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I usually travel by car, but if I'm flying, I just check it in with my baggage. Haven't lost my cue yet!

As far as having one of the best strokes I have ever seen, it was Cowboy Jimmy Moore. Great straight pool player, great one-pocket player, and a great 9-ball player, he played all games. Eddie Kelly was another one, one of the prettiest strokes I ever saw. The players that I've played against...

Scott the Shot, there is never enough money action as far as I'm concerned. If it was up to me, I would as soon play for money all the time. I wish that they had these tournaments that they played round robins instead of just having to play one good player. If everybody had to play each other...

Dave, thanks for the nice comments. Last year, I was experimenting something different that I don't usually do before I play, and I hate to say it, but I usually like to have a couple of Budweisers before I play. I promised my girlfriend that I would try to do without. As we both know now, it...

My new wheels! Good to hear that Toe is back in action! If he makes it up this way, tell him to look me up. Thanks for the birthday wishes. :) I'm getting loosened up for the rest of today. My girlfriend bought me some new wheels. It only goes up to 25 miles per hour. That's as fast as...

Thank you for the birthday wishes! It's finally a nice day here in D.C., and I'm heading out to the racetrack! It's a nice way to start out my birthday, hearing from AzBilliards, and I will have a Budweiser for you, Landshark77 -- maybe a couple! ;) Keith

Today, I'd say Efren is probably the strongest in executing a perfect safety, and he's also creative in getting out of one as well. :p

My dad taught me how to play pool. I used to play caroms when I was a kid. I probably learned more from my older brothers because we used to play for our allowance all the time, and I guess that's what triggered me from there. I really liked being able to leave the house with $20 or $30 and...

CaptainJR, when I'm looking to get position on a bar table, I'm just looking for an area, and then I go with my "feels" after that. On the 9-footers, when I'm surveying the table layout, there's one shot that I know I'm going to have to make, or get on, to run out. I'm usually looking to get...

LiL C, tell Dot I said hi! :) I've got a lot of memories from Sport Palace. I heard Buddy Hall was coming over there to manage it and the place across the street. It's hard to know how to help you without seeing how you play in person. Slumps happen to everybody. If you keep hitting balls...

I'm working on it, and it's coming along very well. It is taking longer than I thought. I'm hoping when all the finishing touches are done, it will be worth the wait. Thanks for your interest. :)

Hi, Jack! I'm sorry to have missed you when you were packing up your booth on Sunday at Valley Forge. After the finals of the Pro/Am tournament, it got a little hectic. Thanks for the pictures of me and Ronnie, too! It was fun seeing you two again. E-mail me and stay in touch. About the...

RecoveryJones, I use spins all the time to get back in line. I'll sometimes use a draw stroke, what I call a "pinch shot," to deaden my cue-ball. What Phil Capelle says in the book is accurate. :) When I used to live in California, Phil Capelle used to watch me play frequently on the bar...

Thanks for your support! :) I didn't play too lucky in my next two matches, but I did have a good time at the Expo this year. They haven't heard the last of me. I'll definitely be back! ;)

CaptainJR, sometimes the humidity out there will have a tendency to make the tables play funny. I have a table in my basement, and even though it has brand-new Simonis cloth, it still rolls kind of slow for me. Basements can be humid. I would think if you were to practice on a 9-foot table...

Lil C, you're doing the right thing by shooting a lot of balls. Playing one-pocket will help you with all the fundamentals. Keep working with the cue-ball and work on mastering all of your "feels" and techniques. It is important to practice all your englishes, forced follows, the draws and...

Toupee, glad to hear from you! :D I'll bet you that Hollywood spot was a good pool room, and I'm sure you were in heaven with the poker there! I was watching TV the other day and they were running through commercials, and then I saw your face. So I made sure I watched that episode. I'll...

I like looking at the object ball first before any shot. That sort of gives me a sense for it. Then I go through all my other routines. Efren is pretty tough. I'd hate to have to look at him every time I played a match. That's hard to say. Everybody, when they were in their primes, was...

WilleeCue, 58-1/2, 12-3/4, medium Moori. Efren is Efren, and I'd probably ask for the 7 or the 8, something in that area. I don't believe I would need anything from him, but I was ask for something because he's Efren. I'd run a lot more racks with a big cue-ball on a bar table than I would...

I should, but I don't. When I'm facing a big tournament like the U.S. Open, I will try to practice more. Having as many battle scars as I do, practicing does get old. When I was younger, I used to hit 3- to 4,000 balls a day. Putting all that time in, to include all of my gambling sprees, it...