Recent content by JDB

This place continues to astound me, but makes me laugh, too, lol. I think Lou just speaks his mind. You should respect him for speaking up for the mostly unpopular opinion and keeping with his stance. Keep it up Lou!

pool player and integrity... that is funny.

Why does it suck??? You have a lot of interested people playing pool and generally the higher level players are playing against each other, who actually understand pool... is that such a bad thing? Who cares if there are some people that don't have the ambition to get better? That doesn't...

We just started Masters again last session after a 2 year hiatus. Instead of sending one of the teams from the session, we had a tournament where the top 3 would be sent as a team to compete in the Master's tournament. I won a spot, which I was not really expecting so now I am going to Vegas...

I doubt that because the seller is a respected member... would change his opinion (or mine) that the shipping is a rip off lol. But, hey, to each his own... And it probably would not stop me from buying them because they do look sweet.

LOL.. You are absolutely correct, of course. Point taken. Well said...

Exactly! This was exactly my point. Give the winner his due... I agree 100% with your entire post!

"I gave the game/set away" How many times have you heard this in pool? I find it both very funny and frustrating. This can be said by either player in most amateur matches because BOTH players have missed balls "to give away the game/match." 75%+ of amateur matches end when a player misses a...

Bingo! Was going to post the same thing.

I haven't read all the posts so sorry if someone already mentioned this but I think it depends on your mechanics... If you have textbook mechanics you can probably get away with a few hours a week to maintain your speed; however, those of us with more unorthodox mechanics probably need more...

replace difficulty with popularity and you would be more accurate. popularity = advertising = money

That is a very familiar story but with a different result. I am a decent but not great player (B at best) and went to a tournament one night that I heard about. There were a lot of younger guys (20 - 25, but not real players). I played (2) matches and went to the tournament director and told...

Pm Please see my PM and let me know. Thanks.

Congrats!!! Mr. Wechsler. I am happy for your win; you definitely deserved it. Although I am sure there have been many along the way, this is a pretty big one!!!! Congrats, again. Well deserved.