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8 balls in one shot! Nice!

I was at a tournament just last weekend and heard that a couple of players competing just got barred from playing in the APA. I won't name the names as it's not my business to do so but both of these 700+ fargo rated players hold regular jobs. Just that they were too good and getting complaints...

One that I heard years ago always struck me as funny. My opponent missed a combo and said "I couldn't make a combo even if I worked at Pizza Hut"

I would always try to get a 2 dollar ring game going. It was almost always worth 50 to me to get one going. When the casino's hit town that ended the easy action.

I remember watching her play years ago in Las Vegas. I did a little google and found this news report about her playing in a BCA pro event. Good player RIP.........

Yes.....I've travelled dozen of times over the years using basically the same setup. If you ship your cues, guess what they are using a plane. I just make sure that I'm at the luggage carousal before it comes out.

Are you starting with 1 ball? To the OP, you self diagnosed a big issue if you are having movement before the final hit swing. I would take a lesson or two on the fundamentals with a good instructor. Develop a consistent Pre Shot Routine. Playing better players does have its advantages. Go back...

I don't think you will get a great deal out there. But what you can do is try different set ups and if you find something you do like then shop for it online and then use that as a bargaining tool. If it doesn't work then just buy it cheaper online. Sometimes you can wait towards the end of the...

Years ago I had a cue that was snug when screwing it together. I was at the Derby City Classic and it was squeaking when I put the the shaft on. John Brumback was close and said just use a bar of soap on the threads and presto it worked!

Ahhh the age old question of nature vs. nurture. As with anything, it's almost never black and white but gray. A good read that I have mentioned before "Talent is Overrated" by Geoff Colvin. There is a semi local girl that started playing a year ago (10 years old). She has almost perfect form...

Looking forward to it. Always a great event. Do you happen to know the current players list in the pro events?

Pool has already had this issue years back with Bonus Ball and some of Mark Griffin's events. Bonus Ball locked up players every weekend for months during their run and those players couldn't play in other big events. I'm guessing the new Golf tour may end up as Bonus Ball but the LIV promoters...

I've travelled with my cues dozens of times over the years and use a sterling travel case designed for cues. Only issue I have had is traveling into Newark and they pulled my cues before putting them on the carousel and put them in a room for over sized baggage. I just walked in and found them...

I'm going to take a shot in the dark on the 2 hidden players. Claude Bernatchez and Reed Pierce :)

The analogy I would use is it's like poker where the variance is big playing that way but after keeping track of the stats for a longer time you might find that it isn't that good of a strategy. Sample size needs to be bigger and then again maybe with certain situations with those table...

I remember the first time seeing Dave was I'm guessing in the early 90's at Shooters tournaments in Olathe. IIRC At he was playing with the rose Mcdermott D series cue.

Woke up last night at 4am and decided to watch a lil to TV to see if I could fall back asleep. Jumped on Netflix and was browsing new releases when I noticed an Indian film about a snooker prodigy. It's not a very good movie but it is a 2022 film about about tournament snooker sort of lol The...

1994 US Open 9 ball - Tape # 199B-03 - pg 136 of the online 2022 catalog. Greg Fix vs Dave Matlock 13 - 4 score

Great News, I've pestered Pat in the past about buying an old match of a couple of players that I have played against. He said some day that it would be digitized and put on the you tube channel. So I might as well pester you about it. ;) It is Dave Matlock vs. Greg Fix. It wasn't necessarily a...

Aside from being a great player he is a good guy.