Check your ego at the door...

Wheeljack

Wheeljack

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Hello all. Not even sure why I'm posting this, but it was on my mind...

I've mentioned before that I think, in general, pool players have incredible egos. Sometimes we can be downright full of ourselves. Well, tonight I had a weird spur in me and decided to play my league match not with my lovely -R-, but instead with my newest addition which is a beat and banged up Huebler that I bought at a pawn shop for $25 plus tax. Up till tonight the cue was pulling break duty and serving as a shooter for my girlfriend when she wants to play.

Well, the cue plays great. Hueblers do. Made it through my match without a hitch. Did exactly what I told it to, good or bad, and did it without all the 'flash' of my custom player but rather with a simple, confident, air.

A few quotes from Tyler Durden in Fight Club come to mind. "You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not the car you drive... You're not your f*ing khakis."

I see too many excuses. I've made them myself. I see too many cues turned into crutches. I've done that myself. I hope we all can realize our worth is separate from the things we own because sooner or later 'the things you own end up owning you."

Now, off to the for sale section I go to look for more stuff I don't need ;)

Shoot straight-

J.
 
Wheeljack said:
Hello all. Not even sure why I'm posting this, but it was on my mind...

I've mentioned before that I think, in general, pool players have incredible egos. Sometimes we can be downright full of ourselves. Well, tonight I had a weird spur in me and decided to play my league match not with my lovely -R-, but instead with my newest addition which is a beat and banged up Huebler that I bought at a pawn shop for $25 plus tax. Up till tonight the cue was pulling break duty and serving as a shooter for my girlfriend when she wants to play.

Well, the cue plays great. Hueblers do. Made it through my match without a hitch. Did exactly what I told it to, good or bad, and did it without all the 'flash' of my custom player but rather with a simple, confident, air.

A few quotes from Tyler Durden in Fight Club come to mind. "You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not the car you drive... You're not your f*ing khakis."

I see too many excuses. I've made them myself. I see too many cues turned into crutches. I've done that myself. I hope we all can realize our worth is separate from the things we own because sooner or later 'the things you own end up owning you."

Now, off to the for sale section I go to look for more stuff I don't need ;)

Shoot straight-

J.
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I think you discovered the true secret to playing good pool, you are right many people do certainly become dominated by their equipment and they forget that their equipment is just a tool and nothing more. Great pool comes from inside the players mind, hand and eye coordination, and their ability to adapt to their surroundings and the equipment at hand!!!:)

For to many people give their equipment far to much credit, and themselves far to little.

JIMO
 
played off the wall for ten years

I played off the wall for over ten years, almost the full time I gambled. I was a far more adaptable player and adapted to all of the conditions better. Now I play on only the best tables around and shoot with only my stick.

I made a decision to play out of my watch pocket for awhile about a year ago. Walk into the pool hall with nothing but a tiny piece of a scuffing pad to knock the splinters off of a house shaft and my BRAD tool to knock the glaze off of the tip of whatever cue I grabbed off the wall. It was more fun and didn't affect my play significantly. A decent house cue still outplays over half of the customs, or so I suspect.

Hu



Wheeljack said:
Hello all. Not even sure why I'm posting this, but it was on my mind...

I've mentioned before that I think, in general, pool players have incredible egos. Sometimes we can be downright full of ourselves. Well, tonight I had a weird spur in me and decided to play my league match not with my lovely -R-, but instead with my newest addition which is a beat and banged up Huebler that I bought at a pawn shop for $25 plus tax. Up till tonight the cue was pulling break duty and serving as a shooter for my girlfriend when she wants to play.

Well, the cue plays great. Hueblers do. Made it through my match without a hitch. Did exactly what I told it to, good or bad, and did it without all the 'flash' of my custom player but rather with a simple, confident, air.

A few quotes from Tyler Durden in Fight Club come to mind. "You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not the car you drive... You're not your f*ing khakis."

I see too many excuses. I've made them myself. I see too many cues turned into crutches. I've done that myself. I hope we all can realize our worth is separate from the things we own because sooner or later 'the things you own end up owning you."

Now, off to the for sale section I go to look for more stuff I don't need ;)

Shoot straight-

J.
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I have a similar story. Just this past Monday in league, my wife was taking her cue out of her case. She has a Lucasi LE and I keep my Lucasi LE in her case for her backup cue. Well, she messed up and had gotten my cue out by mistake. I told her to just leave it out and I would just leave my cues in my case and play with the Lucasi (This cue would be about 4th or 5th in line of cues that I own that I would use). Of course, I shot lights out, better than I had in quite some time. The few misses I had (two were miscues) were not the fault of the cue. It performed as well as could be expected and certainly as well as my nice Jacoby's w/314 shafts.

I've never been one of the numbers of persons that think if you ain't got a $2,000 cue in your hands, then you got nuthin'. I've got cues that cost under $100 that in the hands of certain professionals, could probably help win a tournament or at least finish in the money. Heck. I've got a $75 Players cue with a Sniper tip that hits as crisply as any of the more expensive cues I've hit with over the years. Got another $70 Players cue with a Moori medium tip that I wouldn't hesitate for a minute using in a challenge match. Both very good hitting cues.

Anyway Wheeljack, good going with that $25 pawn shop find. Maybe you ought to get that sports car out of the garage and take her for a spin more often, eh? ;)

Maniac
 
The first thing you got to learn, when you start seriously to think about the mental part of the game is: No excuses ! If you really follow it, you allready made a very big step to the next higher level.

lg
Ingo
 
Wheeljack said:
Hello all. Not even sure why I'm posting this, but it was on my mind...

I've mentioned before that I think, in general, pool players have incredible egos. Sometimes we can be downright full of ourselves. Well, tonight I had a weird spur in me and decided to play my league match not with my lovely -R-, but instead with my newest addition which is a beat and banged up Huebler that I bought at a pawn shop for $25 plus tax. Up till tonight the cue was pulling break duty and serving as a shooter for my girlfriend when she wants to play.

Well, the cue plays great. Hueblers do. Made it through my match without a hitch. Did exactly what I told it to, good or bad, and did it without all the 'flash' of my custom player but rather with a simple, confident, air.

A few quotes from Tyler Durden in Fight Club come to mind. "You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not the car you drive... You're not your f*ing khakis."

I see too many excuses. I've made them myself. I see too many cues turned into crutches. I've done that myself. I hope we all can realize our worth is separate from the things we own because sooner or later 'the things you own end up owning you."

Now, off to the for sale section I go to look for more stuff I don't need ;)

Shoot straight-

J.
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I have devoted an inordinate amount of thought to your hypothesis and I can say that cues make horrible crutches.
 
That's right, Wheeljack.
Clothes don't make the man.
It's whats in a man's heart that counts.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
(Oh shit, Hu. Here I go again.)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Life is short and so is money.
A kind word is like a Spring day.
(Somebody help me, I can't stop.)
Honesty is the ...
 
Wheeljack said:
Hello all. Not even sure why I'm posting this, but it was on my mind...

I've mentioned before that I think, in general, pool players have incredible egos. Sometimes we can be downright full of ourselves. Well, tonight I had a weird spur in me and decided to play my league match not with my lovely -R-, but instead with my newest addition which is a beat and banged up Huebler that I bought at a pawn shop for $25 plus tax. Up till tonight the cue was pulling break duty and serving as a shooter for my girlfriend when she wants to play.

Well, the cue plays great. Hueblers do. Made it through my match without a hitch. Did exactly what I told it to, good or bad, and did it without all the 'flash' of my custom player but rather with a simple, confident, air.

A few quotes from Tyler Durden in Fight Club come to mind. "You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not the car you drive... You're not your f*ing khakis."

I see too many excuses. I've made them myself. I see too many cues turned into crutches. I've done that myself. I hope we all can realize our worth is separate from the things we own because sooner or later 'the things you own end up owning you."

Now, off to the for sale section I go to look for more stuff I don't need ;)

Shoot straight-

J.
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I'll give you 50 dollars for the -R- cue since it seems you won't be needing it any longer.
 
I've had a favorite house cue that I got my hands on and run racks with... Just saying. Hit em' just as good with that than anything.
 
Thanks for the input guys!

@Kevin: Deal. I'll sell it for $50, plus a nominal p/h charge of $600...
 
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