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Pia and Josh Filer as well...

They can be either. I bought a couple of boxes that size in Zeiss brand, because they don't sell alcohol based wipes in Germany..

Mannnn, that brings back memories. There was a HUGE break and run pot ($3,000+?) up north of Seattle, and I went to watch it one week just before the state gambling commission shut it down.. They did much as you say, and there were collectives that bought larger amount of tickets to get "their...

Meh. I used to travel an hour to find the toughest tournaments I could once or twice a week in Seattle/Tacoma, the tournaments weren't handicapped, and I was dead money. I did that for close to a year until I wasn't dead money. Your players have no gumption, and that's okay. If they complain...

My own improvement as a player had a little hiccup before I turned 21.. I PCS'ed to Fort Lewis, WA, and played a ton in the day room, but at 20, I was playing seriously, and spent a ton of time at City Lights Billiards in Tacoma. I had no car yet, but would take the bus from the base, play...

The American "pool scene" suffers from the same failings of America, that everything else is.. Someone ALWAYS has to "make money". This leads to the only ways for "most" people to get involved with the game being through a business that has pool tables. Which tends to mean alcohol.. And...

I agree. I live in wine country here in Germany where the humidity is constantly high, and switching from 860 to 860HR was a godsend. I can actually practice the more professional position routes without having to slug the CB around the table on 4 1/8" pockets.

I make no bones whatsoever about being unhappy with the state of America these days. We think we are the best at everything, while being demonstrably awful at a ton of things compared to other countries we roundly criticize in our self-delusion. Health Care, Education, Home Affordability...

Yes.. And I have been exposed to how Europe approaches the game differently. You know... The Europeans that are basically dominating pool right now... There "should be" no issue with stating where one's own country is falling down when it comes to sports/competition. The American pool scene is...

Because all the best players are Euro, Chinese, and (to a certain extent) Filipino. One Pocket is not played seriously anywhere else but America. So.. It kind of stands to reason that players that spend most of their time grinding in American tournaments and gambling at One Pocket... Might be a...

I am of the opinion that past generations simply didn't play as well as the modern players.. Full stop. And that's because the equipment/state of safety play at the time, allowed them to get away with it. I have watched some older matches, and the player's fundamentals were solid, but not...

I started out with Byrne's Standard Guide to Pool and Billiards, and as opposed to a lot of other players, I did not ignore the second half of the book that refers to three cushion. That half of the book is your basic blueprint for higher level safety play. I actually used to play a little three...

Bob.. You seem to be assuming the CB is striking the CB midpoint to midpoint, sliding across the cloth. If the CB is in the air when it strikes the 1 ball, and the contact point has oil on it, the CB will tend to climb up over the 1 ball, leading to a higher chance of driving the CB off the...

Good point, Bob. One point I will add is that chess survives in an environment where the best players have MUCH higher advantage in a single game, as compared to pool. And it does so by separating out "divisions" of specific rating ranges in tournaments. Which is what we are seeing the early...

I asked this of an old school player in Seattle area, Mike Zimmerman, because I had seen him tell a player (might have been John Horsfall?) to not touch the 1 ball when racking for his opponent.. I asked Mike why this was a problem? He told me that some players will rub their fingers through...

Extreme drive is one of those genetic gifts, especially when paired with an outsized athletic talent. People sometimes don't realize that. An extreme will to win is not something you just "decide" to have. It's something you are born with, and is therefore, almost certainly genetic in nature...

If you don't know which eye is dominant (if any), then it is difficult to know where your head should be over the cue, to give a consistent shot picture. And for those with "cross dominance", then stance might have to change slightly to compensate for this. Unfortunately, too many amateurs...

Hey Greg.. You ever play at the Hawaiin/Samoan joint in Puyallup I think, the "Cue and Cushion"? Owned by Ed Tarape... I was once in there playing a dude $5 8 ball, and the guy would absolutely not quit until he won a game... I ended up winning $100 before he finally got a game and quit. He...

In the modern economy... Cell phones and cars are kinda somewhat mandatory. And living in the shi55y economy we are right now.. Netflix is prolly about the cheapest form of entertainment, dollar for dollar. Unless we feel that workers should basically just go to work, slave away, and then come...

It might have something to all the money flowing up to billionaires at the top of our economy, and not into workers pockets, to offset inflation. I think you'd find younger people would gamble just fine if they had much spare money for things outside of rent and groceries.