just thought i'd throw some good humour out on the board. sorry if i offended lovers of predator, and for those who "got it" thanks! you see my friends, i guess my "other" life spilled into this one of azbilliards. i love the beatles and led zeppelin, i love seinfeld and cheers, i'm one year older than earl strickland, i'm 43 this june. anyhow, sometimes mixing pool, with other things is "a good thing", to quote martha stewart, speaking of martha, i bet she is now, going to learn how to play pool in jail? she looks more like a propper snooker form rather than pool, any thoughts? oh, and by the way, to the person who posts here as "CARDINAL SYN" i would love to show you my skills, i broke and ran out on mika immonen in 8-ball, and my high run is 5 break and runs in a row in 8-ball, november 2001. i am a skill level 7 on the A.P.A. (the highest) i won over 63 amaetuer tournaments, mainly in 8-ball. so, i would say, i play on or very near to a professional level. i've been playing for 26 years. my biggest win to date was the 2002 january "chances" 8-ball calcutta classic, held in patchouge long island new york. 21 top 8-ball bar table players from all over long island competed. the purse was $2,200. i won. my share was $685, the most money i ever won, to this day. i've beaten besides mika, danny barouty, who is the best straight pool player in new york. and back in 1986, when lori jon jones was ranked #2 in the world, i beat her as well in 8-ball. i guess you could say, my favorite game is 8-ball. i like it the best, for these reasons,: THE PACE: i feel the tempo of 8-ball is thee best. it's not rushed like 9-ball, and it's not in slow motion like 1-pocket. and finally, it encompasses, every aspect of every cuesport ever invented! 8-ball has it all! the break, missing on purpose,setting mouse traps, hurting your opponent while helping yourself on the same shot! shotmaking galore,patteren play, position, saftey's, to me 8-ball is like snooker strategy, with straight pool patteren play. i also, can play 3-cushion, one pocket, snooker, straight pool and 9-ball, as well as korean billiards, and my game i invented run -or-none. but anyway, cardinal syn, headline a post "bernie get in touch with me" and i'll hook up with you. i believe you'll like the hall in which i play in. carom cafe in flushing n.y. check it out at
www.caromcafe.com p.s. i am very quiet when walking into a new enviorment. i feel i'm there on business. i have a job to do. to win! everyone else, is carrying on, talking about football, pass the hot wings. everyone is usually taller and louder than myself, i'm 5'6. anyhow, point being, when i screw my Mali M-14 together, and start to play, the entire place goes silent! hence my nickname------------- THE SILENCER.