Just add my idea. PoolPlayer are frugal, Golf Players are not.
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Just add my idea. PoolPlayer are frugal, Golf Players are not.
well hayden lingo and a guy named hill along with big nose roberts and glen womack were the very early players. no one can be sure who was first but before ww11 it was played in the midwest on billiard table with 2 holes later on a bit.
fats was around then and thats how he got interested. fats was friends with lingo so i think thats the tie in to it.
but everyone is long gone and now its speculation and trying to decide who to believe.
all i remember is cokes saying hill and or lingo as being the two best players in one pocket was it the 20 or 30's.
fats was around then and all the players were just gamblers.
lingo died just after i went out west so he was and old man then but i think he went to a couple johntson city events just before he died in the early 70's.
roberts was at an early stardust tounament or two that i know of but he killed himself around then,
anyway they were the early famous ones.
In theory, we're going to have a book on the origin of 1P real soon now.
Hell, I just paid $90 to have 2 new tips put on a couple of shafts. $85 with videos, seems a bargain for some T-rex thinking so inbound it is. Will make a nice addition to my Robbin’s books.
Besides bah humbug, what do you think of more than one pocket? I recall in Los A, a guy named Roy used to play something he called 4/2 where he took the two bottom pockets and gave up the top four to the other guy. Never saw this happen but it was said he would most likely win. Never found out who he was. Regardless, how about both players on two or even three apiece? That should shut down all that nitty defense that slows down the tournaments.
So then two or three pocket tournaments? Down their respective sides of course.
You are spot on. In this era of $10,000 Pool Cues, $3000 Cue Cases, 10 year waiting list for a Southwest and $8000 BarBox Pool Tables a $85 book just cant be called out of line??? I mean if you learned on shot that you didn't know, it might be the shot that won the Money. When Tony was hear he gave lessons to some of my Friends and what he showed them was invaluable.
So for everbody saying that you need his stroke or his ball pocketing ability to learn from the book, your WRONG! Some of the shots you just have to know there in front of you, recognize them and practice them,.
Tts $85 dollars to make your investment in your $2000 dollar Cue with the $70 dollar Tip and the $500 Case and all the per hour table time pay off.
Except there's this law of supply and demand which has blown up out of control because consumers wont exercise and enforce their part. As it is now, First you supply, then you demand. _<THAT>_ is the defacto function.
Every business move is another good opportunity for somebody to raise.
I hear ya. It never ceases to amaze me how nitty people are. A book where you would almost certainly learn a good amount of new knowledge that will help your one pocket game but $85 is too much. But the same people will spend thousands on cues and cases that look pretty, tournament entry fees etc and continue to practice the same old way they always have at the same plateau. For me if I learn one or two shots (I am sure will learn more than that) that will help me out in future games then ill gladly peel off $85 and be happy doing it. A chance to get inside the head of one of the best one pocket players of all time... one pocket players should be tripping over themselves to buy this.
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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
The 7 ball that was played on those old televised tournaments with Fats, Mosconi, Puckett, etc. were like this. After the break, the non-breaking player chose a side of the table. They had to make all their balls in that side and the breaker got the other side. 7B is an incredibly fast game, but this at least lead to banking and getting position was more important.
There was a game called Starball that did a similar thing with sides of the table. There are scans of the rulebook online and you can play with regular stripes and solids. It's a very fun game that punches above its weight class. There's a lot of strategy and it's great for practicing banks.
Well IMHO One Pocket is as great game, can be played by most people. It is slow, requires thought and planning, but I also understand it over all appeal is to a small audience.
Have tried to show game to few players, most would rather play 8 or 9 BALL, complaining about the game of One Pocket bring too slow.
Thus the small audience for Tony’s Book, and as I said it will be tough to get a high dollar return for effort, because the ideas is right on, but potential audience for sales is small IMHO.
Also unless you going after being world class One Pocket player the potential audience isa smaller yet. Me personally I only play for mind stimulation, fun, and bragging rights. I am not a gambler, never have been. Not going to DCC or any big One Pocket Tournament in near future. We do have the AZ State One Pocket coming up in April, it is 200 bucks to enter, and 500 buck add. That is a good example of the popularity of game locally, 500 dollars add is a joke IMHO with 200 dollar Entree Fee.v. IMHO
Just sharing my opinions, and thoughts. If you want to Bev World Class One Pocket Play buy Tony/'s book, and clone everything Tony has done to be Tony. Giving ups most of life, to practice like POOL was aJOB...IKt is Tony's job.
Have tried to show game to few players, most would rather play 8 or 9 BALL, complaining about the game of One Pocket bring too slow.
Thus the small audience for Tony’s Book, and as I said it will be tough to get a high dollar return for effort, because the ideas is right on, but potential audience for sales is small IMHO.
Also unless you going after being world class One Pocket player the potential audience isa smaller yet. Me personally I only play for mind stimulation, fun, and bragging rights. I am not a gambler, never have been. Not going to DCC or any big One Pocket Tournament in near future. We do have the AZ State One Pocket coming up in April, it is 200 bucks to enter, and 500 buck add. That is a good example of the popularity of game locally, 500 dollars add is a joke IMHO with 200 dollar Entree Fee.v. IMHO
Just sharing my opinions, and thoughts. If you want to Bev World Class One Pocket Play buy Tony/'s book, and clone everything Tony has done to be Tony. Giving ups most of life, to practice like POOL was aJOB...IKt is Tony's job.
Didn't know this. Seems kinda unnecessary for rotation games. I think tournament one hole could use the speed boost.
one pocket is only tolerable if you are gambling at it or insane.
he will make a little money on his book but not much depending on his deal and whether he or his partner self publishes and markets it themselves. other wise he will just get small royalties.
he will make a little money on his book but not much depending on his deal and whether he or his partner self publishes and markets it themselves. other wise he will just get small royalties.
LoL guess I am insane! Not much gambling at my pool hall but we play the shit out of 1P all the time.
It’s also the preferred game at my home. And you are right that Tony won’t make a lot of cash on the book but sharing his passion is priceless.
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I think it was just the 7 ball that had to be played on the designated side. I watched one on YouTube in the last year or two- but it’s been a year or two.
given that you underestimate and undervalue everything in contemporary pool, you may just have reverse jinxed him. tony got the maha blessing
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Tempting. I love instructional materials, especially one pocket stuff. I passed on the chance to buy Winning One Pocket back in the 90s. Don’t remember the exact price but it was probably comparable to this, adjusted for inflation, and without video. Unfortunately, I am broke right now.