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Last I knew they could smoke in the original hall but not the expansion. Has that changed? Hu

Ray does too, never often though. Always funny to watch youngsters that don't know shit from Shinola arguing with legends sometimes. You would never guess what a giant Ray is by his modest posts and screen name. I didn't know the youngster posted, didn't remember his name either to be honest...

One pocket is a game that can take less than five minutes or over two hours. Heaven help the audience if two players that know what they are doing get in a wedge game. I found the game intensely interesting when neither Gabe or Varner made a ball for over fifteen minutes but every shot served a...

My business was only about five miles from the local dirt track but with scattered thunder storms and the track pretty well soaked one storm hitting it for thirty minutes and we would be rained out that night. It was before cell phones and the track was far enough off the road that they hadn't...

The fancy(expensive) chalk has changed things. I play with Master chalk and if there are only crappy pieces of chalk on the table I will put them on a side table and put two pieces of my Master chalk on the table. Naturally, the other player is free to and expected to use this chalk also. I will...

Jennie, I knew you would come with a great write up and pictures. I don't think Buddy posted on here ever but I still think he should be put in the AZB Hall of Fame. With Mike's permission I think you could do a great job on a post for him there. I have watched him and Keith and the first measle...

Not surprising but I hope it is a false rumor. If Buddy is dead it is the end of an era. Buddy stood alone. RIP Buddy, there will never be another. Hu

Gotta tell a true story about the ford and the chevy. These two guys from the big city belonged to the same hunting club so they happen to meet up on Racourci Island, a sorta island in or on the edge of the Mississippi depending on water levels. One is driving a brand new ford four wheel drive...

Wishing you a smooth and mellow recovery! Never had mine checked after hearing this from a coworker. We were peacefully sitting around after lunch huddling out of the wind on an outdoor job when a coworker let out a hell of a yell!! Everybody looked at him, "What's the matter?" "I just realized...

Don't know for this event but the payouts are typically about the same percentage distributions as the main pot but only paying half as many places. First place calcutta should pay over $150,000 at a guess so first place is worth over two hundred thousand. Not bad for an outlaw event. Of course...

My primary care guy has been in practice in the same place over thirty years. We stayed visiting an hour after his normal closing so I went out through the break room. It was crammed with homemade goodies and locally grown fresh fruit. Not payments, thank you gifts and signs of respect in this...

Don was certainly one of the greats. With great hand/eye coordination magic can be done. Anyone watching close magic being done can be left scratching their heads. I never practiced the arts much but I have cheated over and over on a pool table with a dozen people watching. Cheated at cards at...

The brutal truth is that the lesser player rarely wins regardless of spot. I always fall back on an old member here whose name I have forgotten now. He was an honorable gentleman and was playing for fun so he always tried to set up an equal match. He kept excellent records and when he went back...

I played everybody even. With local gamblers it was kinda understood I would give them one or two chances a game. Road players, still played even but it was root hog or die! I miss the days of being able to find twenty or fifty a game action every night. Funny thing, in many years of gambling...

That pun is so bad that I had to laugh out loud! Some are so bad they are good. About what gar are worth, the fish market was giving a dollar a pound when I saw the monster. Twelve years old and several hundred dollars in my eyes when I was trying to figure out how to make it mine! Hu

My mileage doesn't vary a half inch! However, you will see nits all over the place on here, in pool halls, talking about what smart gamblers they are and calling everybody else nits. That was my point. You either get things somewhere close in a few minutes and get in the grease or you spend more...

That thing with mataya was a hell of a suspense movie. I watched the whole thing once waiting for when he would admit he was full of crap. He played it straight to the bitter end! All I really want to know is how the hell did he catch Ewa? Hu

It is always hilarious. The guy is a smart gambler for getting what he wants. The other player is a nit for not giving him what he wants. I watch two guys negotiate for two hours at the counter to play pool for thirty minutes. They aren't there to play pool. They are practicing for debating...

Vincett you made it plain that you weren't willing to walk the path 99.99% of pros have had to walk for the last hundred years and more. You had gotten damned good advice from people that know. Maybe you were too dumb to heed the advice, maybe too arrogant. Either way, you made it plain you...

Nobody gets near the top of the heap without being a bit obsessive. I could have gotten an advanced university degree from the hours I put in pool before I got pretty good. I bit my tongue a few times until it became obvious that the OP is only going to pay attention to the advice he wants to...