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For me watching Mike Sigel and Thorsten Hohhman helped a lot. Both are amazing at finding the patterns with the least amount of risk. I remember having troubles getting through the first rack until I really started to see the end patterns when there's 6-8 balls left.

I used to be a humorist. I still am. But I used to too.

So if I buy super-buoyant sandals, I'll become unbeatable in pool?

Fargo rating for a perfect player: infinite. The percentage of people who don't have a clue about statistics and probabilities: 99 and change.

It's a fact that they are not accurate for any match length. Fargo ratings are ugly approximations based on tiny sample sizes.

He knows when and how to go into the rack better than anyone else. I don't believe anyone on this planet would be able to run a 1000 balls (in a single session) by always trying to find the least risky clearing pattern. That way you'd use way too much energy on thinking and exhaust yourself...

A good coach/instructor is one that understands that each student is an individual and is able to see the strengths and especially weaknesses of the student and help him/her improve. A bad one is one that comes with an easy/amazing/foolproof method that's suitable for each and every player of...

Fuck the WPA

If you understand history, you can see the future. This is exactly the same thing that happened in darts. Now BDO is dead and PDC is going strong with Matchroom. If WPA still exists in 10 years, they're governing the world championships for amateur players and the pros play the MR events...

I would say that Ronnie is the only top pro who's more likely to miss a similar shot after securing the frame than before. At least when he's in a good state of mind. Every other pro relaxes when the frame is over and is able to perform better than under extreme pressure. Ronnie at his best...

It would be foolish for a professional player not knowing the stats. If you talk about stats for the fans, read this thread and you should notice that there are lots of us who are interested or even love all kinds of statistics. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the...

If you see spin, it's more likely because of the cut between the balls in the rack. In my honest uneducated opinion.

And the spin from the OB is immediately transferred into the balls touching the OB. Think Newton's cradle. I believe most of the spin dies immediately if the rack is tight. I would assume though that breaking from the left side into the 2nd ball with left english would put some left also into...

I have tons of respect for Sigel. That 150 and out and How to run 100 vids have helped my understanding of 14.1 tremendously. I just wanted to point out that this 100 ball run is not the best video to learn at least for beginners like myself. And his behaviour during the run wasn't very...

"Old man yells at balls" Pretty amazing that Mike was able to run the hundo after putting himself in trouble a couple dozen times. He lost the cueball so many times I definitely wouldn't use this run as a demonstration of speed control. A few problems he solved quite nicely, but on most...

Extreme death metal with complex rhythms is not the best music to play pool with that's for sure. AC/DC, psychedelic or not stoner rock, 80's heavy metal like Accept or even mid-tempo death metal works for me.

Must have been while I was horrible and playing drunk. I'm still horrible and know it, 'cos I don't play drunk that much anymore.

:o Is this available online? Would love to watch.

Excellent post JV and I totally agree.