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Here's my take on things after spending six days over there, mostly at Griff's. I decided to take a breather from L.A. and head out to Vegas mainly to play in the Bank Pool, a game I used to be good at. No question that the $400 entry fee was a high price point for a lot of players who might...

Great job Jeff! very helpful info for the roving poolplayers among us. You left out one of the oldest poolrooms in the Los Angeles area and definitely one of the best. Gardena Bowl in Gardena, CA has been around for over 75 years and has it's very own eight table poolroom with four Global tables...

File this one under Useless Threads!

What happened to Kolby’s? Used to be the best action room in Phoenix.

My brother and I were racers as young men, moving up from go karts to dirt bikes to sports cars. It all came to an end when my brother bought it on the back straightaway at Phoenix International. I have to think my life would have gone in a different direction if he had survived. We both loved...

I’ve been in many little poolrooms in alleyways in the Philippines. Usually only a few tables with a tent like roof. No windows, open to the heat and humidity all the way around. Restroom was an open hole in the ground behind a swinging door. No toilet paper of course. Just a water tap! Tables...

My favorite was Parnelli Jones. He drove every kind of race car from Baja to Trans Am to Midgets to Sprint cars to Group Seven to Indy cars, and won at all of them. The most aggressive driver ever!

True, pretty much a rip off today. Deals can be found!

Still the best Bank Pool player I ever saw, bar none! He zinged ‘em in there, even long rail banks at 100 mph! So powerful with so much confidence. If he jarred one (everything hit the pocket!) he would just shake his head and sit down, like he couldn’t understand how that ball hung. It was...

Or a good backer!

Too expensive to go for only one event

Jewett’s playing! Those Euros better watch out.

Thnx Bob. You are correct.

I saw Taylor and Cannonball bank balls cross side so hard they actually went into the pocket on the fly! Hello In an interview (it’s online) Taylor said he only did that a few times in his life. I witnessed one of them.

Throw is good!

Shane has won five U.S. Opens, which feature fields as strong or stronger than most World Championships. How many have Filler and Gorst won? How about one each. I was TD both years when Shane beat Dennis in the finals. At that time Dennis was the best all around pool player in the world, and...

$10,000 cash is not chicken feed! No extra travel involved since they are already there, and there is a lot of low cost lodging in Vegas now. Shane seems to make a score there every year at Griff's after the big events are over. Many of the top players are gone and the fields are relatively...

I'll share something else that may seem weird but it works anyway. On an extreme cut shot (75-80 degrees or more) it is better to hit the cue ball just below center, almost like stop shot english. It seems you can hit it thinner that way and more accurately. Someone (Danny?) once explained to me...

I don't truly understand all the technical aspects of shooting a pool shot. I learned how things work on the table by hitting a couple of million balls. I do know how to do certain things with the cue ball that I still don't understand how they work but that's okay with me. Two and three ball...

Yep, it's the real deal. Time to start on the next 80!