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I think pool is ripe for all kinds of sports computer analysis -- it just hasn't been done yet. Lou Figueroa

My experience with the Taom blue is that it gives all the grip I need... however, it does change shape. So you have to realized that as the "well" gets deeper you are chalking different parts of the tip. My solution is to drill it out now and then with a drill ball I bought off eBay that...

Me got a set of Shelby Williams JPs : -) So you might ask, “Lou, why would you need Shelby Williams JPs?!” And the answer is that a couple of months ago I was discussing the build of a new travel cue with a local cue maker, who makes a most excellent cue, Doug Patrick, and told him I was...

Not so. Well, maybe if your aspirations are not so high. But little stuff helps: a good tip, chalk that let’s you get a bit more grab on the CB, and anything else, even if it’s just in your head — like the sound of a cue’s hit — that you feel makes more confident. Yes, you need hard work...

Many, many moons ago I was playing at The Palace in SF one late night with a college buddy. A guy came in and wanted to sell us what I believe was a walnut National merry widow with a SS joint. And what I remember about that cue is that when you put it together and got into shooting position...

It could just be that you’re one of the guys it wouldn’t make a difference for. Lou Figueroa

I guess I could do a video to demonstrate… but I’m not that ambitious. It’s just one of those things. I think some guys will understand others not. Lou Figueroa

Of course a player can adjust… IF you are aware something is going on. But that would put you in the minority of players. And I don’t believe it has anything to do with age. Pool, at the higher levels, just requires more consistency and accuracy. If some days you’re rocketing in balls with a...

IMO, depending on a player’s PSR (or even lack of one) a cue’s balance point can dramatically affect a player’s quality of play. If, for instance, you are the type of player who approaches the table holding your cue with just your grip and the business end of the cue is out in front floating...

Thanks, Jay. From your descriptions I'd guess you played Rico Sanchez, I think Puerto Rican, who dressed a bit on the flamboyant side, and maybe Devlin who also fits your description. But no, I don't recall the tourney -- might have been a year or two before my time there. Lou Figueroa

Thank you, Max. Funny how some memories remain vivid decades later and others are long gone, lol. Lou Figueroa whadda I have for dinner last night?

Thank you, L.S. I think I only made it up to Sequoia once or twice. But did frequent The Palace and Cochran's to a lesser extent. As you say, who knows? Lou Figueroa

The names of those pool halls really bring back some memories. (insert flashback music) My first pool room was The Billiard Palacade, near the corner of Mission and Geneva, in San Francisco. I probably spent two or three of my formative years there, sort of like a recently spawned baby salmon...

I believe the current location is the third one for Family Billiards, having moved a few blocks up and down Geary St. I went to USF which is within walking distance and would play there frequently. Nice room and a sad development for the SF pool scene. The Billiard Palacade mentioned in the...

Yes, and at some unknown point after that the Alzheimer’s undoubtably began to take its slow inexorable toll. Lou Figueroa

I have heard it said that the one guy no one of that bygone era wanted to play was Johnny "Irish" Lineen. Lou Figueroa

I salute your patience. If it were me I'd get two standard SW tapers and order a couple of extra shafts to experiment with. Lou Figueroa

I think you tell him he's killing the event. A top player will *alway* find a way to win -- a little dink shot here, a little donk shot there. They will not only consider the lay of the table but also the skill level of their opponent. I don't think Fargo can factor all that in. Soooo, the...

Don't know him. Lou Figueroa

Si. Lou Figueroa