Recent content by lfigueroa

On what do you base your claim that it was probably a much easier table?! And no one is twisting themselves into pretzels. Setting up a table to chase a record is fine. It’s the other stuff I’ve mentioned that make it an issue. Lastly, I have no clue nor do I care what his politics are. Lou...

Mosconi ran balls like water 300 days of the year on whatever table he happen to encounter including 10’ tables. If John gets “barbecued” it’s for setting up an easy table and making who knows how many attempts over and over reputably using heaters under the table, fouling balls, and twisting...

There's no pass for nostalgia nor any other reason AND the conditions and specs on the table have long been an open part of the lore. Mosconi did not set up the table in question. He happened upon it the night he was scheduled for an exhibition at the East High Billiard Club in Springfield OH...

It's not one or the other but a mix -- you will learn from both. Lou Figueroa

FoS. You cannot count on crappola. Lou Figueroa

So look, that's a tough shot. The CB is going to go two rails and if you don't make you're selling something out. This is a shot that is especially sensitive to how fast the table is playing. Generally speaking, though I've made it, I'm not even thinking about it. Lou Figueroa

er, because it would drop in a neutral up table pocket? Lou Figueroa I hate trick questions

I think variations in equipment -- cloth and condition of the balls -- make reliable outcomes on this shot, well, unreliable. I can only think of one guy that would always shoot it and he was pretty good at it. Everyone else is going to play the safe. If I'm feeling jiggy with it I'll...

If you always want the best of it you are generally considered a nit. Lou Figueroa

If you don't play better players you're always going to be a player of limited means. Lou Figueroa always stuck never better to each their own

Since we're talking about the look of McDermotts, here's one Jim made for me mid-80s. Lou Figueroa

IMO, if you're really interested in being competitive and improving your game, you have to take the ocassional beating. You've got to see and experience the situations better players come up with, develop responses, execute said responses, and see what you get back. There's is no substitute...

Not that cue in the book. Lou Figueroa

That's pretty much it. I've had some of the younger guys play me $20 a game just to see how they measure up and I give a lot of respect to those guys doing it "old school." One I recently played told me it was his ambition to be able to play me even (not there yet, lol). I can tell you this...

12-6/12-5, never seen you play... I don't think so. That's the kind of weight perhaps a pro gives to someone who is completely, totally, and unforgivably helpless. I am not a pro and by your own account you are far from helpless. So all I can conclude is that you aren't really serious. Lou...