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You GET IT!! Nine ball IS a stupid game, not really a test of skill as much as a test of luck, especially if only a few games are played. LJJ would have beat me like a red headed stepchild if we were playing straight pool. Straight pool rules!

The last 43 of those years I hardly played at all, just banging a few balls in social games maybe once every few years, at most. No competition, no lessons, nada...

You know "El Maestro" Tony Sorto? (why am I not surprised?) ;o) I'm not sure that Tony has ever seen my Plan for Excellence in Pool. He is one of those rare, purely natural players, with a true gift, who "don't need no stinkin' plan"...

Danny K's seemed like a good room. I was there only once, several months ago, for a lesson with Sensei Roy Yamane. That went well, but it is still a long way to drive. And, of course, there's that hermit thing... ;o)

Here's a treat: the true story of how I beat world champion Loree Jon Jones in 2 out of 3 exhibition games of 9 ball in front of a room full of witnesses and TV cameras. Click on this link to read the story. That was the last time I shot serious pool with my old Willie Hoppe 22 oz. cue that I...

Good points, all... Thanks for taking the time for serious reflection. Here's some feedback on your points. 1. I've been to Hard Times (played my first-ever game of one pocket there, with Cecil Tugwell... can you imagine what that was like?). But I'm really a hermit, so getting out for a...

Right On! That's one of my favorite individual pool sites, and one of the influences that got me to do my site. Thanks for the excellent work, Dave!

...getting back to the subject of a Plan for Excellence in Pool... (not that it wasn't fun learning of autistic idiot savants in golf & pool) With my background of 40 years working with computers, I have come to the conclusion that "any plan is better than no plan", as long as there is a...

"Patrick" Yikes! That Patrick dude is one serious-thinking pool shooter. And a young fella, too... I guess he's about the same age Einstein was when he did his best thinking. It's refreshing to find literate, intelligent life forms in the pool game. I haven't found too many of them in the...

Hey, that's just the PLAN, not reality!!! I wish I did put in 3 hours of focused practice every day. But I'm human, and I have a hammock only 8' from the pool table, (see photo ) so sometimes 3 hours of practice becomes a 2 hour nap, and half an hour of practice. (the other half hour is used...

ok, i give up, who the heck is Patrick, and what the heck is "CCB"?

Here is a plan I have been using and improving for the last 18 months. It has helped improve my game from an occasional ball banger to a perfect, undefeated session of ten matches in the APA Masters division, Triple Play format (8 and 9 ball). This plan is offered as a basis for discussion...

FORUM NAME: Fast Mikie LOCATION: Del Mar, California AGE: too old for young girls HOURS PER WEEK YOU PLAY POOL: 20+ Favorite Beverage: Murphy's stout Playing cue: Predator 2 w/ Z-shaft Break cue: Predator BK Old playing cue: Willie Hoppe 22 oz.

Yo! Name: "Fast Mikie" Michael McCafferty Currently Living In: Del Mar, CA (by way of Chicago and Philly) Game of choice: Straight Pool How long have you been playing: a few years in college, then a LONG 40 years away from the game, now back at it for 3 years Favorite Pro: they're all a...

Hard Times, almost as good as Allingers in Philly Hard Times in Los Angeles is truly hard core pool, almost as good as the old time Allingers in Philly (no longer there). Allingers had wood floors. When you wanted a fresh rack, you hit your stick on the floor a couple of times, and a little...

I'm using a Predator Z shaft, which has a diameter of 11.75mm, and I'm thinking that's a bit small, and the Predator 314 shaft at 13mm diameter is a bit big, so I was thinking of getting a 314 shaft cut down to about 12.3mm. Will this have any effect on the playability of the cue? Thanks for...

Jennifer B is way hotter than Jeanette Lee... I've met them both, and Barretta is way hotter than Jeanette, (Jeanette's a Mom, so she loses points with that) but Jeanette is a much better pool player!

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