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Great post Heather! It was such a pleasure getting to spend time with you and the boys again! - Steve

Skess, I think we may be talking about two different things. I'm not talking about the pros being curt with the fans, or people who genuinely want to chat with them. I was referring more to a situation like this: There is a 30 minute practice period before the US Open starts for the day...

Easy, I was watching some of your attempts as well... you shoot pretty sporty. Danny B told me he thought you played very thoughtfully, and he's not in the habit of handing out those kinds of compliments. Looking forward to seeing you at the next one! - Steve

Hey everyone, I got Tony's cue on Friday at the expo, and I'm in love with it! The colors and inlays are exactly what we talked about, and the hit is solid. Everyone I've shown the thing to is equally impressed. I'm proud to play with this cue, Tony. Thanks again! - Steve

Just wanted to give a write-up for those who couldn't make it, so here goes... Danny Barouty and I showed up on Friday at about noon. We quickly found the 14.1 booth and we immediately saw the work that was put into the event. Two huge TVs were displaying the action, there was a big banner...

Heather, You, Steve, and Charlie were all amazing. This event was a success because of the work the three of you put into it. Everyone could see the pride in all your faces at how hard you'd worked and how well everything turned out. I will write more when I get some sleep as well ;), but in...

Tony, I can't wait to see it in person on Friday!! Thanks so much for all your hard work! - Steve

Hi Allen, I could have been more precise with drawing some of the diagrams, or at least in my text. For that example, the rest of the table was irrelevant. I was merely trying to show the importance of bumping certain balls, which the casual player might not think need to be bumped. - Steve

While playing for two breakshots is definitely a great thing, problems can arise when they are kept as the last two balls on the table. The exact angle presented above is indeed a good position, but watch what happens when you slightly miss position...

Ha, there's a blast from the past. Thanks for digging this one up, Hank, and for all the replies today. John, I wish you could know the feeling of someone twice your speed thanking you for a post, but sadly, you never will ;). I think the only thing I would do differently, upon re-reading...

Count me in the camp that says this whole thing has been a mess. Two guys are allowed to not like each other without being called out on the internet. Their feud was not bad for pool, because really, not many people knew or were in a position to "hurt pool" if they did know. The only thing it...

Hey guys, Some questions on format. First, must someone take all 5 of their innings consecutively? Not saying I necessarily wouldn't want to, I'm just curious if we had the option of, say, trading innings with another competitor if we so chose? Second, do the players make appointments? I...

I also can't answer for John, but I'll say two things about this position. The first is that none of those balls represents a good key ball, and sometimes this just happens. Sometimes, due to clusters or problem balls earlier in the rack, when you finally get all the balls open you're just not...

It seems there is a bit of confusion here. Fastolfe is saying he intentionally leaves his opponents on the exact spot they would execute their standard opening break; for those of you saying it's better to leave your opponent on the rail, it surely is, but Fastolfe is saying his opponents would...

Way to go, gents. You've really created something special. - Steve

We are indeed lucky to have John's input on the forum, as well as his participation and enthusiasm in general for 14.1. In the main forum a few months ago, someone said something like "does anyone even play straight pool anymore?" It's nice to be able to point to a guy like John, a guy in his...

Good catch Mr. Betmore. You are absolutely right that it wouldn't matter if I didn't get a ball to a rail.

Just spoke to Danny by the way. I misunderstood his post; he was advocating the two rails and bump the 9. I couldn't tell that from his post and thought he was saying that a totally conservative approach should be taken (follow a bit on the 3 and then just shoot the 9 straight in the other...

Andy, while I agree with most of what you wrote, I can't tell you how strongly I disagree with this. You are not going to win 10 safety battles in a row against an equally-skilled (or higher skilled) opponent, no matter how good the first safe is. 10 runs of 10-and-safe is nowhere in the...

Before anyone listens to Danny Barouty's option of going for the safer route, please keep in mind that he routinely calls the middle ball in a full cluster, and once in a while even comes within two diamonds of making it.