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I would suggest forgetting about the table and all else and looking at your mechanics. I know you'll swear you're doing everything the same but given your outcomes... probably not. It doesn't take much to dramatically alter your results. Lou Figueroa

Nowadays you go to the airport and see people look like they just rolled out of bed: mussed hair, flannel pajamas, slippers, and there they are at United, lol. Lou Figueroa

This for Pat Fleming's upcoming International Open: DRESS CODE Dress-type shirt (with or without a collar) or a dress-type sweater. Dress slacks; no sweat pants, warm-up pants, jogging pants, cargo pants, or jeans. Dark shoes or dark-colored tennis or walking-type shoes; no sandals, slippers or...

Whether players (or folks here) like it or not, dress codes will eventually be in place for major pool events. MR already requires players to wear event shirts, dark smart trousers, and dark smart shoes/sneakers. No denim, t-shirts, shorts. I think they also restrict placement, number, and...

Broke a hip. Lou Figueroa

Who, in their right mind, would want to do that? Lou Figueroa

Bert was not a member of the underworld -- he was professional gambler. He played poker and won enough to buy a nice new car every year. He staked Fats and was willing to stake Eddie. Did he know guys who could back him up with muscle? Yes. But that's stock in trade for a guy like Bert...

OK, one more recollection: The first time I saw “The Hustler" I was a teenager in high school back in the late 60’s. By that time I’d already been playing pool for a bit after a friend, Jim, and I had killed a few hours at a bowling alley in Redwood City north of San Francisco, while his...

Just a couple of udder things: Tony Curtis, Cliff Robertson, Jack Lemmon, and Bobby Darin, were all considered for the part of Eddie Felson. Kim Novak turned down the role of Sarah. Lou Figueroa

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I don't believe Bert had anything do with Eddie's thumbs. Per the book, Bert wants to take him to play Findlay. (Apparently Findlay takes out the pool table he had in his basement and replaces it with a carom table.) And as they're talking in the PR near the Loop, Bert asks Eddie how he's...

lol, old story but it is apropos: Not my cue, but the guy I was playing... At this one pool hall, the bathroom is right next to the 1pocket table. I was playing a guy named Brett, who had just gotten a very nice new SP. I think it may have been a Buss or Joss. Anywhos, we finish a game and...

The reason is pure stupidity and a lack of consideration -- the tables all play the same. lou Figueroa flat with six holes

The good looking young lady is far away from the table I prefer. Lou Figueroa

As I previously mentioned: That's an old school nicety that most pool rooms don't follow nowadays. Lou Figueroa

Yes, I can do that but I shouldn't have to if people had any couth at all. Lou Figueroa

Well, here's the other thing: why will that person also get to the table and turn the tray upside down and dump the balls. IMO, it is disrespectful to the game, the room, and the owner but I see (and hear it) all the time. Lou Figueroa

Well, there are those great looking legs again... but I don't even wear shorts to the PR so who knows. Lou Figueroa

That's old school. Can't count on that nowadays. Lou Figueroa

Doubtful. Lou Figueroa