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    Why men envy pool players

    How did you reach the conclusion that men envy pool players ?:cool:
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    Shawn Azaris from Anchorage, Alaska

    Met him in late 1990/early 1991 in Louisville. Around late 90s and early 2000 he became a 'christian'. I think that his heritage is from Philippines. Not giving out anymore info.:cool:
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    "you shoot to slow"

    Discussions like this do help raise conscience. If my memory services me good, the discussion on this forum in the past about "kid Delicious" and his slow play was first of it`s kind. It did raise the awareness of the problem. Pool always had it`s slow players and it appears that people...
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    Any Pro 'Crossover' Players

    Darren Appleton was a Boxer.:cool:
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    How did the ball colors and numbers start?

    pages 229- 239 in Billiard Encyclopedia by Victor Stein & paul Rubino was all about the balls. Everything ( evolution from Ivory to the current materials, the people involved including chemists like Mr.Hyatt, manufacturers like Albany Billiard Ball Co etc) about the balls was discussed but...
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    How did the ball colors and numbers start?

    I am on the bed and I am lazy to get up and go to living room to look up in Billiards Encyclopedia. It is a very heavy book.
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    Facebook & AZB Question

    It is a very good question. I did not think You digressed from the topic. Answer to your question : "yes" and 'No". On facebook,pros are sharing their personal lives including their likes and dislikes, other hobbies ,their travel schedules etc. you don`t see posts on aiming/shaft size etc on...
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    So is this a “shark attack” or not? Explain why or why not.

    Rules vary from tournament to tournament. Without knowing the rules of that particular tournament I will not be able to say whether Jhonny was right or wrong in approaching the table inspite the referee was there. More than a decade and half ago when you had professional Billiards Tour for men...
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    So is this a “shark attack” or not? Explain why or why not.

    Recently in BCA nationals at Riviera, I ran into Stephano pellinga. He was at Tiger Booth doing demonstrations. He did show me how to do that shot without causing a foul hit.:cool:
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    I think Johnny will want to win the Busty match more

    I was there that night at Mariott Hotel in Toledo,ohio. Nick varner was on Johnny`s side. Pittsburg Flash was there too and played an important role. Willi Munson was also there. There were other well knowns but I now don`t remember. It was night that stays in the History Books. The guy who...
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    I think Johnny will want to win the Busty match more

    New nickname for J.Archer "Ageless Johnny". Johnny is forever. It is amazing!
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    Any advice on how to deal with exceptionally slow opponents?

    Whole town has to come to a standstill when the Einstein is figuring out the solution for the problems created by the colorful spherical objects.
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    Names from the past

    Billy played Professional Billiards Tour ( MPBA/PBT/Camel tour ) in early 90s. He was in some Hollywood movies as an actor or something like that.:cool:
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    Names from the past

    When he passed away he was living in Pass Christian, MS and I heard he died on the dance floor.:cool:
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    Names from the past

    He died at an young age from Brain Tumor. Met him in Providence Rhode Island:cool:
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    Names from the past

    Jay "the walking Encyclopedia of Pool" !
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    Any advice on how to deal with exceptionally slow opponents?

    No practical solutions are available for this problem. Shot Clock is not practical except in Major tournaments. We don`t have enough shot clocks available for each table in a pool hall, we don`t have enough people to operate the shot clocks. Who pays the operator of the shot clocks ?:cool:
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    Any advice on how to deal with exceptionally slow opponents?

    so far, the comments of other posters have addressed what the opponent of a slow player has to do. What should a player on the adjacent table do when the Einstein is standing between the tables,looking at the Balls and thinking for 1-2 minutes while blocking the play on the adjacent table?
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    The Cue Club and Best Billiards -- A Brief Tale of Two Las Vegas Pool Rooms

    Because they love the place, the regulars at Cue club have learned to live with the short comings of the place .:cool:
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