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    What is the best thing you did to improve your game in 2011?

    Lincoln, NE. There's plenty of pool in Lincoln, but it's mostly leagues and 2-3 handicapped tournaments a week. The Minneapolis area and surrounding suburbs are full of champions, and 4-5 weekly open tournaments that draw in solid competition every week. There's great players everywhere, so...
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    What is the best thing you did to improve your game in 2011?

    I moved to Minneapolis, MN.
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    Break Speed

    I was the kid in Galveston working at the Speed Break Contest. I got to see a lot of the pros break at the booth and also got to run the speed gun in the TV arena during the finals with Mika and Warren Kiamco. The radar gun isn't as accurate as the timing system we had on the table in the...
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    Big John's $750 Guaranteed added 9 ball tournament in Omaha, NE July 17-18

    Time What time is the tournament supposed to start on Saturday?
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    speed pool

    Ginger Wizard I hope Dave Pearson wins this thing soon. Guy gets beat in the finals every year and he's possibly one of the best showmen in the game, plus he's a killer dude on top of that. Kinda brutal that the "International Speed Pool Championship" has four players though...
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    Is it dishonest?

    You shouldn't be obligated to coach your opponent through a mistake that they're making by shooting the wrong ball, especially if the match you're playing carries some weight. It's gentlemanly and kind to let them know, but you're not pulling a move or being dishonest
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    New racking system

    The templet rack that I was shown was made from the type of plastic used for negative film. After each break the balls scattered but never stayed on the rack. The nine sat in the center of the rack most of the time, but that never impeded on getting the template off of the table. It was so easy...
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    Galveston $1,000,000.00 tournament

    Maybe they thought about this whole added money ordeal. With a "million viewers," one dollar donations wouldn't be out of hand :p Everything sounds legit to me though. Are the amateur events on bar boxes?
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    Update on the Des Moines pool scene

    Just wondered, is the Sunday nine-ball tournament still running strong at Big Dogs?
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