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First Break Cafe in Sterling VA has 8 9-foot Diamonds in great condition. Great place to play.

I like it. Here's a possible change or variation off the top of my head. Since all that matters is the number of balls pocketed, how about if the incoming player always has the option to play in forward or reverse order? This would keep the first shooter after the break from having that...

You're obviously describing a coin-op bar box. If you're playing on that, who cares? Diamond 9-footers are the best tables I've played in my 54 years in the game. Period.

Either FargoRate or NPL is the way to go. I play in an NPL league and it works great. FargoRate now has league management software as well.

Check out Grady Matthews' "Break Shots and Key Balls" Accu-Stats video. http://www.accu-stats.com/Cat2019.pdf It's very helpful for dealing with straight pool's break shots.

When he breaks the record, and I'm sure he will, it needs to be national news. It would be a big boost for pool and John. Is anyone of consequence with media ties working with him to publicize the record-breaking run when it happens? Barry Hearn? Joe Rogan? He should be booked on the Today Show...

It's nowhere near 5%. I'd say less than 1%. I'd bet only players with a Fargo rating of 700 or more would be able to run 100 with any consistency.

I've never had a problem with Accu-Stats in 25 years. Have you spoken to Pat Flemming directly?

Yeah. He shouldn't have done that. It would have been nice if he offered to buy her a new one. He can afford it.

52 back in the 90s.

The best shot of the match is at 28:39.

If the mechanic owns the company, no. If the owner has a helper, tip the helper. It the mechanic doesn't own the company, tip.

Examples please.

The jump cue is the worst "innovation" pool has ever produced. I love Pat Flemming, but I wish he never came up with this idea. Jump cues make it MUCH too easy to jump over balls to get out of tight spots, which greatly reduces the value of great safety play. Jumping with your full cue takes...

The Inner Game of Tennis is a good one and you'll get a lot out of it. But pool, like golf, is a very different game in that you are not reacting to something (like a ball in motion). My favorite mental game book by far is Pleasures of Small Motions by Bob Fancher. I like the original, shorter...

We have a semi-monthly scotch doubles match. Here's what we do if one can't make it. A plays one game as a single against B and C as scotch double partners. If A wins, he posts a game won. If he loses, no one posts a win. This prevents a scotch doubles partner from throwing the game to...

Wow. Rotation Cut Throat! Never thought of that.

I think if you always play actual matches on the same type of table, you would be better off practicing on that same type of table. If you play real matches on many different types of tables, it probably doesn't matter much.

With FargoRate, the only thing that really matters is the difference between players to determine a fair match. If player 1 is twice as good as player 2, he or she will have a rating that is 100 points higher and would have to give player 2 half of the games on the wire to make an equal match...

After learning the fundamentals of the game by reading and practicing Bob Byrne's Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, the next thing I did was to buy Burt's 60-Minute Workout on VHS tape, which had just come out. Man did that change everything for me. Shoot all the shots every day and you'll be...