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sjm replied to the thread Best Current Pool Players 70+ Years Old?.No idea whether any of them still plays, but Kim Davenport, Allen Hopkins and Jim Rempe are all over 70. Dallas West is in his mid-80s... -
sjm reacted to Jaden's post in the thread Are Junior players being set up for a tough life? with
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Life can be funny. I got out of the military because I wanted to be home for my family. Ended up traveling 50% in IT for work, then... -
sjm replied to the thread I saw this reflection on chess...how accurate it is in pool?!.Not a bad rundown of the pitfalls into which a pool player can fall, and in every one of these categories you will find more than a few...
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Actually the most difficult issue in pool robots is the difference in conditions, the variability of cushions, etc. That's one of the...
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sjm replied to the thread Happy Anniversary.This topic comes up often on the forum, and the general opinion is that Efren was not top ten ever at 9ball. I'd put him in my top...
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sjm replied to the thread Happy Anniversary.Still, you made an uplifting post, so it's all good. In addition, this match introduced the long race format to most of the world. At...
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sjm replied to the thread Happy Anniversary.Nice post. I have no idea exactly when the match occurred (I know it was in 1986) but if the match was on May 4, 1996, as you...
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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... -
sjm replied to the thread Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?.... so this is what it's like to be part of an NPR thread. The theme to which many subscribe seems to be "If you are young and show any...
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sjm replied to the thread Justin Bergman is on a mission.Agreed. For many events, including the majors, there can be little, or even no, record of the players that played and did not cash.
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sjm replied to the thread Justin Bergman is on a mission.Yeah, Joe was a friend of mine. He is considered among the best junior players of all time (a junior in what I believe was the late...
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In 2023 he lost to Jayson Shaw in round 5, Roland Garcia in round 6, at Derby. Maybe that is what you were thinking about. In the 2024...
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sjm replied to the thread Justin Bergman is on a mission.Thanks for the assistance. Yes, now it's coming back. That Shaw match was at Derby. Mike did, however, play the 2024 US Open at...
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sjm replied to the thread Justin Bergman is on a mission.I believe this is in error. I believe that Mike played in the US Open in either 2023 or 2024 but failed to cash. I remember chatting...
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sjm replied to the thread Justin Bergman is on a mission.Agreed. It doesn't take that many ranking points to be an auto-qualifier for Team USA. One good finish, like when Tyler Styer came 3rd...