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I don't even know you to not like you, but I don't appreciate reading what you wrote about me and feeling the need to defend myself. Jean Balukas doesn't read this forum. I don't post much, but I do read it from time to time. Remember I've been playing pool since I was knee-high, been through...

Just for your information, I shouldn't have to lower myself to give you this information, but I'm far from being dead. I have a Brunswick pool table in my basement. Anytime I feel it's necessary for me to get ready, I don't believe it would take me too long. As far as the entertainment...

Money on the wood makes the betting good. I believe in honor. When I make a game myself, I try to honor it. Let's remember that Earl was 10,000 loser going into that, and he was trying to figure out any way possible how to beat Shane. I do see it a little funny, but I'm not surprised that...

I was talking to a friend of mine last night who is there, and we both agree that this tournament is being run the way all tournaments should be run, and that's with no seeding. You draw into whoever you draw into and then wing it from there. Kahonies to Brandon for beating Earl on the TV...

I've been following this thread a little bit, watching some of these posts about the match with Earl and Shane. People are complaining about Earl not playing a second set. The bottom line is this. I dreamed I could fly in my dreams, but it doesn't happen in real life. The real scenario is...

Just heard to bad news about Cecil. I had a lot of good times with him. I played him a lot growing up in California, but this was before he went left-handed, after he got his hands broken from a beef in Detroit. Playing one-pocket for the cash, he was real hard to beat. Nobody wanted to mess...

Hey, Charlie Sheen, last time I played Earl, it went hill-hill. Me and Earl have had a few battles. He runs five and sixes lots of times on me, and it was still close. I have a lot of respect for Earl, but I don't have much respect for you. People like yourself is the reason why people don't...

This news hits me a little closer to my heart. George and I had a lot of battles together. The first time I met him, he was sneaking around California in a motor home with Ted Harris. We ended up playing all sorts of different games -- scotch doubles, two against one, two on two, et cetera...

Gees, when I just read this, it really through me for a loop. Paul and I used to play in Atlanta quite a bit when they had the tournaments there at the Wagon Wheel. We used to play 7 and 8 ahead sets like it was clockwork. Paul could run back-to-back packages. He had a lot of staying power...

Thanks for the build-up, Toupee. Back when Jimmy Marino had the long hair, I was about 19. I was going to the Valley, giving him the 8/9 or the call-8, depending on the situation. We went back and forth a couple times. I think I edged him out over the years, but he was a real solid player...

I just heard the horrible news. When I was just growing up in the pool room, 14 or 15 years old, Wade Crane was the man. I watched him play numerous times. One of the matches that I will probably never forget is when he played Richie Florence, giving Richie Florence the call 8, sometimes the...

Back when me and Jimmy were out on the pool tour, we had some very close matches, a lot of them going 11-10, 11-9, 11-10, et cetera. Jimmy probably figures to beat me playing the straight pool. Jimmy plays pretty decent one-pocket. I might be a little bit the favorite in 10-ball. But I...

Thanks to Mark Cantrill, this looks like it's going to be fun. I am honored to be selected as one of chosen ones in the Magnificant Seven. This will be my inaugural stepping-out event. I've sort of been MIA for a while, and I'm really looking forward to this. I've dusted the cobwebs off...

The people that I gambled with knew how good I was. I don't like to brag about myself, but I'm sure the players that I gambled with may be able to explain it better than me. The Mexicans used to call me "El Diablo." I used to take the worst of it in games just to get 'em up there. Sometimes...

I remember Morro very well, not to be confused with Morro Paez who I also gambled with quite a lot. This Morro you're talking about from San Francisco, I can remember playing him just like it was yesterday. I had to spot him a lot, like you said, the 3, 5, 7, 8, and the break. Actually, it...

I was playing most of my shots with my Schon in the movie. There were McDermotts that were actually there, though, like six or seven cues for the extras. We had little pool tournaments on the offs for the extras because there was a lot of pool players there that were extras, and at the end of...

A hesitation stroke is kind of a "feel" shot. You give it a one-pump and then a two-pump. It reassures a much finer stroke from the cueball to the object ball. I usually grip my cue in the middle of the butt and then I'll slip stroke it a little with a one-pump and a two-pump, and then my...

Poolnut, I swore that I wasn't going to post anymore on these forums, but I have to speak my piece about this one. I just can't imagine the pool players of today mopping the floor of the old school players of yesterday. I can go on and on, name after name, and believe me, it would be a war...

I'm just going to try to set the record straight. Tony Chohan is a friend of mine, a good friend. We've gambled against each other, we've bet on each other, and I've known him ever since he was a pup. I'm not here to weigh in Tony's personal situation. I will say that it was not Jennie in...

Well, here's how I see it. The entertainment aspect is the thing lacking in pool. When I used to play at all the tournaments, there'd be 800 people watching my game, and there'd be 30 people watching other games. Why is that? It's because people like entertainment as well as seeing good...