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Agreed. I was upset in the moment. And I agree that I look foolish for posting this, but I felt the need to vent.

He played it with follow, bumping up the 8-ball where it had no pocket. I tried to cinch it past the 4-ball since it was a Valley with big pockets, but no dice. So it was my fault for missing the 8-ball I guess. I asked him why he didn't use draw. He thought he'd draw it into the 3-ball.

Playing for 3rd in a small Scotch Doubles tournament this weekend, I left this shot for my partner. He needed to make the 14-ball and get me shape on the 8-ball. He's a 550+ FargoRate on a bar box. We ended up 4th. I was kind of upset.

You're right, I shouldn't give them the option.

I generally buy half myself, but since I was put into the unbid player pool (a couple people), I didn't really have that option. But I shouldn't be mad because it was my decision.

I was irked by a situation last night. I was playing a local tournament with a calcutta. My stomach wasn't feeling great, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to stick around or not. I asked to be put in the unbid player pool. A gentleman buys the pool. I end up in the hotseat. I've been waiting...

Was he around 750?

I feel you are correct for someone new to the game. And I guess since the vast majority of pool players are "casual" you are probably correct in that more misses are because of aim. The higher level you are though, I feel it comes down to hitting the object ball where you want to.

I definitely feel Bert contributed a lot to the pool community. I just don't know if he played at a "pro" level or not.

I'm sure there's an argument for both, but then why do people miss straight in shots? Is it because they don't know where to aim or because they don't hit where they are aiming? I feel when I miss, it's mainly because I don't hit the object ball where I'm aiming. Do you feel most of your...

I feel rarely do people not know where to aim but rather have trouble hitting the spot on the object ball that they want to. I think if you asked a bunch of pros why they missed a certain shot, they'll say it's because they didn't hit where they were aiming rather than them not knowing where to...

I never got to see prime Bert. When I did see him play in Dallas, he seemed to jump up on every other shot and not really stay down. Maybe more of a "hustler" type of thing. I know a lot of people who have found his instructional videos great though.

In person, I've loved watching Efren and Earl. Also, there was a time when Mika seemed like he was winning everything. Watching Danny DiLiberto, Grady Matthews, and Mike Massey putting on shows were also a great joy to watch. In person, in a match, I watched Rafael Martinez do some amazing...

I started up with my straight pool league again. I ran both a 33 (new high run for the year) and a 31 today against the top player in the league (and still lost going to 150). It's amazing what staying down will do. 603 Fargo.

Ran 22 on 2024-02-04. Fargo 603.

Best performance to date is SVB in 2012 I believe. 2nd in Banks, 1st in 1P, 1st in 9B.

They mention this match is on 4 inch pockets as well... if it is, even more impressed at their shooting.

Great run! May I ask what your FargoRate is? It would be great to see this on all posts even if it may not be relevant.

Not to take anything away from these guys, and I'm sure they are playing the table, but this table played far easier than the 8 foot tables I play straight pool league on. I saw so many balls drop that would have definitely hung on the tables I play on. Of course their patterns are so much better.

I ran 38 in a league match on 05/16/2023. I started off the match very slowly with some unfortunate scratches. Near the end of the match I finally got my pattern play down a bit better as well as the speed of the table and started putting a few runs together. At one point I was behind almost...