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And by the way... After Willie runs his 100+ balls to end the 150-pt match...and the crowd calls for more...Willie says 'Well I'll just run up to 150 (or 200) then get on with the show'...and then do it like a piece of cake... Maybe there has never been a perfect pool player...but Willie...

Mosconi is the top... Maybe it's because I saw Willie Mosconi when I was young and impressionable...quite a few times...and on absolutely dreadful equipment and conditions much of the time...and I rarely saw him run less than a hundred balls in a match to 150... Well imo if he were playing...

I played a tournament here before the official opening...I think... And my how time flies...when was that...1998??...2001??...the room wasn't much to look at...and I don't remember all the nice tables mentioned here...sheesh...must have been another place...so why do I remember a tournament...

The Whale wasn't a great player...but played every game imaginable... And here's an opportunity to quote from my story WONDERBOYS...p. 91... "And the dreaded broomstick. The Whale unscrewed the handle from a push broom and sanded the tip as best he could to avoid a miscue, and wielded it with...

Play to your handicap... I was a proprietor during the 70’s and I used a simple system where players had to pocket as many balls as their handicap to win a match. It became the standard players used to handicap casual and money matches as well as league and tournament play. Most matches took...

My picks... I'll take 1, 27, 99

Diamond system... I read Willie Hoppe's book...don't remember the title...and was introduced to the diamond system...and a small brochure that was simple to understand...long time ago...and it helped my pool game tremendously. Paul Brouilette, a physics teacher at the University of...

My best break cue was a mistake... Mid-'90s I was talking with Pete Ohman about the cues he was making...and hitting balls with the sneaky pete he was playing with that day. This personal cue of his was 60". He offered me a good price on a sneaky pete that I could use for a break...

Just came to this topic from the straight pool thread... So I'll tell about my match against Charlie Fox... Back in Salem in the 70's we had a double round robin league in progress. Play was every Tue...two matches...8 players and everyone ends up playing every other player twice. Half the...

Zuglan (and others) had opportunities... In reply to Mike Zuglan not continuing a run when the match was finished... I'm a witness (and occasional victim) to quite a few of those Zuglan fantastic finishes. In my experience, it wasn't unusual for a player to stop play when the match was...

satman...nope...never been to Indy...I'm from Mass. but have lived in Florida since 1989...Orlando since 1996...

I've been an off and on lurker since the serialization of my story WONDERBOYS here at AzBilliards.com...and enjoy the pool room atmosphere...so I thought I'd become a part of the forum family...cheers