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? When the call is close, shooter gets benefit of doubt. Otherwise, if I observe an obvious foul the shooter does not call on himself (in an unrefereed match), I technically have the right to enforce a penalty. An opponent that disagrees, wouldn’t get another game.

Best defense against ‘sharking’: In an unrefereed match, your opponent acts as referee. Unsportsmanlike conduct usually elicits a warning initially. If said conduct continues, as acting referee, you could declare the match forfeited. Under that threat, most would avoid repeating any actions that...

Others: The result of a coin-flip. Local bar rules. Tournament arrangements. You can create a seemingly innocent (but aggressively contentious) dispute over most anything 😡.

I grew up in a conservative, small, 50s midwestern town, where most everyone who frequented the best room was well behaved and respectful. I didn’t encounter real ‘sharking’ until I started gambling in Kentucky bars while in the army. Most flagrant was a guy who always stood right in front of...

I think the obsession re: a total run # has produced a perverted outlook. The object of straight pool is to WIN, and running 150 & out from the break is the epitome, something that seems entirely feasible on the V.B. Diamond tournament tables, BTW. I‘ve always aspired to become a ‘hundred ball...

I have to wonder how many promising runs over time (using Masters chalk) were ended with a ‘skid’ (?) Still, likely a minor issue since it takes cue ball cleaning out of the process. But, the way the balls spread when they are racked leaning against each other, is something else again.

‘Chalk’ might be an unfair advantage, true.

Like coin-flipping a hundred heads in a row, and then pitching it into a tin cup from across the street! Though amazing he surely is, I would still like to see all record runs done with triangle-racking.

My ‘cheapskate’ girlfriend claims she is just ‘frugal’.

The Diamond wooden rack is oversized, and has side grooves. Very easy to lift without disturbing the balls. For 14.1, when the break-ball is close, I substitute the Delta, which also has grooves. Neither is cheap though. BTW: I find any rack is unlikely to be a perfect triangle, and (assuming...

On his early 60s exhibition tours, he would typically still beat most all-comers at straight pool by his banking of every shot.

Where Just curious: Where are you located? (I only wish a decent room was as close as an hour to me).

A common mistake also, is hitting the pack too hard, thus driving balls to the rail, and creating more cluster problems. Plus, if a ball has a clear path to a pocket, it shouldn’t be moved (typically), if it can be avoided.

Where you hit the rack is rather irrelevant if you miss the breakshot. I’ve only been able to run high numbers when I could successfully pretend/convince myself when down on the shot, that the break ball was the only OB on the table 😁!

It goes without saying, among honorable sportsmen, that quitting at any time is perfectly acceptable. There is never any obligation to offer a rematch either, and no reason to make excuses. ‘Gamblers’ may disagree, thus the difference becomes obvious.

The church of the good hustler? At least we (and all our numerous side-hustle businesses) would then be tax exempt.

Did I forget that jump cues would also be banned (along with break cues & template racks). Any room that charged $100 an hour should have good house cues to break with, and not insist on using a break cloth either. Of course women would be welcome, since there are likely a hundred out there that...

Sorry. I missed the ‘making money‘ part. Since no room like that actually does exist, it must be just a dream. I would pay $100 an hr. table time, if it did exist. But I’m a minority obviously, and as a result, would likely have no one else to play with.

If the ‘time machine’ had actually been invented, I would recommend a trip back to a time/place where nearly everyone played for money, and all argumentative/disagreeable patrons were automatically banned from the premises. Whether you or your opponent needs the money is irrelevant. It is a way...

The movie/tv western gunfighters always shoot from the hip, and never use the gun sights. I suppose, if you could afford the cost of ammunition, and practiced enough, you could maybe get away with that. Arthritis aside, someone like Willie who was a child prodigy and almost never missed, likely...