Recent content by The_Brit_Pool_Player

This was gone over in another topic and I really can't understand the hatred or insistence by some that wearing a glove is stupid, not required, makes someone a poser etc etc. Why does it bother you so much what someone else feels it helps their game to wear a glove? I didn't wear a glove until...

I started playing again here with a house cue and then got a Mali cue from the 'for sale' cabinet at the pool hall. Got on with it well but longed for the feel of an ash cue like I had when i played 20+ years ago in the UK. Got myself a 2-piece ash with 10mm tip, brass ferrule. I love it and...

I'm curious what the normal protocol is for Double Elimination? I started playing in my local tournament about 5 months ago and managed a couple of 4th places. At Christmas I ended up with one loss and up against the guy left in the hot seat. He simply came up and said "we can split it and just...

It's all a mental game. That's what I figured after long talks with one of the top players at my local place. I was fortunate he took an interest in my revisiting the game after so long and very fortunate that he was coming up to me to play a few racks. I 've heard since he is picky about who...

Being the new guy around here I'll resist the urge to make any sarcastic response :D

:ROFLMAO: Non taken

Not sure that's true. Each to his own I would say. I have never used a closed bridge but then I'm from the UK. In my years of playing there I can never remember a single pool player using a closed bridge. It was one of those 'weird American things.' I've never seen a snooker playing use a...

When I started playing again a few months ago it was the first I had heard of 'Fargorate' so I was pretty keen to see what my rating might be once I started playing in the tournaments at my local pool hall. After 2 decent tournament results (23 robustness) it gave me a 550. The problem after...

THAT I would add that pool is one of the few games (snooker as well) were, at times. you have no control at all whether you are going to win or lose. You are a bystander to the skill of the person you are playing and there you nothing you can do to stop them breaking, running a table and taking...

If I could justify spending a lot of money on a cue it would be because I simply wanted to have a really nice-looking cue. Would I play any better than with my $150 ash 2-piece? I doubt it. I can just as easily miss a 4" shot with a $4k cue as a $150 one :LOL:

I never thought about washing them LOL I presumed these cheap one's were simply 'use and throw' :geek:

I had never used a glove before but my wife, who started to join my rediscovery of pool wanted to try one, so I did exactly that. Ordered a 3 pack from Ebay for $9 Must admit, the first time I tried one I noticed a different in how slippy the cue felt. Although I always cleaned my cue and used...

Only being back in the game for several months and also being 66yo I do find I need a 10 minute warmup even if just shooting pool with a local. I usually start with long straight shots to get my arm warmed up and running straight. I run a few balls along a rail and just off the rail down to a...

My own experience playing again after 25 years. Got the bug again at a local pool hall and for a few weeks used any decent cue off the rack. When I realized I really did want to get back into the game I ended up buying a Mali cue from a 'for sale' cabinet at the pool hall. 1985, beautiful cue...

I think that's what it comes down to for me. Not so much 'training' but simply what I have done since I can remember ever starting to play pool. As stated, there are moments I do look at OB last. I've not realized how much or when I do it until I started thinking about it. Obviously, my brain...