Max Eberle on people who play on barboxes "Pool players need to grow some balls"

SeniorTom said:
A lot of the better players play one pocket on the 9-ft tables, that seems to be there go-to gambling game. I like one pocket because it exercises a unique part of one's repertoire, finesse, banking, and safety strategy.
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I was practicing at the Golden Fleece up in Washington state on the 4" pocketed Diamond they had at their original location when Dan Louie came in and had a lesson so I was going to have to give up the table. Normally they limited play on that table to one pocket but the owner, I forget his name now, let me practice tenball as long as I didn't break. When Dan came in he said he had a lesson coming up and I asked him if he wanted to shoot some while he was waiting for his lesson to come in.

So I broke and we went back and forth until he left me an open bank. I banked it in and ran 8 and out and he thanked me. He said "Thank you for that, I need to be punished when I leave a shot like that" lol. I just thought it was funny that he would thank me for running out on him. Dan Louie is good people.
 
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Fore Rail said:

Just drunks and league players, call Piazza's & see if you can sign up!!​
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Should be very easy to snap off for all you big table players.​
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I’ve mentioned it before, but a while back we had a Lucasi West Coast stop in my neck of the woods. It was the only one on barboxes. I have heard some didn’t like that. Anyway, somehow the top 3 FargoRate players finished 1-2-3. It doesn’t always happen that way, but Oscar, Vilmos, and Max finished like that. Max wasn’t above playing it. Yeah, maybe they got good from 9’ play etc… but it wasn’t kiddie pool, Fisher Price tables bla, bla,bla. And as mentioned above, plenty of 9’ only players can get all they want from Bergman, Matlock, etc…. I agree that to develop players for top competition 9’ table play is required. It is also a mistake IMO to think 7’ play has no skill. Prefer what you want, but straight pool on 10’ tables was dead before the Hustler hit theaters.
 
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Once again I'll repeat what I initially posted , that I know of only one pool hall with a handful of 9' tables with the same for 7' tables 1 snooker table and a 3 cushion table .
So it's up to you folks on the coasts to save pool yes the shoe is on the other foot now so run with it and make us all proud !
 
I’m guessing this Max Eberle reel is clipped from a longer video, but I haven’t been able to track it down. If anyone’s got a link to the full version, I’d like to see it.

Do the players he’s talking about really stick to 7-foot tables because they’re scared of 9-footers? I haven’t logged nearly as many hours as he has, but my guess is it’s less about testicular intrepidity and more about practical stuff, like:
  • They’d happily play on 9-footers, but there just aren’t any nearby.
  • They’re league players, and their league uses 7-footers, so that’s what they practice on.
  • For some folks, pool is tied to the bar vibe, and they'd be bored stiff at Ames, mister.
  • They just want to have fun and aren’t that interested in debating table sizes.
I get what he’s saying: “If you want to level up, challenge yourself on the big table.” Fair point. It probably would’ve landed better if it came off a little less confrontational.

I prefer 9-footers and used to avoid 7-footers. But I recently rejoined a league that plays on 7-foot tables, because playing in competition regularly matters more than sticking to a specific table size. It’s not like 7-footers don't offer my game any learning opportunities. A table’s a table, and you still have to execute.

I don't know about Max's flat-earth beliefs, but I enjoy his POV videos.
 
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