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I lost $200 betting on Warren the first night when he gave Tony the 7 in an 8-ahead session. The next night I won $500 betting on Warren when he spotted Tony the 8 in a 9-ahead session. Warren wasn't feeling well the first night and played below his best. He was feeling a little better the...

Where does the Blble say that gambling (if playing a game of skill for money is even gambling) is a sin? It's not a sin to give a person money, so why is it a sin if one makes the winning of a game the condition for giving the money? As long as I can afford it, I don't believe there is...

Does anybody remember Paddy's 711 (sp?) in Manhattan? I remember stopping in there one night around one a.m. and this fellow came up to be and asked if I would like to buy a diamond ring. I asked him to show it to me. He pointed to a gentleman standing several feet away and said, "See that...

Seems to me I remember a Jack and Jill's around Baltimore more than 30 years ago (not the J and J's in Arlington, VA, but one in Baltimore). Could it be that Bill and Billie's resurrected the former name?

I'd like to agree with you, but that was not how it was said, and there was no group of Filopinos in the vicinity. Someone explained to me that there is some animosity due to the fact that Filopinos play in American tournaments, whereas Americans are not permitted to compete in their tourneys...

I was out of pool for a number of years. Boy was I surprised...and disappointed...when I returned to find the rule changes designed to make pool more interesting to lay people and also to make pool better for television. I guess it was well meant. But do you have to ruin something to save it...

One caution! Tight as possible seems to make sense.....but one caution! Tables in the room where I play were covered by an inexperienced mechanic. He pulled the cloth too tightly over the "rails." This caused ripples in the leading edge of the rails, and consequently, unpredictable...

I can't go along with your "What would Jesus do" argument. I can't envision Jesus becoming a soldier and killing others in defense of his country either, but that doesn't mean Jesus is against soldiers or the right of a country to defend itself. In fact, there's a story in the New Testament...

I've been going throught this search ofr the best grip over the past few years myself. I started with a "slip stroke" but it was too loose and difficult to control. Like you I have small hands. When I try to close my grip between my thumb and index finger there is some slight tension, even...

The first thing that attracted me was the challenge, since I was completely lacking in eye-hand coordination. The second thing was the guy who won my fifty cents the first time I played pool. I practiced and practiced until I could beat him...which I did. Unfortunately, while practicing...

People don't want cleaned-up pool I believe as you do that they should stop trying to "clean up" the image of pool and instead focus on the gambling. That's what will fire up the public imagination in the end. I do believe that sponsors putting up large sums of cash is just around the...

Efren Rules! The way one pool player put it in Louieville last year...there are a number of great pool players, and then there is Efren! Another commented...he's not great___he's supernatural! My advice is that you get wome more tapes. THe comment that you were probably watching one-pocket...

I'm sure you're right; i.e., that it was an uncharacteristic [though regretable] occurrence. I simply reported what I witnessed. I certainly wouldn't want his livelihood or product endorsements threatened in any way. My hat's off to anyone who dares to try and eke out a living in this often...

Nobody was rude to Johnny On the contrary, Johnny was the only one rude in this instance. The only out loud talking took place immediately after Django had sunk a particular shot, which only could have wiggled its way into the pocket due to the extraordinary stroke he put on that shot. I was...