Recent content by tobyjoe

Sounds to me like you need to do a couple of non-break-related things, such as practicing playing safe and practicing tough shots. Ask yourself this next time you're left "without a shot" after a break: "Would Efren be able to get out from here?" If your answer is consistently "No" -- that is...

WAIT A FREAKING MINUTE! I thought this was a BUMPER POOL forum. Oh, jeez. You guys play on those toy 9x4.5 tables? Haha. You're just a bunch of weenies playing on those things. The REAL action happens on the bumper table. :)

Yeah, that's a foul... Well, it depends. If it's truly simultaneous, it would be. If it hits the cushion first, it would be. If it hits the object ball first, it would not be. But you'd need high-speed photography or a very attentive referee to call it accurately. If it's so close you can't...

I got a battered copy of Winning One Pocket and I can now see shots I've never noticed. I can't make them to save my life. My game, lately, seems to have dropped off big time. It was never anywhere impressive to begin with, but when I've played in the last week or so I miss banks by a diamond...

Different cusion required. Why? Themz tha rulez. At least BCA rules...

Kick in an extra $40 and get a Dominiak. I bet Zim can hook you up with a cheap shipping on a Plain Jane. If you can get the Dominator shaft, you'll really enjoy it, I bet.

mikko - no, i went there LOOKING for one pocket matches. only found one or two, and i already had them. when i get some time (so swamped at work) i'll set up a persistent account on there and maybe rip some of the videos i've bought over the year.

For anyone not trapped in the horrible world of Windows, there are clients for *nix and Mac OS X as well. I'm an OS X guy and grabbed Direct Connect from VersionTracker.com. At work, I'm behind a pretty strict firewall, and switched to passive mode and all was well. I didn't really find too...

Say you just broke and dropped 5 balls. You run the four, and need another. Do you spot up all five at once, or just the one you need? I imagine this would happen with handicapped matches or people who owe 3-4 balls but start running out.

A friend here in DC plays with a Lambros, and the points are shockingly long and sharp. It's an amazing cue. When I can run 100 in straight pool I'm gonna buy myself one. If Lamros is still alive in 20 years, that is, haha.

Dude, it was a JOKE! I saw a moment to make an ironic comment and took it! Hehe. Sorry, man. Don't take it personally! You know how sometimes you just can't leave the potential joke alone, right? I'm all for people speaking freely, whether it's due to their right or just the fact that they have...

Asking someone to tone it down a bit has nothing to do with free speech as provided by our (US) government. People drastically misinterpret and misapply that phrase constantly. If I were in charge, I'd imprison anyone who misused it in a sentence. Hehe.

You're all mistaken. It wasn't even a real 9 ball. It was a trained gerbil painted to LOOK like a 9 ball. Oldest trick in the book. I know the particular gerbil he used, and he is suing over his share of the million.

"Is it mear coincidence that the players with these names are all top players? Or does thier name give them a little edge? " I think there's an option you aren't recognizing, and it's the answer to your question: they get the nicknames because they're top players. The only time a nickname...

To act as an (unsolicited) interpreter here, I think Bruin has a point in that you don't get to see whether the 9 dropped on the break, etc. But to Don's credit, there is more to breaking than whether you make a ball. Assuming you have a good snap, you WILL make a ball most of the time. The...