If you are an A B or C player

I would, unless it was against you Joe, .....then I would pay 40! Seriously though I would do it in a heart beat.
 
I would jump at the chance to play(rack for) a Pro for that price. One of the things I like about our sport is that it is easier than most to rub elbows with some of the elite. I have only been playing for a couple years and have had two occasions to play with Pros. Both times I received a few quick words of advice that have helped guide me in my pursuit to improve my game. The first led me to seek instruction to cure a fundamental flaw, the second to fine tune an issue involving english. Yes, a C or D player might not get as much out of the situation, but the direct involvement vs sitting at the rail, would be well worth the investment in my mind. Steve
 
Tramp Steamer said:
I've always dissagreed with this particular primise.
If a C player, say, plays a pro level player $20 an hour, twice a week, he's going to be out a cool $40 only to have shot a handful of times. Paying to get you clock cleaned has never been advantageous, in my view.
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Maybe we can come up with a new game that lets lower players shoot more ;)
 
Not a bad deal since table time at most places is $5 an hour or more. I must be able to shoot though :wink:
 
Heck yeah seeing as I'm about to embark on lessons for a lot more than what the buy in here is :)
But as previously stated, I'd want a run down of the shot and reason. (IE: going for the 2 ball with lower right English with medium to draw off the rail to set me up for the 3...)
 
Yes.
At least I'd like to think I'm in that range, but since I don't get to play much anymore, what's the D player rate? :embarrassed2:
 
thoughts from a pro player

I enjoy helping players improve, and coaching all levels of players....
So playing for 20 doesn't appeal to me, but coaching for 20 does.


Hope this helps,
Y
 
Scott Lee said:
Joe...I can't imagine any player who could not benefit from this...even if the pro was a jerk. You can learn a lot just from watching (certainly $20 worth!). :D

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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At University Pool Hall in Charlottesville Va. I learned more pool by watching two A players play 9 ball for cash. One of the players was Tommy Papas, who ran 275 balls against Mosconi in an exhibition match, and he lost most of the time to a guy named Jesse. However, some days Tommy would get so hot he didn't miss anything, and Jesse would quit playing him for a while. Tommy got the biggest kick when Jesse laid down, but I can assure you that Jesse took plenty of Tommy's money.

And when I say watched, I mean I observed EVERYTHING: bridge, eye movements, english used, position/pattern play, strokes, etc. After a whi le I got pretty good at predicting to myself in advance how they were going to play.

So Joe, if you were going to critique during the match, I would say yes. But I can't believe any pro, including yourself, would do this when you could be charging at least $40 per hour. Again, personally, I would rather watch (for free) two pros going at each other. The safes the pros would be playing would not show up in your matches because they are for fun.
 
Joe T said:
Would you pay not bet, pay $20 total to play an open or pro level player for 2-3hrs once per week, table time is covered.
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It would depend on the player. but my answer is YES.

$20 to play a top pro for 2-3hrs is a no brainer, especially if I would get some tips and pointers from them either during or right after playing.
 
I was at DCC and got to watch a number of matches very, very close up with some top players competing. I checked out their grips and strokes very closely, watched where the cue tip was contacting the CB and the subsequent movement of the CB and OB. Banks was incredibly fascinating observing the combination of speed, cut angle, english along with vertical cue tip location utilized by the good players to both hit the shot and get position. I think a lot could be learned by observation if you are looking at the right things.
 
I would play any tourny with a 20 dollar entry as it usually costs far more than that for the open tournaments i play.
 
BryanB said:
Not a bad deal since table time at most places is $5 an hour or more. I must be able to shoot though :wink:
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win the lag and you're going to get to shoot and since pros dont run out on average more than about 30 percent that isnt much of a worry.
 
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