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Are you making a serious effort to improve your pool game? Practicing some tough shots? While practicing, have you ever thought about, maybe, a video you may have seen of Efren, Earl, or Buddy Hall, etc.? How they have perfected their game? Has it ever become more than just a thought? Did...

I had it here a minute ago. Where the hell is it? Hey, Mac. Have you seen a focus laying around here? What are you talkin... Hey, Babe. Have you seen... Get lost. Unable to focus on your pool game? This may be the number one reason why some players become pros and champions while others...

Probably most of you have met strong players. Have any of you taken lessons from any strong player? Did your game improve? By how much? Any of you that took lessons from a strong player, did you become a strong player, too? Did you surpass your teacher(s)?

Most of us have seen a Harry Potter film or clip. He uses his magic wand. And there are other wizards in those films. I was at Hard Times Bellflower, I'd say, around 8 - 10 years ago. Nick Varner actually showed up. I was playing on table #3. Apparently Nick had been knocking the balls...

New cue shaft for Schon STL-6 purchased in Dec. 2001. Budget is tight. Money vs quality is the only consideration. Recommend Best Bang for the Buck cue shaft?

What are the very best Pool video instructions, hands down, you have found, free or paid, on the Internet?

"I'm still in bed. I think I will stay here all day. F it." "It's all about the stroke." "It's all about focusing." "Everything will follow from there." I used to think I was pretty smart until I turned about 33 years old. Then... When I first started playing pool at 15, I literally asked...

Buddy Hall made $85,000 in 1982 This is $276,675 in today's money. This is just from tournament winnings.

Everyone looks at any given pool shot in exactly the same way. Players to rail birds. But not everyone SEES that shot the same way. I'm only talking about the balls and the lay on the table, not how to approach how to shoot the shot (different matter.) Seeing ranges from total darkness to...

"The Tale of Texas Pool" documentary will be coming out around Dec. 2024. https://www.texaspoolmovie.com/

(I am assuming that both players were playing to win. Stranger things have happened when big money is on the line. Does anyone know who the odds makers had winning?) My point: Earl should have had a solid corner man. Maybe someone like Nick Varner would have made a great corner man. Earl...

Back in '74 or '75 I met a Staff Sergeant in the service who was about 26 years old. His specialty was EOD (explosive ordnance disposal.) He told me he came in 2nd in the New York State pool tournament. He played really good. He hooked me 3 times in a row placing the cue ball right up kissing...

I was talking with Cecil at Hard Times Bellflower. He was telling me how he would bet guys $50 that they could stand on the sidewalk and he could get past them while remaining on the sidewalk himself and they couldn't touch him. I tried to imagine how this would work but couldn't do it. I was...

I'm thinking about getting a new cue stick. But I have to see and hold it before I buy. So I need a dealer in Southern California close. I live in Irvine, CA in Orange County. I have a Schon SL-6 I bought in 2001. I would consider just a shaft or two. I am a little skittish because I think...

I'm thinking of getting my own set of billiard balls. I like to primarily play rotation: 9-ball / 10-ball. I am not super rich. But I want a very good set of billiard balls. I don't want to be disappointed, either. Any recommendations? Best bang for the buck? What do some of these top tier...

The last time I saw Cole was at Caesars Lake Tahoe around 1976 or so where Buddy Hall won the 9-Ball. At the time I heard that Buddy had recently recovered from a very bad car accident. I had an event program that showed the players' photos with a few stats. Cole's photo had a place holder...

This is unbelievable but you tell me what you think. I started watching this Led Zeppelin concert video on YouTube. After you watch it I'll tell you why I think it really could be Cole. Unbelievable. The date of the concert is Aug. 25, 1971. The place is the Sam Houston Coliseum in Texas...

That's Catfish on the right. Never did know his true name. Going to the left is Ismael "Morro" Paez. Next going to the left is another regular. Don't know his name or pool background. But he was usually at HT's. And of course to the far left is Francisco "Django" Bustamante. Catfish was...

New York State Annual Pool Championship Does the state of New York still put on an annual championship? I met a guy, I think his name was Rick, around 1975 and hung out with him for a while. He told me that he came in second place in the New York State Annual tournament. Am I right thinking it...

Rack 'em up with Artie Bodendorfer I think I read in a recent post some interest in One Pocket Hall of Famer Artie Bodendorfer. Here is a link to a very interesting interview he gave to Steve Booth in 2006. https://www.onepocket.org/rackem-up-with-artie-bodendorfer/ And if you want to see...