Recent content by Taxi

IMO Yapp's position shot from the 3 to the 4 may have been the greatest shot of the entire match, given the tiny window and the pressure of the situation. The speed control necessary to prevent being snookered was on the level of what Gorst did last year in the final game to get from the 1 to...

What I said was that I like a variety of breaking speeds. I liked Corey's because at the time it was unique, and because he'd obviously put in the necessary time to perfect it. It's not as if he were Barry Bonds on Mark McGwire taking steroids to gain an advantage. Seems to me that the...

I've never quite understood the bitching about soft breaks, but if they're such a problem why not just set a minimum cue ball speed and cut out all the subjectivity? Personally I like seeing a variety of breaking speeds and techniques, from vintage Earl to vintage Corey Deuel. If it works, it...

I started playing pool in mostly Black or racially mixed DC area pool rooms, and I remember many of those players you mention. Back when Bus Driver Ronnie first started playing at Guys and Dolls in Silver Hill, MD, he'd walk in and loudly announce "OKAY, WHO WANTS TO GAMBLE? I'M HERE TO DO...

Link to the table 4 youtube stream? I tried every possible way of googling it, but all I'm getting are videos of past tournaments. The WNT streams are easy to access and are all working perfectly.

Fedor Gorst vs Mr. October!

Wasn't it Earl who started all this jumping on the table crap? I get the feeling that now everyone does it just to follow the herd. OTOH it would've been kind of comical to see some of the older players like Miz or Buddy try to jump onto a table. I think Buddy had the right pose after he won...

Thanks. No idea why nothing else worked, but your link did the job.

Does anyone have direct link to table 4? Everything that worked before isn't working today. All I'm getting is videos of the previous days.

I watched that match because both Shuff and Eberle used to play all the time in local tournaments in Rockville, MD. Back then Max was skinny, beardless, and had long black hair. Of course this was in the late 90's. Brandon looks older, but basically not that different than he was back then...

1. Ban jump cues 2. Use bar box tables as heating fuel 3. All safes must be called, or your opponent gets the option of making you shoot again. One "two way" shot allowed per rack.

The only line I've heard more than "I paid my way through college hustling pool" is "I used to play minor league baseball". And then they can't even name the team they played on.

"Would you care for a beer before we start?"

To me that was the highlight shot of the match. What a combination of power stroke and the ability to foresee the long path the cue ball had to travel. Thanks for pulling it up, because now I know exactly where to find it.

In the old Brass Rail in Durham, NC, there was a local sweater named Wayne Dixon who used to ask every road player if he wanted to gamble. When the road player said, "Maybe. What's the bet, and for how much?" Wayne would reply "I'll bet you a hundred dollars that my d**k is littler than...