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The definitive book on One Pocket; One Pocket: A Game of Controlled Aggression. Endorsed by the voice of Accu-Stats Billy Incardona, Hall of fame player Shannon Daulton, and Scott the "Freezer" Frost. Reviews are ALL five star rating. Order it today through paypal. trwirth369@gmail.com Or, if...

Speaking for myself, when I was playing and gambling at pool on a regular basis, One Pocket always having been my best game, I wanted to exclusively be playing One Pocket. That said, rotation games, short rack bank pool, straight pool, and carom games where not off limits. All these games have...

This is true, Lou. I think Z Nole is showing a cynical side to his nature on this one. Pool certainly had and has its seedy side but times have changed greatly since you and I grew up in that old environment where gambling was one of the requirements to learning. These days there are...

[/B] Z Nole, This was certainly the case many years ago. The unwritten law was like a mafia edict and there could be repercussions for those who were caught teaching. Those days a long gone. Today there are several top flight players teaching everything from the basics on through to advanced...

No, Dick, he was a product of the depression and held a very hard stance against my playing pool. The pool hall stigma was alive and well within my Dad. As a result, I was somewhat a "black sheep" family member. I was not alone in that club though. lol. We all have our skeletons Dick. I wish...

Thank You SJD, I do understand and appreciate your sense of humor. I think it would be a great benefit to all in the pool community if you did write that book. At least you should grab yourself a digital audio recorder and spill out what memories you do have about your exploits. Even if these...

Not a chance, But then none of us do anyway. WE'RE ALL DOOMED! So let's party like it's Ummm......2016?

If I ain't what I say I am, I've sure been putting on a good act for a long time, and Hollywood missed out on a sure thing. "It's so hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way". I wouldn't know this personally, it's just what I've heard from most of the women I've known. Sheesh! Tom

Mr. Tramp Steamer, It's like anything else my friend. If you do your homework you can find a qualified instructor to help you learn whatever you want to learn. If the BCA instructor's weakest game is One Pocket well he will in good conscience tell you that up front. If he is an honorable person...

HI all! Lou, your last comment that One Pocket take a long time to learn but we all must accept that we will never learn it all is 100% on target. That is one of the many beauties of the game. If we maintain an interest in expanding our pool education the game will never get old. One Pocket...

I was just browsing and found this thread. I've only glanced through it to get the gist of what it's all about. You say you've gone though this spiral for twelve years and have seen little progress. It is evident that many on this site have provided much valuable advice. You have probably...

Yeah, I know this thread is all about the humor. I get it. Some of the jokes are pretty good too. I just like seeing opportunities to take a shot at encouraging Rotation players to switch from checkers to chess. I remember when I was a kid, I couldn't teach my Dad anything. He was pig headed...

Right. Oh! Wait a minute..... Guess who switched to One Pocket? Old timers who won numerous Nine Ball championships like Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Billy Incardona, Jimmy Reed, Alan Hopkins, Jose Parica, and Efren Reyes, I could go on and on. Let's not leave out the many young straight shooters...

One thing about the novice player who likes Nine Ball that I have never understood. Maybe someone can explain it to me. If two player who have very little realistic hope of running a rack, why not play six ball instead? It's the same game but at least you have a fighting chance to break and run...

Now that I will agree with, but I feel that way about the other games too. So, do you enjoy watching two Nine Ball players (whoops, so called Nine Ball players) who run three or four balls and dog some easy shot, turn the table over and watch the other guy do the same thing? Poor play is poor...

Maybe to an uneducated One Pocket spectator the game appears slow. As a player in the mix, that is rarely the case. While playing the game your mind must constantly be at work, even during your opponent's time at the table. Like a pitcher and batter, each, trying to outsmart the other with every...

Not looking to hi jack your thread but one of my students has a simple two point David Howard edition Meucci with one shaft he wishes to sell. Does anyone here know what it's value might be? Thanks in advance, Tom

JAM, you are dead on with these comments. I had the pleasure of doing a bit of commentary with Billy I, Scott F,, Larry S, and Jay H at the US Open a couple years ago.We all had trouble identifying the cyclops balls. That was pretty funny. Larry is a riot. Figuring out which ball was which was...

I've added quite a number of short videos on youtube since last I posted on this threat. Check them out. Whether you happen to be a One Pocket player or not I think you will enjoy them. One Pocket: A Game of Controlled Aggression. Here is a sample. https://youtu.be/8AAQhJ2hKfM

I didn't see it but in my opinion, Billy I is the best. Not only because he is very informative but because of so many subtle reasons as well. One of those being he is always respectful of the players and shows no outward bias for or against. We can all learn a lot from Dr. Bill. Tom