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I am now at DCC I'm here at the Derby having just checked into my room at the hotel. I plan to head for the tournament area in a few minutes and I'll take the cue with me. Here is an added incentive: I have experience as a computer repair guy. If your computer is a bit messed up, running...

Morning bump OK, my cell phone is now turned on (859-380-9301). I will be leaving for Derby City in a couple of hours. Hope to see you soon!:smile:

Here's my cell number I'm about to turn off my computer and my cell phone, but I want to give my cell phone number so that anyone who wants to connect with me tomorrow at DCC can do so. I have had offers, but I am still determined to take the cue to the DCC tomorrow and attempt to sell it...

I will be at DCC tomorrow and will bring a Mike Stacey cue I got from Joe Salazar two years ago. I'm not sure of the woods used, so I won't guess. Here are the specs: butt is 15.28 oz. (includes weight bolt) shaft 1 is 3.48 oz. and 12.9 mm shaft 2 is 3.22 oz. and 13.01 mm There is a weight bolt...

I just noticed that you won that bank pool ring game....maybe this is the year for you to buy MY dinner!:grin-square::grin-square:

I heard that Efren was going into the hospital for some kind of surgery and would be missing DCC. Can anyone confirm?

Let's chat at DCC, John....

John, you are a very deserving selection! I guess this gets you another free steak dinner?

Nice cue. I'll bet it plays very well. I stuck a minimum bid in just to get the ball rolling. Good luck with the sale!

Bill, he played better than "pretty good." He's run 324 consecutive balls in straight pool and nine straight racks in nine ball. From a 2000 Texas Monthly article that labeled him the best pool player that the state of Texas ever produced, we read that, "In 1973, competing in the U.S. 14.1 Open...

I know he's still in Dallas and that he no longer players pool. Hasn't played for maybe 3 years. He has pretty well withdrawn from anything pool related. I would guess he still has a piece of Clicks, but I'm not sure.

Here's a thought For about $30, I like the Kamui tip tool. Here's a link: http://www.kamuitips.com/store/Details.cfm?ProdID=75

Sure, the opponent's strength has to be part of the equation. Strong player breaking against weak player, the break might be worth 2-3 balls. Weak player breaking against strong player (the weak player, btw, scratches on the break about one out of 7-10 times and even when he doesn't scratch, the...

Mostly to bullshit with other old farts like me.:smile:

One thing I feel pretty confident about is the idea that the value of the break is, in part, dependent on the skill of the player who is breaking. For really weak players, the break may be worth a ball or slightly less. For strong players, it's worth more than a ball, maybe as much as a ball and...

Jay, if you're going to get hustled, you may as well get hustled by the best. I think you'd really like Kevin Cook's new book about him.

Bill, I'll second your comment about you being a much better pool player than Titanic. I'm thinking you could have given him the six ball and beaten him easily. As for beating him on a proposition bet, we actually did beat him on a card proposition. I stuck a chapter in a book that Alfie is...

Robert, I'm glad to hear that the book will be out in time for you to promote it at DCC. Looking forward to seeing you there.

It's not just a re-telling of the same old stores about Titanic. For one thing, the author brings in what was happening in America during the different periods of time as he details Ti's life. Also, the author is just a very skillful writer. I have read Stower's book and thought it was a good...

OK, I guess this isn't strictly pool related, but the person about whom this book was written was friends with and/or an associate of several prominent people in the world of pool. He knew and occasionally partnered with Minnesota Fats and Hubert Cokes (Daddy Warbucks) among others. He probably...