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  1. Mike_Mason

    Thorstens unfinished high run

    The run ends when the game is over... Big congratulations to Thorsten for the great performance. But it is the right thing for the run to end when the match is over. I've posted along these lines before about how really high runs must be performed in exhibitions or possibly match play of...
  2. Mike_Mason

    How would get out from here?

    I knew a man... A friend of mine some time ago...he did like to hit the balls with authority. He would definitely play it as Black Cat shows it. He would also give his personal philosophy..."Hey why use two or three rails when you can use four or five??" He was only half joking and his point...
  3. Mike_Mason

    Miz made everyone feel special

    I remember the Miz from the times when I was playing the Florida Tour. I've mentioned here that watching Willie Mosconi seemed like a glimpse of heaven...and watching Steve Mizerak was right up there. I'm not much on watching anyone play a whole match but I sidled up to the table when the Miz...
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    Trying again to post a pic...

    That's the second unsuccessful try for me posting pics...just following instructions that others have posted...what am I stupid??...hey don't answer that...anyone want to come over here for a few games of pool...free sandwiches and drinks...and walk me through it??...
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    Trying again to post a pic...

    Jackie Robinson Stadium...
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    Finally got the GC done!

    Check the avatar... It doesn't take much to build a fixture with 4 8-ft. fluorescent bulbs...it's worth the effort...
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    Pic upload...??...

    Uploading desktop...Bobbie...
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    slip stroke??

    Sure...but why?? I've seen some great players use a slipstroke but I've never figured out why they did it...I've asked and it seems that's just the way they learned...doesn't do anything to improve your game...just another moving part that can go wrong if you ask me...
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    How many cues have you smashed? Discussion inside!

    Saint Mike here... I'm almost ashamed to admit that I've never broken a cue. Although I once put on a great show during the finals of a monthly tournament when I broke a 9-ball rack and the ferrule of my sneaky pete broke into a gazillion pieces all over the table. The crowd went nuts. There...
  10. Mike_Mason

    Straight pool. What a game!!

    If you can run 16... I don't remember where I heard it...or read it...and it was some time ago...but the thought made an impression on me...that if you can run 16 balls then you can run 100...or 527 maybe... The reasoning is that in order to run 16 balls in straight pool then you have to run a...
  11. Mike_Mason

    Playing with both hands

    vs. Nick Vlahos Being reminded of playing left-handed...I'm reminded of Nick Vlahos...who died too young and who I miss very much... I played a lot of pool with Nicky...some of the most fun I had on a pool table was when I played left-handed and he played one-handed...which neither his cue or...
  12. Mike_Mason

    Your Home Tables

    Check the avatar... I bought this Brunswick Gold Crown five years ago...not sure if it's GCI or GCII...It has ash trays in all four corners and it comes with a skirting that is out in the garage...the skirting is the original color...off white...otherwise it's been painted black... Mike House...
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    Check out my pool league video...

    Cool... I don't know much about technology...seems well done with what you're working with...but I get a good feel of the action...I tap my cue for good shots and hold my breath on the shots that just don't drop...looks like everyone is having a great time... I love the music...is that a...
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    elder statesmen of the game

    Don't buy too many rocking chairs just yet... Age does matter...we can't do things at 60 like we did when we were 18...However...this is pool, not boxing... When we see the final standings of the IPT at the end of the season...with names like Hall, Sigel, Varner, Hopkins, Martin, Mathews...
  15. Mike_Mason

    Occupation...

    Social worker... I am Director of Social Services at a private non-profit agency that provides meals-on-wheels to people over 60 years old at congregate locations and in their homes. We also provide free transportation to doctors offices, shopping, etc...homemaker service...and home repair...
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    Who's the best table mechanic in the Southeast?

    Mike House...Dave Williams Mike House put a new cloth on the table in my avatar...great job...Mike is a very good player too by the way... The table was first set up and covered in my home by Dave Williams who owns a room in New Port Richey...don't know if he still covers tables but he is top...
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    Tom Ferry (Old Has Been) Has Passed

    I feel so sad... My condolences to the family and friends of OHB. I've enjoyed reading his posts which were always interesting and displayed a man of character and style. He seemed like a man I would like to know and spend some time with talking pool and whatever. And he really won me over...
  18. Mike_Mason

    tournament starting times??

    I've never seen a tournament start on time... lol I've always said that if they didn't cater to pool hustlers by starting tournaments in the afternoon...and finishing each day in the wee hours of the morning...then we would see some different stories. You get a strong player who works and gets...
  19. Mike_Mason

    Time to reach A speed?

    It's mostly up to you... Some players with seemingly tons of 'natural' ability hit the big time quickly...today we have teenagers competing on the international stage. They obviously haven't put in the time one might think necessary to become great. There is also Del and Lombard...of...
  20. Mike_Mason

    Cole Dixon

    Brief encounter with Cole... I met Cole Dixon only once...I think 1998...I was staying with a friend in a lazy stretch of Florida and Cole came to visit for a couple of weeks...I didn't know who he was for three days lol...he went by a different name...I think he was checking out possible...
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