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28 + 8 = 36 for me in March on a loose 8-footer. I need to play more 14.1. I've been practicing on a 9' Pro Cut Diamond with worn cloth and it's tougher than one with new cloth for sure, but it's definitely improving my accuracy. Just need to work a ton on positions and patterns.

Come on man, you're a solid 528!

Yes, I re-watched and he didn't skip the 9-ball. Oops on my part.

I noticed he skipped the 9-ball in a few racks. Can anyone tell me why this is?

I'd like to see a video overview/gameplay of this game.

I used almost exclusively closed bridge before watching Karen Corr. Now I use almost exclusively open. If I'm in a strange bridging situation, I might use closed, but otherwise I use open. For example, I played a friend bar box 8-ball for about 5 hours on Saturday and only remember using a...

Early on, I watched a lot of ESPN and changed my bridge from closed to open after watching Karen Corr.

In the One Pocket game, we've played pretty even, but in this particular session, he won the first game and I won the next 5 due to him selling out more than me playing well. I think going from even to 9-7 is a bit out of line. Maybe 8-7, but maybe 9-7 seems like a large adjustment right off...

I also wanted to add, that in my experience, if I adjust somehow, like giving up the 8-ball playing 9-ball, it sometimes boosts the other player's confidence and they start playing much better. So now, I may be on the losing side. Should I ask to go back to playing even? I'm not a hardcore...

Hi all! I'm sure we've discussed this in the past, but now with the age of the Internet and FargoRate, maybe things are a little different. When you're gambling and if you're winning or losing, how and when do you adjust if at all? For example, let's say I'm playing a roughly even opponent...

Not to hijack the thread, but are there shots than can only be done with a closed bridge vs an open bridge that aren't weird bridging issues (like masse shots, certain rail shots)? I guess what I'm asking is do you believe you can get more spin or something with a closed bridge vs an open...

I saw overall improvement after months of straight pool. I will say straight pool is more "work" in general and it can get mentally tiring. I think initially my 9-ball game did go down a bit, but mainly on long, tough shots. Eventually my 9-ball game went up because I played position better...

Personally the percentage is probably close to 98% Open, 2% Closed for me. It's pretty close to 100% Open for me and I'll go months without using a Closed bridge. I'm a pretty average player though.

Both Rusty's in Arlington and Rusty's in Fort Worth are non-smoking now. They both have several 9-footers (mix of Diamond and Gold Crowns). I wouldn't say you'd find any top players on any given day, but you can definitely find some players every once in a while. The tables play relatively...

Very nice. Could you tell us a little about your table?

Maybe they saw this thread, but the invalid data for me has been removed from my history! It bumped me up about 10 points, lol. Something else I'd like to see next to your rating is in what percentage of players you rank. Something like 800 -> Top 0.5%

Seeing other players' match histories would be at the top of my list. Unfortunately for me, I've sent in two "corrections" requests to have some matches removed from my history and I've not seen any response. There's another person with a similar name to mine and their match history is counted...

This is the first time I've seen this video. What do you think about this moment 3:10 into it? https://youtu.be/1NvsMKYgCsM?t=190

That was a hell of a match. I'm not even sure how Earl won that.

I do play everything, but I am woefully out of practice. I need to dig out my video camera. Maybe 9BallJim can film us playing one day.