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Try spotting someone all the breaks......

Stupid is what stupid does

kind of sad.........

If physical evidence (original uninterrupted video) is not made public...this is how you destroy the game of pool forever.....Having a huge media giant like NYT print a story that turns out to be unsubstantiated or found to be false, ends all credibility for the game of pocket billiards. Player...

find your best pace of play and focus on pocketing speed.

Shoot the shot for the point and play safety to the top of the rack. Takes a lot of discipline to win in straight pool.

Bell tip shaft Best player to use the "bell tip" shaft regularly was Cicero Murphy back in the 60's. No sure if he played with a Balabushka...maybe.

Consider your options If you can't confidently shoot the shot and get shape on the next shot consider playing safe. Never shoot a low % hard shot if you will have nothing after....(a shot or safety). Play a safe if it is the easier % shot. A safety battle will break his momentum and slow him...

Gamesmanship Some of these attempts at deception seem foolish and amateurish with likely poor results. People who are willing to gamble for significant sums of money will not be fooled so easily. If you succeed it will likely be a cheap score and pretty much done for the sake of entertainment...

Live Link Thanks for the link.....great game so far.

Next best thing..... "The next best thing to winning is loosing..... the worst is no action at all." You don't really gamble for money....money is how you keep score. It's a bad jones.

Spot n Cue on Lincoln Rd, Spinelli's at Albemarle and Flatbush, Action Billiards on Church Ave, Colligate Billiards on Nostrand Ave, Triangle on Ocean Avenue, Brighton Billiards in Brighton Beach All in Brooklyn NY

The next best thing to winning is loosing...the worst possible thing is no action at all. Requiem of a gambler

Hi Just like to say Sam Kong ran 202 in a qualifier for the World Championship back in the late 70s. It was at High Run Billiards on Queens Blvd in NY. Not sure of the year but Sam got knocked out by Erving Crane during the first round of the tournament...I think it was at the Commador Hotel or...

this is the shot......