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thank you all for the help! my first choice from investigating all the info that came from your specific recommendations and the online list above would have been Fran, not only because of her obvious knowledge, but because she has been so helpful to me here on AZ. but it's impossible to...

14.1 by far, because it is chess to rotation games' checkers. one pocket 2nd, because of the strategy also, but it can get tedious. there is nothing in pool -- not even running a 6-pack in 9-ball -- that's *anything* like the thrill of being on your best run in straight pool... whatever that...

would think there should be a sticky for this... are any of you instructor folks located in the northeast US? near to central Massachusetts? thanks!

"I don't know the answer but I've heard people say Irving Crane would go two rails off the side of the stack and send the cue ball back up table, and he would do it on two fouls." i've only seen about 5 hours of Crane's play, and i've already seen him whiff that shot. admittedly, most of those...

it is available now. thank you, Dennis!

patience, matthew -- the link is correct, it's likely just not loaded yet. saw the same msg. try later.

i would assume the referee was put up to that by Wide World of Sports; there isn't Anything that happened on those shows that wasn't heavily scripted from the top.

i've been trying to stay out of this because i'm relatively new and don't necessarily get all the politics and bygones that have gone before. but from that perspective... i was in the midst of watching the Griffin one when this hit the fan, and just want to say these lessons with Danny are so...

wow, what a great lesson. that shot at 51:20 was Sick. and the tip on holding the bridge down just following that was a new one for me -- cool! thank you, Dennis!

can any of y'all edumacate me on how to set up a regular 14.1 event? the room i go to has open 9-ball tournaments once a week. the format is race to 5, double elimination, and race to 9 for the final. i understand how that works, having played in it a few times. there are also 8-ball events...

i got a great set of Aramith Tournaments from Lou Figueroa (with an assist from Steve Kurtz) and some Novus 1. i also sprang for a measle ball. then promptly got the cold from hell. but last night lydia & i took them out for a spin, and man, was That fun! most of the night was spent doing the...

"We've arranged the room for big international televised billiard events in the past (i.e. Sang Lee International Open) and the owner Michael Kang works extremely hard to accomodate all the spectators well. He'll be bringing in additional staff, free valet parking service, as well as special...

ah, so now we find it is JULY 29. that's Different from AUGUST 29.

as far as i can see from the web site, the 3-cushion is at the beginning of August, and 14.1 at the end, so not at the same time.

why is it called the "brainwash drill"?

"BTW, on a side note - I don't know why I don't know this but is the 14.1 Challenge played all ball fouls (both the high run competition and the match play)?" not Valley Forge. i was there and scoring, it was cue ball fouls only. and i don't see why anyone would object to cleaning obvious dirt...

Grady, commenting on a 14.1 match between John Schmidt and Thomas Engert, where Engert sold out 4 times on safes: "he seems like a nice enough fellow, but i sure wouldn't want to be betting my Money on him".

cleaning the cueball is so common i think that's a normal part of the game. and as pointed out, Kamui in the equation makes it almost impossible to play without cleaning. as for other balls, it seems sensible to be able to clean obvious problems, at the very least. even in Sigel's famous 150...

the below-the-stack break is severely underestimated, imo. it doesn't usually open the pack as completely as a side-of-the-stack break, but positioning the cue ball after it is Extremely reliable, even for someone at my level. which is not something you can say for most other breaks; despite...

i thought the most interesting shot in the entire -- impressive -- run was the very first shot he played after the opening break. at first i thought "why That ball?". then i saw the shot make the object ball and open THREE clusters. holy f**k. besides the behind-the-stack preference, Corey's...