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Williebetmore

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I've got a problem (well, okay, more than one; but the psychiatric ones really aren't within the realm of this forum), and I would very much like to hear the thoughts of posters on the board.

I'm married to the greatest woman in the world (well at least top 5), who gives me a generous "pool allowance," but funds are not unlimited at the end of the year. I have the chance to have a mega-series of lessons from Danny DiLiberto (one of my straight pool idols) around the time of DCC. If I choose to take these lessons (one pocket and 14.1), then I really can't see playing in the DCC (which I had already planned on - 2 events plus about a grand for wagering).

I've almost made up my mind, but I would like to know what you think.
Lessons with Danny D. (I would still get to spectate at DCC) or play in 2 events at DCC and have some cash for wagering? I would most likely go 2 and out, but my regular instructor thinks I need to compete with the big boys. Thanks for your opinions. What would you do??
 
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Williebetmore said:
I've got a problem (well, okay, more than one; but the psychiatric ones really aren't within the realm of this forum), and I would very much like to hear the thoughts of posters on the board.

I'm married to the greatest woman in the world (well at least top 5), who gives me a generous "pool allowance," but funds are not unlimited at the end of the year. I have the chance to have a mega-series of lessons from Danny DiLiberto (one of my straight pool idols) around the time of DCC. If I choose to take these lessons (one pocket and 14.1), then I really can't see playing in the DCC (which I had already planned on - 2 events plus about a grand for wagering).

I've almost made up my mind, but I would like to know what you think.
Lessons with Danny D. (I would still get to spectate at DCC) or play in 2 events at DCC and have some cash for wagering? I would most likely go 2 and out, but my regular instructor thinks I need to compete with the big boys. Thanks for your opinions. What would you do??
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Lie like a dog to the old lady and move money around somehow or another to cover both. If you get caught somewhere down the line...either deny it and then deny it some more (like your boy Bill). Otherwise take your penance and be in the dog house for a while...surely it wouldn't be the first time. :cool:
 
Competition VS Lessons

Competing at the DCC is unique. Big tournament competition differs from practice, and all other formats in playing pool. Performing at optimum levels at an assigned time is a requirement not found outside tournaments. Keep your thousand gambling dollars, pay for lessons and enjoy the demands of multi-game multi format tournaments. Gambling is the outgrowth of psychological deficiencies,Industries are sustained by those deficiencies and personal realtionships and self development are damged by them. If your ego is cultivated by taking other peoples money instead of the joy of playing a game with dazzling proficiency , then lessons, nor winning competitions nor any number of scores will fill the hole in a partially developed psyche, Play good, Live well, Seek Kindness,let others wallow in deficient self justifications for petty thievery. My best wishes for you to enjoy many victories at DCC, Hit em staright, and miss a few if your playing me, I love getting to the table too. The Duck
 
Duck said:
Keep your thousand gambling dollars, pay for lessons and enjoy the demands of multi-game multi format tournaments.
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:D

what I would've said as well
 
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Williebetmore said:
I'm married to the greatest woman in the world (well at least top 5), who gives me a generous "pool allowance
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WOW ! Morgan Fairchild AND a pool allowance. Doesn’t suck to be you.


After posting my scores in the invitational my comments should be heard like Charlie Browns parents, that being said. Don’t overlook whichever option is really the most fun for you ( fun being a Sense of satisfaction, fulfillment, achievement, camaraderie, hangover, etc., etc. )

Whop whop …whop whop whop ...whop whop

Just a suggestion more to the point, it sounds like you have been practicing like heck for quit some time and are seeing marked improvement in your game. It might be nice to give the skills a chance at DCC. Who knows what might happen. It’s obvious you’ve got guts.

…I believe the outcome of the vast majority of matches is yet to be determined. ;)
 
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If he is that much of an idol in those two areas, I would take the lessons. That experience will be more beneficial than going 2 and out (if thats your thought process). I personally feel that tourneys come and go. "There is always next year" kinda fits in this case. Might not always be the case as far as instructions go. Take the lessons, and get signed up for Valley Forge in March, or another good tourney. :) That would be my advice. The lessons might help you recoup the money faster down the road.

I think that would be the way to go, expecially since you will be able to be a spectator. Heck, find a way to get alittle bit of extra spending cash, and you still could do some wagering. Depending on your wagering skills, you could play in some mini's, or match up yourself.

IMO
 
I agree with Perk and Duck (sounds like a comedy team! Or a really bad musical group...). Use the gambling money to get the lessons; if the lessons are more than the gambling money, then plan to sit it out at DCC (but remember that if your wife knows how important this is to you, she may very well agree to you getting both the lessons AND playing at DCC as a very special gift!). :)

BTW, it occurs to me that "cash for wagering" might not be to sucker poor, unsuspecting souls out of their money but perhaps to wager on the outcome of some of the matches, which IMO are two completely different things.
 
Sometimes the experience of getting a little one on one with a 'hero' is worth far more simply for sentimental reasons. That being said I do have a thought on what we call, at the pool, being in 'racing shape'.

Through the 90s the undisputed sprinting title holder was a man by the name of Alexander Popov. In a sport dominated by men in their early twenties, tending to burn out, The Czar went undefeated in the 50m and 100m freestyle events for 7 years. 8 for the 100. He was a sprinter who worked _very_ hard logging milages unheard of for a drop dead sprinter - often in excess of 100km a week. It gets a bit fuzzy trying to compare milage in the pool to that on the track but for caloric output, time and adaptation it wouldn't be too much to ask a runner to log nearly 250miles a week.

I would pay an awfull lot to see the reactions you might get, asking that of a 400m track sprinter.

So here's a man on top of the world, working extreamly hard, developing and refining the smoothest most effeicient technique on the planet. Muscle memory coming out the wazoo. You'd think he'd be pretty confident coming in to the Sydney games, eh?

Well he was but, for athletes training 60-70 hours a week in prep for maybe 3 significant 'performance opportunites' every two years, you don't leave it at that. So, with 'racing shape' in mind the decision was made that Alex would get up and _race_ the 100m 100 times in the year leading up to the olympics.

Heats and finals every week for a year just to make sure that the greatest sprinter who ever lived could make the magic happen on the day. Something to think about.
 
I recommend taking the lessons from your Idol.

The time you spend learning at this junction in your pool career will be worth hundreds, if not thousands in future events (not to mention the friendship-time you'll miss out on if you don't do it.)

But in all reality, it really falls back on you.

What is it that you really want from this game? Do you want...

Instant Gratification?

Exceptional Skill Development?

Immediate Competition?

What's most important to you at this point in your pool-life? Write everything you can down. Weigh out your options and then...

...the one that turns your crank the most, guess what: It will probably be the right decision.
 
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Many thanks to all of the responders. I've signed up for the lessons with Danny D.; should be great. I've had an evening lesson with him in the past that was unbelieveable. I'm thinking that with the lessons and a few hundred more hours of practice I should be able to run 3 or 4 balls at a time.
 
Williebetmore said:
Many thanks to all of the responders. I've signed up for the lessons with Danny D.; should be great. I've had an evening lesson with him in the past that was unbelieveable. I'm thinking that with the lessons and a few hundred more hours of practice I should be able to run 3 or 4 balls at a time.
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Dont set the bar too hi there Williebetmore. One thing that nobody told you here is thgat you can win enough$ @ dcc to buy DiLiberto and keep him for yourself.
 
I’ve always found with training for professional reasons that off site instruction is by far the most productive. All the normal everyday distractions get in the way of absorbing new material. May I suggest moving the lessons to Terre Haute?
 
Williebetmore said:
I've got a problem (well, okay, more than one; but the psychiatric ones really aren't within the realm of this forum), and I would very much like to hear the thoughts of posters on the board.

I'm married to the greatest woman in the world (well at least top 5), who gives me a generous "pool allowance," but funds are not unlimited at the end of the year. I have the chance to have a mega-series of lessons from Danny DiLiberto (one of my straight pool idols) around the time of DCC. If I choose to take these lessons (one pocket and 14.1), then I really can't see playing in the DCC (which I had already planned on - 2 events plus about a grand for wagering).

I've almost made up my mind, but I would like to know what you think.
Lessons with Danny D. (I would still get to spectate at DCC) or play in 2 events at DCC and have some cash for wagering? I would most likely go 2 and out, but my regular instructor thinks I need to compete with the big boys. Thanks for your opinions. What would you do??
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The best thing you can do in this situation is tell Danny to buzz off because you play better than he ever has, then take all of your money and bet it all on the drunkest player in the tournament you can find. Now that's what I call a good time.
 
If you mess this up you can always say your WERE married to the greatest woman in the world. Look what Pretty Boy Floyd gave up.

I had lessons from Danny once. When I stood next to him at Capone's and he kept telling what the player should do and how he screwed up when he didn't do the right thing. Cracked me up. The player was Buddy Hall.

Lessons, tournaments, they come and go. Honey's are a one time deal.

Jake
 
pro-player said:
The best thing you can do in this situation is tell Danny to buzz off because you play better than he ever has, then take all of your money and bet it all on the drunkest player in the tournament you can find. Now that's what I call a good time.
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Pro-player,
Excellent advice; are you sure you aren't my old college roommate - I think he had a similar recipe for success (they let him out of prison when it was time for his liver transplant).
 
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