Recent content by sunnyone

Classic woofing from TR ... “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or when the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives...

Suggestion for the header -- insert the word 'pool' between 'clean' and 'balls'. Sunny

Tossing my derby into the Derby discussion … The DCC has become a spot of bother so far as many players and spectators are concerned. I’ve attended only once, so I don’t pretend to understand the complexities and challenges. However, I have gone to numerous business conferences, conventions...

As Damon R. once noted ... "One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in...

Make it the coolest that I’ve ever seen. How? Focus. Focus on the TV table. Live-streaming has come so far over the past few years. Quality, reliability, availability. But too often, the TV table sits empty; or hosts players some of us have little interest in watching. The streamers and...

I invested in the 50th anniversary Texas Open stream to catch the one-pocket action. But while I was channel-surfing, I came across the finals of the Scotch doubles. Sky Woodward and Billy Thorpe each had a talented female partner. But I found myself rooting for Sky’s gal, a petite gamin who...

How about including that most basic of pool-streaming services — showing the ball count for each game? The video quality is good, the commentators are blue-ribbon. (Although they could benefit from describing the action in front of them rather than talking through it.) Another question — why...

New Yorkers learn that mantra in the crib; perhaps in the womb. So, I met this cue-maker at a social event. We got to talking and he ended up discounting a never-used cue by 20%. Back story: he had custom-made it for a left-player who had fallen on hard times. I’m right-handed — hence the...

Boy, has live-streaming (pool-edition) come a long way. Concomitant with video improvements, there has been an uptick in the quality of commentary. Dr. Billy was an early articulator of the action, personalities, history, and prophetic shot-by-shot evaluations. Like him or loathe him (place me...

Okay, my first DCC. Coming from a non-professional tournament-observer’s perspective … the event was simply astounding. For the first time, I got to see Efren, Gorst, Filler, T-Rex, SVB, Shaw, Alex, and so many others — in-person, in-action. Even though my visit was truncated at both ends...

When Efren began his graceful glide into retirement, my favorite one-pocket player to watch became T-Rex. Now, Alex has a more outgoing personality, and many believe he’s a better player; perhaps the best. But for sheer shot-delight … give me Tony. Dennis has amazing skills, but his...

I wonder if chalk is included. I wouldn't consider buying the table otherwise. Sunny

You’ll probably want to expedite your order: https://www.bugatti.com/lifestyle/ixo-pool-table/ Sunny

He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. LV has a line of pool tables that look pretty sporty: https://us.louisvuitton.com/eng-us/magazine/articles/billiards-2020#the-selection Sunny

So Alex is spotting T-Rex 9-to-8 in a one-pocket match — a four-day race to 36 games. With what appears to be a consequential amount of spondulicks in the middle. My guess — with zero empirical evidence to back it up — is that a 10-to-9 race would tilt the odds a little in the favor of the...