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I'm still waiting (this being the second thread) for anyone to chime in on the efficiency (or lack thereof) of Willie's 5 ball out posted earlier. :) - Steve

Al, with all due respect, Willie himself would have rolled over in his grave if he watched what he did in that video. There was nothing interesting or inventive in it, just a few bad decisions and a few bad executions. The man was a genius obviously but I was a little curious why you chose...

I know I'm going to look like an absolute buffoon here when it turns out I'm wrong, but wasn't Hoppe "just" a balkline/carom champion? I am sure he played a great game of pool too but... - Steve

I think it was definitely about DVD sales, and I don't think that's a knock against Pat at all. He travels very far, lugging a lot of equipment, to do these things. Someone showing up drunk to a match should not impact his ability to feed his family. That is also why it shouldn't have been...

Btw I am not speaking as a 14.1 fan. There has been some level of "stop taking your beloved straight pool so seriously" in both forums, and at least for me, it has nothing to do with whatever discipline is being played. Showing up severely intoxicated to the finals of a professional event of...

Thanks for the report from the ground, Bill. It is easy for us to say that the ref should have forfeited Alex, but we weren't there and didn't have to face an angry crowd. I wholeheartedly believe you did your best and am proud of the sacrifices you make annually to promote this game. That...

Dennis, Is he trying to take the event seriously, but can't because he's drunk, or just making a total mockery of it? Also, thanks for your updates this whole week. They've been great! - Steve

Tony and I play tonight in the finals. In the last games of the round-robin, neither Chris nor Danny really got going. There was probably at least a 70-ball run in each of the games, I'm guessing. - Steve

Hi Vahmurka. You should be able to view the matches here: go4pool..net From there, click on one of the Amsterdam links. Thanks, Steve

Some interesting stuff in this thread. First, Willie's solution in this spot is atrocious. No two ways about that; sometimes top players just miss easier patterns. He is a hero of mine, but you have to call a spade a spade. If for some reason he really wanted to end with the 11-8, he...

Hi Cameron. Rack scores and match scores are the American (and more intuitive) way of keeping the results. The only thing this method fails at a bit is keeping track of runs. The Europeans keep track of the run, by noting how many balls were on the table after each inning. So if player A...

The Europeans, haha. They keep score by keeping track of the number of balls left on the table after they miss. I'm serious. - Steve P.S. Sorry, it's been at least a year since I complained about this :).

I just ran a 123, another run on a Diamond. Sigh. A brutal scratch to end it. - Steve

Hi Bernie. It's funny, until you asked that question, I hadn't thought of it. But yeah, I guess it's 130. :) - Steve

Hi Sausage. Actually, it was in a league match. But no matter - call me a purist, but at this point, the run was over in my mind. Whatever I would possibly do from here to keep the run going would be too ludicrous to count towards a high run in my book, hehe. Oh, and I forgot to mention that...

Nice run Ron. I am not a Diamond snob but I think you'll find that once you get used to them, you appreciate the extra focus they make you play with. I do not have "lazy misses" on Diamonds, while I still struggle with them on Brunswicks. Keep up the good shooting! - Steve

On a 130 on a Diamond (and only 27 balls away from removing a certain affable and talented German from the high run board at Society Billiards), and here is what happens...

Hi Sausage. Specific to your above quote, I couldn't do that in this example because I already missed the shot (by approximately 17 diamonds) :). - Steve

Hahaha... I haven't watched the match, so I can only go by recollection. I remember feeling disgusted at how I played, though I can't remember my specific mistakes. All I remember is that against both Stefan and Oliver (my two opponents in the double-elim phase) I had more chances than I...

Oh no, what did I say lol? Or was it just what Danny D was saying about it? :o - Steve