh4JPWb3KDAb3NYKO2ODIY1PTCL4WaMW4WbsB1kTCL4kUad4kYvW@ I think I figured the illustration gimmick. This is a play I saw Cornbread Red shoot in a blood bucket called Paul's Bar in Detroit when I was a kid. Red was playing a fair...

re: Dirty Pool in a tough joint http://CueTable.com/B/?@4Calc4HWji3JCjW3KYsG2LJMV1PTCX4Walc4WcYu1kTCX4kaEW4kYvU@ I haven't figured how to get a table diagram to display but the address above goes to the illustration. This is a play I saw Cornbread Red shoot in a blood bucket called Paul's...