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Last bimp before they go into cold storage. Lou Figueroa

So I'm playing 1pocket with a guy of Eastern European descent today -- he's been living in the States forever but still has that Teddy KGB accent. We've played many times before. And at one point mid-session I put him in a particularly grievous situation. He's got no escape, balls around my...

aaaaagh! Wasn't that a Balabuska shaft?! Lou Figueroa

So, watching a bit of this my question is: what happened to the cue with no ferrule? Lou Figueroa nice play anywhos, Bob

To me, pool is very much like poker. If you're not betting something to keep everyone from drawing to inside straights and going all in every pot you need a bet to keep things in line. Lou Figueroa

It's cold that time of year -- you don't want to swim the river, sometimes it freezes. Lou Figueroa

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the word "Mexicans" to describe... well, players from Mexico, lol. Having played in southern California, Texas, and Arizona and having ended up playing a lot of "Mexicans," that's what you call them and there is nothing offensive about it...

I think if you love the game, you are interested in the history of the game. This is some early, elementary type stuff but still cool. And, as I've noted before -- if you learn just one thing, or gain one insight into your own game from a book or a match -- that's money. Lou Figueroa

It's from Mosconi's "Winning Pocket Billiards," otherwise known as "the blue book." In an earlier volume, "Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards," udder wise known as "the red book," he has a variation. Lou Figueroa

Might have been this. Lou Figueroa

Bimp.

Justin played in our mini-1pocket event a month ago, hung with everyone, and looked great. Lou Figueroa of course the sumbitch won it, lol

I hesitate to write this because it's somewhat personal but, here it is. One morning very early this year I was practicing on my favored table in the back of pool hall. A young woman walked in with a small boy. I'm terrible at guessing the ages of kids but he was somewhere before a tween --...

Personal set, gently used, no scratches or chips. $225 PP shipped in the US Lou Figueroa

Well, all I know is that I have been in plenty of rooms across the country in which the owner, player or not has not kept the tables up. Rails, cloth, balls. So hearing about a table or two that has fallen into disrepair does not surprise me. Anyone who thinks they’re going to find pristine...