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Interesting side note: In about 1987 the owner of Goldenwest Billiards, where I was managing at the time, told me of a man who called and had some old stuff in a storage area he needed to get rid of and wanted $500 for all of it. He gave me the phone # of the man but seemed to think that it...

A common problem with pool players is the lower back. The Mosconi stance is one that throws the hips out of alignment and can cause lower back pain. I changed my stance about 20 years ago and it really helped my lower back and didn't seem to hurt my game. I bend both knees and stand directly...

I'm afraid Efren or Parica could have hung with anyone in this country when they came over. I watched them both play in 1985 and they were both awesome. I know Efren lost a $10,000 set to Buddy Hall in 1985, but it was at the end of a tournament Efren had just won and he says he was tired...

For the record, I played Earl three times in tournaments in the 80s and early nineties, and he is very difficult to play against because of his game but also his attitude. He complained about everything, the pool table, the crowd, not getting the rolls, whatever. I think he should have been...

I worked for Goldenwest Billiards from 1980 till 1989, and was able to get a 10 foot Monterey (circa 1912). I restored it and put it in my garage, and would practice daily on it. Did it help my game? Maybe, maybe not. The long shots were more difficult, but the position different. It's a...

Smashmouth, I meant on a consistent basis. Sure, they've been made on request, but not on a general basis. Pool rooms have not used them as their main tables since WWII.

Ten footers haven't been manufactured for about 70 years. Many of the 10 foot billiard (straight rail or three cushion) tables of the early century were transformed into pool tables, and they were a little crude. During and after the depression pool room proprietors and billiard supplies that...

Oscar and Ernesto Dominguez have confirmed that they will be playing, so it will be a pretty tought field even if only a dozen players or so play. I have a few from Danny K's that will play including myself (probably) and hopefully we'll get at least ten. Race to 7 opens the competition up...

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Bump. Not a whole lot of players signed up yet.

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Bump, only 50 bucks and you may be on the road to vegas and a pro tourney.

Roger, Yes it's a one day event and they only qualify one person. I wish there was prize money for other places but all extra money over the amount of the entry fee for the major event goes back to the promoters. I understand this; if promoters don't make a substantial amount of cash, no...

Danny K's will be hosting a 10-ball qualifier for the upcoming Predator International 10-ball Pro Event being held at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas on May 12-17. $50 entry fee 10-ball race to 7 double elimination finish in one day May 3rd 12 Noon start time Danny K's Billiards 1096 N Main St...

Strickland might not have had an unfair advantage if alternating breaks were played or if a longer game than nine ball was played. Nick Varner was interviewed in the late eighties about his duels with Strickland and he indicated that there was no "choice" as to who had the best break, and of...

Why play nine ball or ten ball? The break in both games is a sizeable factor. This is why I came up with a modified rotation game. Why not use all the balls? It's confusing for someone just beginning in pool to play a game like nine ball. The question is always, "why use only nine?" The break...

Personally, I wouldn't even consider a snooker or billiards table, with the amount of square footage you have. I would think about a small kitchen before you devote the space to a billiards or snooker table. I have 10,000 feet here in southern cal., and I tried two snooker tables and both were...

Having said all that I did about the difficulties in opening a room, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. It has been very rewarding and I have grown exponentially as a person. Danny

John, I've been a part of the gambling scene in the past, and I know all about it. I travelled with Joe Salazar on a road trip to Chicago in 1991 and I've been familiar with the scene even before then. I [played for money for a while, never high stakes, but I still played. I was asked on several...

If, say we were rid of the gambling, underworld part of pool and, like golf the image of pool were one more of honesty and integrity, where the players call fouls on themselves and are concerned about reputations on a global scale instead of winning money dishonesty. And by dishonesty I mean...