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You do realize that if I was 'trolling', you're one of the suckers that I reeled in?

I admire excellence, regardless of the endeavor involved. Slop is not excellence. I try to eliminate as much of that as I can when I play. It's better for the game and better for the players.

You're wrong.

I admire excellence, regardless of the endeavor involved. Slop is not excellence. I try to eliminate as much of that as I can when I play. It's better for the game and better for the players.

So what you're saying is my rules are OK in 10-ball?

There's no reason to get nasty. I haven't attacked anyone. I just choose to play by my own set of rules, as you do. I shouldn't have mentioned the 8 ball in my initial post. This is about call pocket 9 ball. It was a bit confusing. Sorry.

Really? Straight pool is a 'hack game'?

You really don't see anything wrong with that?

You're right. Banks is 'right up my alley'.

That's my point exactly! Calling ball and pocket does make it a different game. A more difficult game. That's why I play that way and that's why most pool players don't care to.

You really need to read all the posts. All of the points you've made have been addressed.

Cards are 90% luck. Any game of chance is. I lived in Vegas for a few years and studied the games. Cards, dice, roulette, etc., are for suckers.

There's always going to be some luck in any match. Even Strickland and Reyes get lucky from time to time. Although Strickland would never admit it.

I once asked the late Joe Kerr, a tournament director out of Starcher's Billiards in Akron, Ohio and a good friend, why isn't 9-ball call pocket? He told me he agreed with me, but they need lots of entries in a tournament to cover the payouts. If the players had to call their shots, the B-level...

The beauty of the game? I don't look at it that way. I've always believed that the more luck you can eliminate from a pool game, the better the game. Can you imagine what straight pool would be like if slop counted?

If you're referring to me, I never meant it that way.

That's fine as long as you call it.

I was referring to ChrisinNC. He criticized me for not knowing what a 'two-way shot' was.

Safety play is used in whatever game you're playing. It's an important part of pool.

Are you talking about playing safe, or playing a combination shot?