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    Gorst vs SVB, race to 40 for 20k

    I don't care for one extremely long match. I rather see multiple sets such as 4 out of 7 raced to 11 or something like that. One long set can become one sided for no particular reason and anti-climactic. While players do sometimes come back from a big deficit, it's highly unlikely in most cases.
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    Interesting youtube channel on old-time pool

    Source: YouTube https://share.google/XNfulE35cyWjY64Jb
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    The best one-handed jack-up players

    He doesn't play jacked up though. He Bridges off the rail sometimes like several feet.
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    I saw this reflection on chess...how accurate it is in pool?!

    Pool does contain a large element of luck. In pool you also requires a certain amount of physical dexterity taking years to perfect. The smartest player in the world could not beat an average player if he lacked the physical dexterity and practice to actually play the game.
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    This Keeps Happening

    Did you ever try filming the break? Meaning the balls from above or the best way you can. Then slow it down and study it. It might to see if there is actually a pattern. Try different break speeds and so on. When the balls are broken very few go right in. It is always from colliding with other...
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    Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

    How do you trust ai? Just this morning I was doing some research on an electronic part I want to buy. I was checking on manufacturers. I again discovered that AI would lie to me. It totally dependent on how I asked the question. First I asked the question if the company is a good dependable...
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    This Keeps Happening

    I just got to make a comment okay I'm almost 80 and I probably don't fit into today's pool anymore. But the fact is I don't like the template. I'd rather see the balls just racked whatever happens happens. The rack is tight, it's not tight. If a ball moves but no one notices it so be it...
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    Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

    While we're talking about playing pool, there's probably dozens of professions that a young person may want to go into that may be rewarding, at least to them. Right off the top of my head I would say being a professional musician, actor, artist, sculptor, furniture builder and any number of...
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    Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

    No, it's how I speak and write. My wife complains sometimes i sound like I am giving a lecture. I have a problem with AI myself in that you can't trust what it tells you. Just the other night I wanted to know the name of a movie I was watching. I googled the three actors and asked what movie...
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    Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

    Fiction writers are very imaginative and quite often get it right. Writers may conceive ideas from imagination plus observation but that's where they stop once they put it on paper. Someone else then takes that imagination and observation, adds innovation and creates a reality.
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    Help identifying Tim Scruggs year of manufacture if possible

    I know you're not going to do it, but if it was a custom made cue under the ramp will be all the information including the original owner. Tim would sometimes make a custom cue for a customer that was one of a kind. Except it wasn't, because he would repeat the design in later cues. He once...
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    For sweaty palms, which cue wrap style?

    I used to have a McDermott that had a cork wrap. I kind of liked it if I remember correctly it was a lot of years ago.
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    Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

    I believe that humans will evolve out of existence. In other words, we currently are not necessarily the best version of ourselves. A neanderthal would probably tear a current man apart. We have become smarter but weaker. Our innovations makes us less relevant or necessary and It is happening...
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    This Keeps Happening

    What do they do when racked with a regular triangle rack?
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