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Glad Hoppe was mentioned. He was only World Champion in six decades. That feat is likely to stand a long long time.

Lou, check your pool history. Ronnie Allen won the Cochrans One Pocket circa 1963. The rest is history. Keith Thompson AKA Young Squirrel won Johnson City circa 1971. Never won another title. And some guy named Caesar Morales won Reds Circa 1984. The rest is history. By the way he went for $5 in...

There are a lot more BAD movies made than GOOD ones. Let's wait for the movie to come out before we start our critical analyses of an unmade movie. I for one want anything pool out there hopefully promoting our game.

If Keilwood does indeed provide a low deflection quality, it just might be a savior for cue makers. Why, because looking at a carbon fiber shaft on a beautiful hand made cue seems obscene to me. Why would anyone spend good money for a beautiful personal cue only to be traumatized with a carbon...

Q sports participation worldwide have gone up. Back in the DAY whenever that was, who would ever think great players would come from Albania, Viet Naum, Kuwait, Spain, Columbia and many more countries. That can only be attributed to popularity of the games. In South Korea, that small country...

If personalities like Joe Rogin get behind pool on the promotion side anything is possible.

The money is coming. It won't be golf big but I see a million dollar year for someone within ten years. and several 500K runners-up along with more sponsorships not in the pool/snooker/carom world.

Greatness is achieved by following greatness. Understanding how to achieve is a building bloc from those who came before you. Could Babe Ruth achieve in today's baseball game?? Who really knows but we measure his statistical greatness to todays players ALA Ohtani. That's progress. The elements...

I wouldn't call a foul if the waitress was cute....................

There's another rule about how many bridges can be stacked atop each other for use when tree topped. The problem is the old standard bridges are only 21/2" high at their lowest point. Todays bridges can be 5-6" high.

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Jim, this same thing happened to me playing you some years back. There are no standardized rules unless you state them upfront like Grady, push shots, rack your own and many others snoozing balls and I owe one you owe one so no one owes any. I agree with you that you shouldn't lay your cue on...

Don't be too hard on yourself. Shortstops have a wide variation in their game. Homer's one day strikeouts the next. I have heard of baseball players toiling for years in the minor leagues never making it to the majors. Their passion drove them to compete. So enjoy the successes you'll have and...

Can you imagine the tens of millions of dollars parents have spent on their children to become professional golfers or tennis players only to miserably fail? There are only a 150 or so men and women who get their PGA or Tennis rankings which allow them to compete for the aforementioned prize...

First off, Busty playing Buddy for money is not gambling. It's a wager. There's a big difference as has been litigated and when defendants defend themselves in these court cases, they win. Flipping coins heads or tails or cutting for high card is gambling. Putting to a test your skill against...

With SVB playing ten ball race to 120 over say 3/4 days, you'd expect him to put a 6 pac or more together at least 3 times. I believe he did so against Gorst in their match. I don't believe that any of the others can replicate that stat consistently. That being said, he'd be expected to win...

The Bank Shot is what makes One Pocket the great game that it is. Talk about winning from nowhere.

Can't we just have a nice WWYD to disagree about??

The events at Griff's coincide with BCA. The choice for this time of year makes sense. It's not a prestigious event and remember there's no Calcutta so the number of players is limited. Buffalo's will probably get 64 players. I think it's in the mid 40's signed up right now. The Calcutta will be...

I don't think Alex practices/plays as much as people believe he does. He likes poker........a lot. Horses and poker have always been the downfall of many a player over the years. Those games are INSTANT ACTION unlike pool matches which take time to match up. If this game comes up, Fedor will...