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"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" - Joshua from "War Games"

Oh, and for people who may question my theory.... Look at the national tournaments for APA/BCAPL/VNEA/ACS/TAP/etc. Which format has the largest turnout in both singles and team events? You want your local tournament to have larger turnouts, take a look at what has the largest number of players...

I have a stack of $20 bills that is 2.5 inches wide and I want a Dippy-esque spot! Wanna take it? :) Brian

Oh, and another factor... A lot of the well attended events tend to be 8-Ball. IMHO you're much more likely to get lower ranked players to enter an 8-Ball tournament than a 9-Ball one, because in most cases, they get to shoot more. I personally feel like I have a MUCH better chance in an...

Or it could just be people aren't showing up to the tournaments because they aren't well run... Here in Minneapolis we are seeing multiple weekly $15 entry tournaments seeing 25-30 people showing up at each on different nights. We're seeing $1k added tournaments monthly with 3 different...

Another one an old league captain of mine used to say whenever you missed a shot because you were trying to hard to make shape aftewards... "Shape don't mean s-hit!"

My favorite is my wife when playing leagues and slops in a ball: "God Bless the APA!" :)

Oh, and if they say Mosconi played 9 ball, turn and walk away. He may have played the game from time to time, but the current 9 Ball game (namely Texas Express) didn't come about until the 1980's, long after he retired from professional pool.

Well, ask them if they have heard of Mosconi... If they have, ask him what game he was known for playing... If they haven't heard of him, turn around and walk away because their opinion doesn't matter. "This ain't pool, this is for bangers. Straight pool is pool, this is like hand ball or...

I once had a dream that I was a professional pool player... Then I woke up in a panic thinking my life had gone to crap! I was SO glad it was only a dream! Brian

Most golf is played in silence as well... You also don't hear that much talking from the players on a football field! IMHO any sport is only as good to watch on TV as the commentators are to listen to. Brian

I had never thought of using the circline bulbs! I have some 150w equiv spiral CFL's which light up well, but they go below the bottom of the shades... Going to have to order some of the circline ones to see if that fixes the issue. Think I'll go for the 30w (120w equiv) circline ones and see if...

A % of profit per year, IIRC like 20% goes back to the APA as well. Plus, they paid a purchase price to buy the franchise.

I'll double the calling of Joe Nielsen! He is awesome! I've gotten a couple of McD's from him and he's who I send almost anyone I know who is looking for a new cue to! Brian

Travis Trotter doesn't post as much anymore :)

That is how many people paid APA annual dues last year. Brian

You forgot to add in "I won't pop up to watch the ball fall in the pocket before I finish my stroke" :) That KILLS me!!!!

I didn't take any of the posts to be a blast at Bogies either. It's not their fault that 90+ people will be showing up to play on 5 tables! They are hosting the event, not running it...

Told my wife about Triggers comment, and her response was "God I know! There is a reason I don't play ladies league anymore!!!!!"

Myself, I always have felt that leather wraps seem too slippery to me... I'm pretty sure it's just a perception thing, but, as someone once told me "perception is reality"... I like linen wraps most followed by wrapless... Brian