Recent content by jay helfert

Yapp is in dead stroke! Leading 4-0 Yapp made another Godzilla run out! It's fun to watch a great player who is in form and full command of his game.

Look, I watched most of that match and they were both breaking to make the one in the side. And they were both successful most of the time. The hard part is controlling whitey after the break and that is a provenance of the pool Gods. At critical junctures in the match they both had to push out...

No worries, nothing bothers the Filipinos! They won't let idle banter get to them and Michael didn't to his credit.

Let's see how long it will take for the scorekeeper there to wake up. Inexcusable error!

Now I'm going to tell you why the Filipinos are dominant players. It's very simple. They play better under pressure, and top level pool is all about pressure.

Wrong score posted by Matchroom. Michael won that match, not Duong! Wake up MR!

The Sports Palace was a legendary room from the 1960's on. It was right there with LeCue in Houston and Congress Bowl in Miami as the most famous poolrooms in the South. Loved that place, day and night action with all kinds of players and people. I liked to hang out and take it all in.

I've seen him before, been around pool for a long time. Maybe from the New York area.

We made videos of the final three matches at the 1987 Sands Regency tournament. They featured Mike Sigel, David Howard and Allen Hopkins, all who were in their prime then. Beginning in 1988 Pat Fleming and Accu-Stats took over and began taping most of the big tournaments. Buddy, Earl and Efren...

Thanks Jeff, YES, I remember you! You got right in there and mixed it up with the best of them. You could damn sure play on those little boxes with that big ball!

I was there and you are 100% correct. The Filipinos appreciate good pool played by good people! The way it should be. For me personally one of the real highs of my early journeys to the Philippines was playing a money game and having people cheer for my good shots and applaud my run outs in...

Think long, think wrong!

Jose cleaned out Earl and a squad of backers playing Ten Ball the first time they met up.

WIN! He beat everybody for the cash. In truth, his cue ball control was superb. He rolled the ball more like Earl, but could do it with even better speed control, and did not require as much power to get position. He threaded the cue ball around the table like it was on radar. Buddy played all...

None of that matters right now! This is a moment to celebrate for Carlo! And I am.