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  1. thintowin

    rule/ettiquette on cue ball only fouls scenario?

    house rules rule plain and simple
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    Best game to watch

    any game is fun to watch live as long as the players are evenly matched or the spot is correct and they are gambling high enough so that it hurts both players if they lose. of course you need at least one railbird to watch the game with so ya'll can @iss and moan and gamble with each other...
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    Suggest The Title For A Pool Book

    "From Blind tp Leading the Blind"
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    How big of a "pool sin" did I commit???

    as wrong as wrong can be
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    Johnnyt RIP

    sad day indeed. tap-tap-tap ...
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    Question for knowledgable players

    everyone assumes the player is broke and if he is so what. people have to eat and pay rent. he may play better if he has a backer. he wouldn't be the first. i doubt if you are being set up. $2400 is alot of money to prime a dump situation. are you known as a heavy gambler or backer?. as i read...
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    Jay Helfert and the other senior members

    late 1960's one pocket was king. everyone played no matter their skill level. pill pool was very popular until early 1980's. bars were all most exclusively 8 ball. if you wanted action, then 9 ball was the game especially after midnight. these dens of action were often in a room or two located...
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    Can a slump be diagnosed and fixed?

    i was told long ago that nothing fixes a losing streak or slump like winning ... so keep on playing!
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    Help me understand about 7 foot tables

    what ever happened to the old adage that most players were proud to repeat and live by. it goes something like: "i will play any man from any land, on any table that's playable,and for any amount that he can count, and that's no bull$hit." in other words, limits are well limiting. keep an open...
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    Who cares about pool?

    let me see ... oh yeah, each time i have played pool i have paid when i have lost and collected when i have won. Also, while navigating the pool world i have tried to conduct myself as a gentleman at all times no matter how difficult. in the future, I plan to do the same.
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    pool

    depends on the game ... not the wrap.
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    Why does pool attract so many broken, crazy, Degenerate, mental type people.

    the pool scene is very capatalistic but also very democratic. if you have money and time you can enter the pool food chain. you can be a sucker or a champ and it doesn't matter who or what you are... and if you don't like it then the pool scene will probably turn on the offender because most of...
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    Trapped Up - One of the Sickest One Pocket Outs Ever

    pretty sporty play.
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    Happy Birthday JAM!

    have a good one!
  15. thintowin

    Accusations

    easy. if this is the worst example of lack of respect, well i hate to disappoint ya, but ... it's like being called handsome when you are not and such.So grin, finish your drink and leave like a man.
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    Anyone Else having problems at the BCA

    let me see, i have previously had to forfeit a match, no matter when it was, and this time when i arrive at my table and my opponent is not their, i leave. ok ... unless there is some other info, well "once bitten, twice shy ..." or insert your own cliche.
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    Anyone Else having problems at the BCA

    sounds like your friend didn;t learn his lesson the first time. when i played at the open or any large tourney i tried to show up a little early. after all what was the main reason for entering a big tourney; to play in the tourney. any other distractions would just have to wait. personal...
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    How to improve when you're already a great player

    i haven't a clue ..
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    one single idea

    my great moment occurred when i was 20 when i went to live in pensacola with my girl friend while her friend was having her baby. i had no destractions in life, and for the next 3 months i played competitition daily that was better thanme. some were quite a bit better than me, but most were a...
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