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Lock, I'll share something I really believe in regarding practice and pool in general. It is that "you have to be able to do it consciously in practice before you do it unconsciously in competition." When I practice I am always working on something no matter how small it is. Actually I usually...

Could be a pretty dangerous place unless you are local or know a lot of locals. Noone is going to go looking for a missing pool player hustling the oil fields.

I had one put on because I didn't have any of my normal tips and had it replaced about a day later. It felt pretty good for the first hour and then started to feel a little "dead." It was mushrooming already when I cut it off but most do. I just didn't have the feeling that I wanted to change...

I don't know if I can buy into that one. I know a lot of good 9/10 ball players who are definitely not even average one-pocket players and others who can't bank much of anything consistently. With one-pocket and banks there are so many intricacies and situations that really need to be learned...

I was just there a couple nights the past week and it is a cool little place. Might have to go back for the tourney.

I heard about all the way up in Michigan. Must be pretty entertaining.

I don't know who has the best concentration of good players but I am living in Michigan now and when I leave for someplace else I don't stop until I cross the Ohio River. I don't play good enough to get out of Michigan or Ohio so I just skip 'em both. It is common phrase that "if you can get...

Nah, no miscue, just "accidently" touch the cue ball. Happens all the time.

Thanks for the offers. Gave in and bought a new one from JoeRackem at Nielsen's Billiards.

Looking for a 3/8x10 ob classic pro. Ideally 30" but 29" will do. Looking for a quick sale. Ideally could be shipped on saturday. Could also be interested in ob classic in same joint but only 30". Mine is going back to ob for repairs and don't want to wait until next saturday for delivery.

I played a guy cheap one-pocket tonight and beat him all 15 games we played. When we finished I said that at least we are safe that the world won't end today. He laughed and said oh yeah, why is that? I replied that he can't possibly be that unlucky to lose every game of pool on the same day as...

I think all the shots ahead. Sometimes there is one huge, perfect pattern and other times it looks tricky but you notice the key to open the table. My first clue if I can't visualize running out is that I should play safe sooner than later. I really like "soldiers" on the table. No real sense...

If you agree to play someone 50 a game and would like to know that your opponent isn't firing a game or two at you then 10 ahead for 500 is the same thing. I don't think it matters at all what the bet is for as long as the opponents are willing to play for it. When I was younger we would play 10...

Hate to do it but need to get the nieces something for xmas. Have used this for almost 18 months. It is wrapless. Comes with the extra dart jump handle. The wrapless retails for $575 or so but usually people can get them for $500 new. I'll get some pictures up later tonight and check for nicks...

I was playing a guy some sets, who thought he was such a good player, with all his friends watching. I was up a set and he was still in good spirits telling all his friends how he was gunna beat me so badly. He slopped in a ball, grinned real big and said "I'd rather be lucky than good." I just...

The issue isn't people just asking for a spot. The issue is how some people react to a player rejecting the offer. I'll probably have to ask for a spot tomorrow against some southern player but I won't get belligerent if he declines. I really like to point someone made about the hierarchy of...

Great, now I have to notice each time the behavior comes up in the poolroom,lol. I got to the poolroom to get loose and some guy from Pennsylvania comes over and asks for the last 4. I say no and...viola.... I am a coward. Later, a few guys are bickering and I look over. One guy snaps at me and...

I wish I had a backer.

I don't have an issue with people asking for weight but I sometimes have issue with their response if I say no. I think it is classless and really disrespectful for weaker players to talk shit and make it seem like I am such a bad guy or scared when I don't want to give them what I view as the...

I think the object is to teach a young guy how the pool world works, develop his game, live right, hopefully learn how to win, and to survive until that happens. You can skimp on a lot of things but in the end you still have to maintain the drive to keep doing it day in and day out. I like...