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So Alex is spotting T-Rex 9-to-8 in a one-pocket match — a four-day race to 36 games. With what appears to be a consequential amount of spondulicks in the middle. My guess — with zero empirical evidence to back it up — is that a 10-to-9 race would tilt the odds a little in the favor of the...

Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said, “The winner is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” Wonder if that would apply to one-pocket? Sunny

I’m revisiting a terrific book — Addie Pray by Joe David Brown. It’s about scufflers and hustlers looking for, and finding, creative ways to separate folks from their money. While it’s not specifically about pool, it’s a fascinating glimpse into the hardscrabble life that prevailed back in the...

Hi Mark … While the virus has whacked my little company — I had to close all three offices in NYC, SF, and Hong Kong — I did get married. So I’m no longer living in sin. That’s something, right? Right? Sunny PS Hope you and yours are doing well.

Intriguing look at the life and times of Walter Tevis: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/11/9/21555790/the-queens-gambit-netflix-book-walter-tevis Stay safe and stay smart, Sunny

Granted, the new Netflix series — “The Queen’s Gambit” — is about chess, not pool. But, based on a Tevis novel, ‘Gambit’ shows that there are parallels between the two sports. Sharking and barking. Strategy and stamina. Experience v. natural talent. Booze and other drugs. Mentors and rivals...

Confused ... Does Filler shoot right-handed or left-handed? Sunny

You can still lick the jar, right?” So sayeth the luminous Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as she twits Paul Newman in “The Color of Money”. (My mom and I caught it last night on Amazon Prime.) Mi madre reminded me that this was the second Newman film with that same disparaging observation. In...

Perhaps the OP asked the wrong question ... Netflix will invest over $17 billion on content this year. (That’s according to BMO Capital Markets via “Variety”.) Today, most of 'Hollywood's' creative energy and investment money are going into streaming services such as Amazon Prime, HBO...

Like a lot of folks these days, I have more free time than usual. In fact, I’m quarantined at my parents’ home in NYC with my mother, father, and one older brother. I watched some of the Quarantine 10-Ball Match between Filler and James Aranas. What a spanking! When Filler hits a certain gear...

Two one-pocket matches continue to wow me. 1) Efren v. Shannon in Galveston. 2) T-Rex v. Robo in Fremont. I had to rewind several of Efren’s shots to figure out how in the world he escaped from some of the horrendous traps Shannon put him in. I decided Efren looked for the one place on the...

Homework ... "There is no education in the second kick of a mule." Sunny

Congrats to those of you who scored ringside seats around the TV table. And, since you’re often shown on screen, let’s Ms. Manners your behavior. > Food. Don’t, just don’t. Unless you’re a runway model nibbling a celery stick … > Drink. Fancy a beer? Fine, I might too. But, please, one at a...

? Earl Sausagehands. Sunny

Sense and Sensibility — Derby 10-Ball on the Big Table. Dear Gentle Readers, Waiting for one-pocket, I poked my head in a few times to watch the Bigfoot competition. As usual the analysts’ observations were entertaining. > You can learn a lot about your chair playing this guy. > Don’t go...

Aw ... Mr. Bond reached out to me, back in 2013, to see if I'd be interested in being a reporter on a 'billiard radio program' he was putting together. I wasn't -- no time, no talent -- but we talked a few times, a few pleasant times, on life in general. Requiescat in pace, Mr. Bond. Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, “They’re not shooting the shots they’re supposed to. To make the commentators look good.” Tableau: Mr. Henderson, in the booth with Mr. Barber, at the estimable POV one-pocket rodeo at California Billiards. John Schmidt and Amar Kang were shooting some creative, and wildly...

Dear Gentle Readers, I hadn't seen this played before. Some one-pocket shots. https://www.facebook.com/ZeroXBilliards/videos/1930215893663230/ Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, Two recent one-pocket matches. Both involving Dennis Orcollo and both riveting in different ways. DO hammered the Freezer and later Tony Chohan schooled Dennis on the first day of their four-day fais do-do. Tony hung on to win. What struck me, though, wasn’t the...

Dear Gentle Readers, I was leafing through the latest RH catalog and a quotation in the CEO’s note to his readers made me think of you pool players. The scamps, scoundrels, rouges - - you know who you are - - knights-errant and ladies-errant. The quote: “Impossible is just big word thrown...