Build a champion in a month or 2. Is this possible?

It was fun in Sioux City........

jhanso18 said:
Well I didn't get my lesson. Pool hall got a little to crazy, and Geno was only here for a day or two. The little he showed me seems to have helped, but I definitely want to learn more! Do only to some christmas obligations I missed out on my chance to learn more the next day!

Gene is a class act, bar none! Even while being heckled by a guy that was a little sauced up, he never lost a beat, or his cool. He really is in the process of something special here, and although I only got to see a small glimpse of it, it was very awesome to see none the less.

Zach is a good kid. He definitely has huge potential. The kid has a demeanor about him, that he can kick your ass for a couple of hours and you still wouldn't mind buying him a beer when all is said and done. I'm not sure how long it will take to make him a champion, but he has the biggest part of it going for him, DESIRE. I don't know how many of you folks have met this kid, but he is right on track with becoming a great person, and pool player. If Gene can get him off the energy drinks, on a regular diet, and schedule, there really is no telling what this young man will do. I think with in the next year or two, if he sticks with what Gene is showing him, I wouldn't be surprised at all, to see him mixing it up with the big dogs.


All in all, these two guys are good people, with a very cool thing going. If reading this thread, or meeting them in person can't ignite a passion/interest in pool, I'm not sure what can.

Thanks again Gene,

Justin Hanson


P.S. If you head anywhere near this area again, give me a heads up. I want that lesson still!
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Thanks Justin for you nice post. I plan on getting there again but I just don't know when.

I got back here to Wisconsin and was trying to fix a leak on my mothers bathroom sink and wrecked my back. this might slow me down a little from getting back on the road.

I did 3 lessons yesterday and 2 today. I went to the ER 3 days ago or I couldn't have done any lessons. They gave me valium and Perks. They take the edge off but it's still pretty bad.

I sure hope i can play in Secos tourny in Faribault on the 4th and 5th. It ain't looking good right now. Ice, ice and more ice.

You guys have a pretty nice pool world there in your town.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and hope everyone there has a happy New Year.

Thanks again Geno.........
 
Teaching Zach to pump up on his own.....

When we parted ways i told Zach he needed to do all he can to pump up. I can see now he can appreciate how I do things when we travel. There is an art to survival on the road. it's a steady grind that you need to keep up all the time.

On the road the term a penny saved is a penny earned is more true than ever.

I left Zach with $500 to see what he could do with it. it will be fun to see how much he will have when we hook back up in a week or so.

Another huge lesson for Zach.

Can't wait to get back out there.

2 men a van and the road......
 
genomachino said:
When we parted ways i told Zach he needed to do all he can to pump up. I can see now he can appreciate how I do things when we travel. There is an art to survival on the road. it's a steady grind that you need to keep up all the time.

On the road the term a penny saved is a penny earned is more true than ever.

I left Zach with $500 to see what he could do with it. it will be fun to see how much he will have when we hook back up in a week or so.

Another huge lesson for Zach.

Can't wait to get back out there.

2 men a van and the road......
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HUGE lessons to be had in this thread....................
 
You are so right........

backplaying said:
Money is not everything, even though the majority think it is.
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I had the high powered job making 100,000 to 150,000 a year. It had it's good points and i was married and had a dream of living happily ever after.

Once that dream was gone, and it happens, I just have to follow my own dream. I'm 60 years old and diabetic. On the last stretch of life. I can still go places and do things.

And the one thing I really understand is you can't take anything with you as far as I can see. My father died about 8 years ago and to my recollection I can't think of one thing that he kept.

I've been on the road now myself and have nothing to show for it but a whole lot of friends in so many places. To me this is something. A whole lot of something. And these friends I have shared something with will be able to teach and use this forever and that's a long time.

Just give me a cue stick and a little money and I can have more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. This is what i am sharing with Zach and just doing for myself.

In fact I don't really know of any pool player or teacher that has stayed on the road pretty much continually for 3 to 4 years.

I've been on the rich side of things and I've been on the broke side of the fence also.

Right now in my life I wouldn't trade places with no one.

I like what I do and I'm going to keep doing what I do until I can't do it anymore so your just going to have to put up with my stories on here for a while longer for sure.

I'm tough to bust and even tougher to break.

This is what I am trying to teach Zach and it sure is fun.

There's no blueprint to follow here except the blueprint of the road in my mind.

Just happy to be able to share this with anyone that wants to see.

2 men a van and the road..........
 
I feel like someone could do this with me, i feel like i have a lot of natural talent for the game and play pretty sporty for only 2 years, after new years i am getting on my grind, quitting smoking getting in shape and really dedicating myself to the game.

Sure there is not a lot of money in pool but i would rather live broke doing something i loved than working a job i hate just so i can buy material things that nobody really needs, as long as i have somewhere to stay a decent car,clothes etc I'm all set.

Good thread though, i learned a lot thanks.
 
he went bust in beloit

Last I saw he was getting staked after he went bust. I don't think he was winning but not sure.
 
Husalah90 said:
I feel like someone could do this with me, i feel like i have a lot of natural talent for the game and play pretty sporty for only 2 years, after new years i am getting on my grind, quitting smoking getting in shape and really dedicating myself to the game.

Sure there is not a lot of money in pool but i would rather live broke doing something i loved than working a job i hate just so i can buy material things that nobody really needs, as long as i have somewhere to stay a decent car,clothes etc I'm all set.

Good thread though, i learned a lot thanks.
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A suggestion: Go ahead and quit smoking, get in shape, find something you really love to do that also makes you some money and save some of it in a retirement account every year. Remember that the guy in the mirror 30 years from now will feel a lot different about things than you do today and is counting on you to do the right thing, and most likely a lot of other people will be too.
 
You can't go bust if your almost already busted....

Cheessehead said:
Last I saw he was getting staked after he went bust. I don't think he was winning but not sure.
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I think Zachs bankroll was real small by the time he got to Beloit. Like probably almost nothing so he was getting staked for sure.

I busted a guy in Des moines and even the guy I was playing was making a joke about it, he had $32.75. We played for the whole works. I won. I busted him.

This is about where Zach was in Beloit with his mini bankroll.

When we hook up again these lessons on the road will really sink in that I'm teaching. Many players on here don't know how valuable this info is.

The players that have been on the road know. The road is the cruelest animal on the planet. it just keeps chewing and chewing until there is almost nothing left. $100 to $150 a day is a pretty big bite.

Zach might be a little hungry when I get him back. Bankroll or no bankroll for Zach it won't matter. This old road warrior has been quietly building one each and everyday. When the road starts knawing you just need to knaw back and that's what i do.

Last night I made $70 in a $1 ring game. There was 4 players in the game. For the others it was just fun. For me it was fun, practice and a living.

The day before I made $400 with 2 Perfect aim lessons.

But the main thing is, when the road chews you better bite back or you'll get eaten right up.

Zach will be just fine. I'll call him tonight and get the whole story. I'm sure there will be plenty to tell.

2 men a van and the road........
 
Cheessehead said:
Last I saw he was getting staked after he went bust. I don't think he was winning but not sure.
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Just yesterday Geno wrote:
"On the road the term a penny saved is a penny earned is more true than ever.

I left Zach with $500 to see what he could do with it. it will be fun to see how much he will have when we hook back up in a week or so.

Another huge lesson for Zach."​

If indeed Zach has already lost most of the $500 in the past day or two, then this will indeed be a huge lesson for Zach -- to find another career opportunity.
 
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PoolSharkAllen said:
Just yesterday Geno wrote:
"On the road the term a penny saved is a penny earned is more true than ever.

I left Zach with $500 to see what he could do with it. it will be fun to see how much he will have when we hook back up in a week or so.

Another huge lesson for Zach."​

If indeed Zach has already lost most of the $500 in the past day or two, then this will indeed be a huge lesson for Zach -- to find another career opportunity.
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Why?

www.jbcases.com
 
PoolSharkAllen said:
Losing $500 gambling in just a day or two has hopefully been a learning experience for Zach.
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Especially so when it is your last $500. If I had to turn a proifit on a $500 bankroll, I wouldn't be booking any questionable games - I would be playing for $20 a game and quitting if I was outmatched.
 
TATE said:
Especially so when it is your last $500. If I had to turn a proifit on a $500 bankroll, I wouldn't be booking any questionable games - I would be playing for $20 a game and quitting if I was outmatched.
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You would have to or you wouldn't stay on the road long. Its alot tougher on the road now compared to the 70's and 80's, when alot of gambling was in the bars. I made several road trips years ago and never went to a poolroom. Back then most action spots would be a all night night club. The motels were 7 to 10 , and gas was less than 50 cents a gallon, and the nutt didn't eat you up like now. Players would learn spots from other players and might travel 1000 miles to go to a dump joint where someone happens to be betting it up. I once went all the way to Texarkana after hearing about a guy really betting it up at a bar for example. Also the cell phones and internet are the big knocking tools now.
 
TATE said:
A suggestion: Go ahead and quit smoking, get in shape, find something you really love to do that also makes you some money and save some of it in a retirement account every year. Remember that the guy in the mirror 30 years from now will feel a lot different about things than you do today and is counting on you to do the right thing, and most likely a lot of other people will be too.
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That's about as good as it gets in the advice department.
 
PoolSharkAllen said:
Losing $500 gambling in just a day or two has hopefully been a learning experience for Zach.
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Could be but I don't see where losing this should push him into another endeavor. The task was to take 500 and build off that. If he lost it all then he failed that task. Not the end of the world. Simply needs to learn better bankroll management. If he had won 2000 playing 500 a game that would not have necessarily been the best thing that could happen. But he would have looked like a hero.

The lesson here is not to risk it all trying for a larger score but instead to pace it and win small scores letting the opponent keep raising the bets chasing his own money.

This kid is 22 he can afford to go on the road and have this experience. I say he should keep it going for as long as he can and wants to.
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Don't worry, I can see the pattern here clearly already. Each time Zach is left alone, he loses your money in short time.

This Zach is a smart man. He is cutting you up, and taking free room and board all at the same time.

It never dawned on me until a few minutes ago.
 
JB Cases said:
Simply needs to learn better bankroll management.

This kid is 22 he can afford to go on the road and have this experience. I say he should keep it going for as long as he can and wants to.
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Zach needs to do more than simply learn better bankroll management.

One important distinction between Geno and Zach trying to survive on the road is that Geno teaches his "Perfect Aim" lessons as a primary source of his income. These lessons also allow Geno to save for his rainy day fund. To my knowledge, Zach doesn't have any other sources of income when things don't go well.
 
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PoolSharkAllen said:
Zach needs to do more than simply learn better bankroll management.

One important distinction between Geno and Zach trying to survive on the road is that Geno teaches his "Perfect Aim" lessons as a primary source of his income. These lessons also allow Geno to save for his rainy day fund. To my knowledge, Zach doesn't have any other sources of income when things don't go well.
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In following the thread it seems as if Zach is also capable of and has given some Perfect Aim lessons. I am sure at the very least Geno is teaching him by example the art of having another revenue stream. But beyond that a 22 year old has the ability to get a job in a variety of places if he really does go completely busted.
 
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