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Thanks. I'm no world beater, but I can run a rack or two. I play well enough to be disappointed at times. There's some good advice in here so far. Guess I'm just at a crossroads, where pool totally becomes a hobby or I start working at it again. I'm sure @ChrisinNC is right to an extent, but...

I haven't been playing at all, which includes hitting balls at home, but I had a free day so I went and played a bar table tourney. It was on Diamonds and I played poorly. Squeaked out a few matches but even those involved more luck than skill. I'm almost a week removed from this and I can't...

Maybe so. I'm sure some like playing them. I'm sure others like winning money. Guess I'm just looking at it from Zuglan's point of view. The whole racking thing proves he's a quite stubborn guy but at the same time he's kept things rolling. It's never really seemed like anyone on AZ is very...

Why should Zuglan care at all about the top players? They aren't the ones that have kept him in the game this long. He has figured out a working formula that's kept his regional tour going maybe longer than any other. Actually, catering to top pros would be a slap in the face to the all the...

Isn't this a different table?

You're not wrong. I don't know why the pocket specs are always such a mystery, but they are. It's weird because the pocket size doesn't matter to me since the table is clearly being purposely setup to resemble what previous greats played on. That makes total sense to me. What doesn't make sense...

You shouldn't keep saying it -- because it's just not true. Do you really think these top players are feeling the heat in a 14.1 match with 650 dollars on the line? They may have felt some heat while playing in the finals of a 14.1 tourney back in the day, but the truth is -- many of them played...

Yeah it's totally shocking I tell ya. There should have been an over/under on his disappearance. I think just about every delusional "I'm gonna be a pro" quits after a few months.

I've seen a few players try this over the years and I think they bought into pool lore just a bit too much. I may have goofed off in the early years for a few meaningless dollars, but this would have been nothing more than me playing a role I thought was part of the game. In other words -- I was...

Or "gaping apertures". My point in this thread was that there's a point at which the failure cause flips. For instance, if you want to run 100 balls at 14.1 for the first time, playing on a Diamond bar table may do the trick. If on the other hand, you want to run EIGHT HUNDRED balls you may...

I just don't ever see the discipline becoming mainstream again. These guys can all run over 200 balls on a Diamond, so what's the point? Maybe there's a version of 14.1 out there that would be palatable to pool fans, but it's not a version that those longing for 14.1 tourneys would recognize...

Once the calcutta gets this high -- what's really going on? How many players are really forking over the cash for their half? Sounds like a really fun tourney, and a great way to lose a lot of money if you get caught up in the hype. I bet this is a blast for the dozen or so guys throwing around...

I do wonder what role today's chalk plays in making these sorts of runs even possible. There are hundreds of skid-able shots in a run like this -- those rolling half-ball hit type shots, where a skid causes a miss. You just don't see as many of them with the newer chalks. Even being diligent...

832 is inconceivable. I've mentioned this before in many Fargo related threads and it's worth mentioning again -- pool is way more binary than we like to think. At the top levels, the game approaches mastery. You can either play it masterfully or you cannot. It stands out clearly on the bar...

A lamp? I'm pretty sure you meant a lantern.

@iusedtoberich Still think Shaw or a multitude of other top players couldn't run +21 racks against the 9 ball ghost on an easy Gold Crown?

Right around when the PBT folded and his game was at its peak, he came down with a neurologically based issue with tremors. This ended his career prematurely. He goes into detail at the end of the podcast.

Interesting podcast with Michael Coltrain. For those Alex P fans (looking at you @pt109 ), Coltrain speaks very highly of him and his game. Sounds like they locked horns a few times and Alex left quite an impression. Alex P part starts at 32 minutes.

I doubt anybody plays good while drunk, but everyone that's drinking isn't drunk. It's a bit naive to think that alcohol can't be used as a performance enhancer for many. I think the biggest problem with alcohol is it can be used as an enhancer in the short-term but using it for a long...

I think the whole stroke plays a role in answering this question. I think the previous generation weren't afraid to employ significant elbow drop. Most of them did this on anything that required a little extra juice. This gave them the freedom to grip the cue closer to the balance point or even...