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Dear Gentle Readers, A pal sent me some Corey Deuel one-pocket links. Wow. He was experimenting with outré breaks. Redefining combo / bank / carom shots. Other players have stronger games, but does anyone else have his imagination? The first one-pocket stream I watched on YouTube was Efren...

Dear Gentle Readers, Had some nefarious medico administered truth serum to me, the header would have read: One of a Multitude of Shots I Never See. But it’s this one I saw yesterday on Lenny’s excellent Arizona One-Pocket State Championship stream. Actually I saw the shot executed in two...

Hmm ... amAZing billiards

Dear Gentle Readers, I recently read (this was on the Internet so it must be true, no?) that 13% of Americans have ‘cut the cord.’ That is, they cancelled cable and satellite TV in favor, mostly, of streaming. More interesting, much more interesting, is that an additional 11% have never...

Gosh. Dear Gentle Readers, Catching up on the last Senior Soirée one-pocket news - - boy, do I wish I could have watched it! - - reminded me of Audra Mae’s version of Dylan’s “Forever Young.” May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And...

Aw, Trampy ... So, so sorry. You are one of the good guys. Be better, Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, It’s not for nothing that Efren and Alex are - - arguably - - the most popular players in America. Talent? Of course. But more than that, demeanor. Those boys look like they’re having fun. Having a grand ole time. Doing what they love and making some bank doing it...

Yes! This was the very first pool match I saw. I watched some of Efren's shots over and over, trying to figure out how he escaped trap after trap. He became my favorite player and one-pocket my favorite game to sweat. Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, For those of you who missed the Senior Soirée in Houston, Mr. Henderson emerged victorious in a finals race to three games. He was ahead two games to, I believe, none. In the penultimate shot of what proved to be the last game, Mr. H. played a safety, forgetting that he had...

Dear Gentle Readers, I never went to Johnston City, but the Senior Soirée in Houston is shaping up to be another nest of vipers. Of course some will sidle into town early to get a feel for the place (plot escape routes). To check out the equipment (look for an edge). To meet and greet (spot...

Dear Gentle Readers, The other day - - on Lenny’s exceptional stream - - I caught some of the finals of the Chinook Winds 10-ball finals. Watching Allison v. Rebecca bought into sharp contrast the realities of men versus women. Three points: > Slow, slow, slow. While entertaining (Rebecca...

Hmm … Some of you felons may have lamped my phrase ‘clot-faced wet’ at the start of this thread. I believed I had ‘borrowed’ the term from Roald Dahl some time ago, but couldn’t remember for sure. So I asked Dr. Google. Yesterday the first reference to the expression was this AZ site. Today...

Dear Gentle Readers, Oh boy! The Senior Soirée in Houston is about to ascend upon us. One-pocket! My wish is that the stream will include a chat room. For curses. As many of you do, I like to root for one player or the other when I’m watching a match, either live or streamed. Efren, my sweet...

Dear Gentle Readers, Oh boy! One-pocket. As anticipation for the inaugural tourney builds … > Will there be a player’s meeting? > Opening ceremony? > Calcutta? > Will pre-tourney odds be posted? > Will the action tables be streamed? > Will there be an action award, yclept Louie...

Dear Gentle Readers, Yes, I realize that it’s possible to rollercoaster from one emotion to the other in the course of a set. And perhaps there are some players so internally stoical that they don’t feel either one. But I think some people basically have a somewhat rosy outlook on life. Others...

Dear Gentle Readers, If this baby is streamed, color me in! And I’d watch the after-hours drama as well. Action is my life, Sunny P.S. Is someone creating a T-shirt for this momentous event? Here are some lame ideas I came up with for another event over at onepocket.org ONE-POCKET You...

Here here! Ditto. Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, Headline # 1: Woo Woo! On Efren’s victory: Danny D., “That’s why they call him the Magician.” Headline # 2: Danny Is Human. Scott, “This doesn’t look like the Danny Smith of yesterday. Sometimes he feels like he just has to go for a shot.” Scott, “If anybody knows...

Bimp? Très droll.

Dear Gentle Readers, Headline # 1: WOW! The Efren v. Danny match: Billy, “This is the best one-pocket match I’ve ever seen.” Danny, “Neither player deserves to lose.” Headine # 2: What a Game! Efren came back from trailing by 8 balls: Billy, “Nobody plays that good.” Danny, “One of the...