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lotsa shots How did he make alll of those balls without disturbing the others? Is that a special set with only the ones and cueballs?

Tad I know he had a Tad for a long time

BAckground I put together my own CD, a few years ago, which I use for background music when I run tournaments. I have given it to a few players who like the compilation. Many "pool" related , such as ...The Baron>Johnny Cash...The Pool Shark > Dave Dudley....Johnny Lang, Three Dog Night...

You have the best of it I was talking to an old time player "Boston Shorty" and asked him when do you really become a player. He stated that when you get to the table with a tough shot on the 8 ball and you are 4 games behind in a race, "YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE BEST OF IT!"

Metal vs. other Tradition... I have hit many 1000's of balls with the metal ferrules, I bought a decent snooker cue, the hit never seemed very solid. Sold it. I then used my SW and had a snooker size shaft made for it and the hit was MUCH better! Of course, it was a SW. But even my cheaper...

Why? Do you know why? Where is everyone playing now?

Excel players info I sorta designed how I wanted to set up a large round robin tourney. A friend of mine's "hot shot computer whizzz kid' did a great program, using Excel, to connect any amount of players, and even have a seperate listing of all players with W-L totals. Haven't used it for...

I heard that Alexanders in Phoenix is closed...true?

USA tour In the snooker world, you can earn your way up to play with the "Big Dogs" by competeing in lower level tourneys , finding a sponsor, who can assist you getting to the higher levels of competition. I think that the way to get a USA tour working, begin the lower level tourneys, with a...

Just a Sample - Pro Snooker Professional snooker players can play on the World Snooker main tour ranking circuit. Ranking points, earned by players through their performances over the previous two seasons, determine the current world ranking. A player's ranking determines what level of...

SNooker Tourney A friend of mine from the UK told me that last year in the Worlds Snooker Tourney, (NO ONE, from the spectators to the players, is allowed to use a cell phone in the arena), A phone rang and the spectators phone was confiscated, and he was escorted from the arena ...permanently...

Congrats Glad to see you opened your room. Great idea for the tourney. I have run a similar tourney just for a few local players using just 2 tables and they had a great time. I have been running different types of tourneys for 30+ years and glad to see someone has some ideas for something...

Table prices I have run many rooms and played in many rooms for too many years. I plan on opening my own in the near future, and my rates will be > $6 per hour for 1 player, $10 per hour for 2 and $12 hour for 3, no charge for more per table. Most customers play for approx 1 to 1 1/2 hours...

Old and retired Ed Kelly, 1970(or '69) Straight Pool World Champ. I do not rmember which year. I saw Ed run 489 without missing a ball or playing a safe. He was playing Dick Lane in Vegas for $100 a game race to 100 ///and ran 89 and out / then 4 > 100's in a row with no safetys. Dick said...

Luck? Sorry it duplicated

Luck? No luck in Golf? Bad drive hits a tree and ends up in the fairway...Football / QB throws the ball badly and is tipped by two players and his receiver catches it...Bowling / right handed bowler hits the "Brooklyn" side and gets a strike. There is luck in ALL things! You cannot...

Table size I started out shooting 14.1 for many years. I have played 3 C Billiards, snooker, bar box, one pocket, nine ball, etc. One day, at noon, I played on a 12 foot Riley snooker table - race to 5, At 4 pm, I played nine ball on a 9 foot Gold Crown - race to 9, then that night, I...

More photos A web site called > flickr.com > has many photos from around the world. Just type in billiards or snooker in the search box Millions of photos about other topics also.

Good info... DPK made my cue in 1976...and I still have it (with 4 shafts). I lived in Vegas and was watching Dave make many cues. I was at his home about 1973 and he was working with a lathe in his living room . He made about 300 cues total when in Vegas! My cue was in the neighborhood of...

Not a foul I saw this shot happen back in the "old days" in the back room of the worlds tourney in LA. about 1971. Richie Florence was playing someone and his opponent shot a shot, where the cue ball ended up on the rail, and no one in the room could decide on the ruling. CUE BALL Kelly was...