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In the book Playing Off The Rail there is an account of this. It explains it better. The book is worth a read.

As great as he is, Orcullo could drive me nuts in the one pocket. A lot of it was getting up and down a million times before shooting. Like if he has 3 or 4 options he will line up on 2 or 3 and get up and down 50 times. Then announcers who try to predict what he is doing add to it. Like when...

I have been watching some of that on YouTube and there are some slow players and matches. I get it to some degree, especially in the 8 ball. I also get it in some particularly tough situations. OTOH, sometimes it seems that after a good, difficult shot, the subsequent simple ones take a long...

My brother in law picked us up at the airport in his Buick sedan with a cigarette lighter And proper ashtray. I thanked him for picking us up in such a vehicle. And yes, our kids hadn’t seen one and asked us about it. They thought phone chargers went there. I’m glad I quit well before the...

I am a fan of the Avid line. They play good. They are very affordable. But the quality is there. And you can get the excellent Duo extension or switch to Cynergy shafts if you want. The Cuetec shafts are interchangeable IME. By that I mean they really fit, no joint facing wobbles when you switch...

Take a brand among those that you play about the same with. Find a good feeling one. Then if yours isn’t a great looking or expensive one, go get a good looking expensive one. Then you’ll have a cue you like and play as well with as whatever else and you’ll have a backup for travel/ places you...

I watched some of your match with Shovak. You played great. Congrats.

That’s good. I bought a rolling duffel that was pretty stiff I thought would work well. JB case didn’t quite fit, but another case I had did fit, along with a fair amount of clothing. So I used the case with a little less protection right when I most wanted the JB to work. The wheels on what I...

Next year in Elizabeth. Maybe

The company that makes them for Predator has made tons of carom tables. Shakespeare’s in Denver had the Kim Steel tables. Same company I am pretty sure.

Maybe the thing I like best about pool is that when you play it YOU get to play. I want to play more than I want to watch pros. Yes, I like watching them sometimes and like watching matches online. But if I’m in Las Vegas for the CSI/BCA stuff I’d rather play. Whether a mini tournament or going...

Traveling and didn’t bring a cue. So today and yesterday I played some. Found a slightly better cue off the wall today. I am not the best but I’m not the most picky as to equipment either. I have a bunch of cues and all of them are better than the house cues. Even with the full splice of the...

For me it was a rental and I think I made the right choice. I liked it, glad I rented it. Can’t say I’d watch it 3-4 times.

^^^^^. They aren’t 35. 😜

Last I checked they don’t do that one in 8’. I recently weighed the pros and cons of a new 8’ or 7’ in a different house. I was leaning Rasson but a big part of that was dealing with a good local dealer. I ended up just moving my Brunswick home table to the other house but having it tightened...

No, a little further back. Both men’s and women’s champs from ‘93 were in the room that day. Plus one more from prior to that.

I think Max won in ‘93 going from memory.

Last year we had a moment when 3 winners of that were in the pool room. Max was one. Plus two women. I noticed and thought that was kind of cool. One of the women knocked me out of a little tournament last Sunday. They don’t post here tho so aren’t the answer to the question.

good to know that you have seen it. I think his post on having to run out against SVB with a lot on the line says something about the absolute difficulty of executing a particular task on a 7’ vs. 9’. I play at a lower level but if I had to run out, I’d be more likely to on the 7’. I voted 7’...

A couple days ago I watched a bar table match on YouTube where Demetrius beat Vilmos Foldes. It was 8 ball at the USBTC. Foldes kept breaking dry. So that’s all he got to do. Demi ran out every game. There are other matches on YouTube. he can play on the 7’.