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It is, that's why I said Houston and Austin, since both of those are actually within a reasonable distance.

I guess I should also clarify that we aren't graded in the class based on performance. We are graded on participation and attentiveness I guess. Basically, if you show up and don't cause any trouble you get an A. The prof said its up to me what I use, since he watched me make better shots closed...

Thanks for all the replies guys. For the record, I live in central Texas, College Station to be exact. Our craigslist doesn't get as much stuff as Houston's or Austin's posted on it. I actually talked to the owner at the pool hall I play at and they are expanding and renovating at about the same...

Hey guys, I've recently been talking with my roommates about getting a pool table for our place next year. We're moving into a bigger house and I'll finally have room for one. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a decent starter table for college kids on a budget. I realize it'll...

I appreciate all the feedback guys. I do try to work on all of the bridges, and I do use them all for different shots. It was just something about the prof's statement seemed wrong to me, and I'm glad to have confirmed it with some people more knowledgeable than me in the sport. I will say that...

Actually, he's a retired BCA pool player that the college hired only to teach billiards classes so he isn't really a kinesiology prof. aside from that class. Now whether he knows his stuff or not is not for me to decide but he seems to be a pretty good player. I understand that its not proper to...

I'm currently taking a billiards class as a kinesiology class for college and one of the first things the prof. said was that it was a bad habit to play with a closed bridge and that we all needed to get comfortable using an open bridge for 90% of our shots. I don't actually have a problem...