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I don't think it's infinite - the cue ball is of only limited size after all - but it's a hell of a lot more than 27. Probably closer to 500. I have maybe 27 different ways to hit a draw shot.

There's sometimes a section with 98 or 99% payout - usually they're $1 machines in a specific bank. If you ask at the cage for the loosest slots in the casino I believe they are obligated by law to tell you where they are. They are not obligated to tell you the payout percentage. I've never...

Try this same post in the forum at www.fullcontactpoker.com and you'll get about 1 million replies. If I remember correctly, both Circus Circus and Stardust have 1/2 poker games. Also, regarding the slot machines, there is no good or bad time to play them - all of their payback odds are...

Like football, hockey, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, horse racing, roulette, craps, blackjack, slot machines, and the stock market? Give me a break.

I would bet $50 on Archer because at 20-1 that's a nice price. Last year he was in contention and a bad rack at hill-hill cost him. I might throw $20 on Williams or Fiejen because i like the price against the talent. I would definately throw $10 on Max Eberle at 200-1. I'd hedge with a $20...

They don't charge admission because they like to have a full house for the TV cameras (the Mosconi Cup also charges no admission for this reason). I believe the other reason is that if they did charge no one would show up. Who wants to pay to watch a race to 5?

The current report on the Viking Tour event from Greenville, SC on the azbilliards website is in error. They seem to have included the calcutta payouts in their calculation. So while they say that Neville earned $1265, Butler $850 and Hollingsworth $560 those numbers are roughly doubled. I...

Some good points raised but I thought I'd contribute two or twenty cents here: For one thing, the actual definition of 'gambling' is something I would dispute. By law, in order to have 'gambling' as of the kind that violates some laws, you must have three components 1) prize 2) chance and...

Medina vs. Incardona - I believe it was 9 racks and it was from the 1991 Sands. I watched this one from the stands. Sigel vs. Rempe - 150 and out from the US open straight pool. I think it was around 1994 Archer vs. Rempe - 6 racks. I think this is from the 1992 Sands and an absolutely...

Well there's your problem, anyone who sits with Angry for any length of time is sure to end up with a twisted view of reality :) Seriously though, I thought Paul went a little overboard, but Jon is the kind of player who gets under your skin very, very fast. That being said he is a good guy to...

checking racks I played on that table earlier in the day and I can understand checking the racks, especially Hennessey's. The back balls were loose and definately favored having the nine go in on the break. Since Jon made one during the match, I can't blame Paul for checking them - I would have.

Pool has a myriad of problems, the qualifying structures being just one of them. I agree that to have a 'closed' tour similar to the PGA would be a good thing, and that in having that there should be a Q-school where the bottom-ranked pros must compete against the top amateurs. IMO though, the...

You hit that squarely on the head. Well said. That's why when guys are gambling they play winner breaks. I know I'm not going to bet MY money in an alternate break match.

The biggest set I heard of lately was Jack Cooney and James Walden the first year at Louisville playing and ahead set of one pocket for $100,000. Cooney won that. The most I've ever seen personally was in Atlanta with Cliff Joyner and Jack Cooney playing 'eight ahead' sets of one pocket, for...

For the record I would say that the player with the better break will always have an advantage, regardless of the format, just as does the tennis player with the better serve and the golfer drives the ball farther. It's simply the nature of the game. Having said that, I agree with another...

I can't remember who told me this story but you have to know Scotty Townsend a bit and know that he drinks a lot - full glasses of JD's one after another. So he was playing in georgia against another good player and had a tricky shot on the nine ball. Just as he was about to shoot a dog came...

Just to clear some things up: - Johnny ran 13 racks against Bustamante - not 11. It's a pretty famous incident. Earl Strickland once ran 11 racks in a tournament for $1 million. I think that was impressive too. - Allison Fisher has probably spent more hours at practice than all the posters...

Actually, it was quite some time ago - about 10 years if memory serves, and before breaking from the side rail had caught on completely. I believe the actual percentage was that the breaker LOSES 52% of the games, so go figure, and that the only players who won more than 50% of games on their...

Georgia I have to go with the following: 1) Johnny Archer 2) Tommy Kennedy 3) Steve Moore 4) Brian Butler 5) Bruce Berrong Also in the equation (in no particular order) Helena Thornfeldt Monica Webb Jimmy Wales Stoney Stone Brian White

Which was in what year?? Things have changed since then.