Tuesday, 22 July 2008
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| Re: Good free 14.1 Video John Black 20:24:00 |
| | In article <H_6dnVrbkcjfdeXVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@comcast.com>, jbstein2
@comcast.net says...
IPT has a free 14.1 match with John Schmidt vs. Mike Segal. This is a good match with good commentary by Grady Matthews. All you 14.1ers will surely enjoy it and Segal has been practicing since his IPT 8 ball fiasco. He's playing in top form again and 14.1 has always been his forte' Goto: and then to page 6 and the Segal vs Schmidt match on that page. You have to register though, which sucks, but it's free and the worse that happens is the IPT notifies you when they have live pool matches as well as when a freebie comes along. Well worth the time for Lou and Dan and anyone interested enough in pool to watch a good 14.1 match with Grady talking at you.
Jack, thanks for the link. The IPT is running 14.1 matches now?? What
happened? I thought the organization was kind of defunct? I'm
obviously out of the loop.
I have an accustats tape of Segal running 150 and out on Mike Zuglan.
Poor Zuglan is parked in the chair drinking water the entire match. As
a matter of fact here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5bvRhETn_s
You know, I like youtube as much as the next guy but this is just a pure
ripoff of Accustats. I mean, accustats spends the money to film this,
to hire commentators like Grady Mathews and Bill Incardona, to produce
the tape or dvd, to advertise and distribute the dvds, etc. Youtube
will hurt their business if not drive them under and then we all lose.
John Black
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| Re: MAPPA 10-Ball Tour! Jack Stein 18:31:58 |
| | AnitoKid wrote:
Much thanks for looking, everyone! More info here, friends!
And thanks for being a jerk that uses RSB for the SOLE purpose of
advertising his lame web site!
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Jack
http://jbstein.com
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| Distinction Lfigueroa 07:30:27 |
| | Does you have any opinion on what makes a Diamond table better or worse
than a GC?
Lou Figueroa
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| Can someone identify the brunette next to Ewa? John Black 03:07:44 |
| | The text in the article is too small for me to read. And is this show
Ballbreakers still on TV?
John Black
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Monday, 21 July 2008
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| Best Pool Cue Case Lfigueroa 18:03:15 |
| | So, everyone's got a case. Why did you pick the one you have? Style,
protection, price...
AND, if you could have any case -- what would you get?
Lou Figueroa
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Saturday, 19 July 2008
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| Re: Samm Diep's Sexy Video! Jack Stein 17:11:16 |
| | AnitoKid wrote:
Much thanks for looking, everyone!
And thanks for being a jerk that uses RSB for the SOLE purpose of
advertising his lame web site!
--
Jack
http://jbstein.com
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Friday, 18 July 2008
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| ref Zuglan/Segal Bill O 16:08:40 |
| | I was talking to a friend at the pool room who saw that match and he said
that, although a number of players had run a 150 and out, that was the
first time someone did it from the opening break, and they made an
announcement to that effect. believe it was at the Rossevelt Hotel in NYC.
Plus, in Zuglans next match he ran 148 from the break. Needing two balls
Zuglan wound up like this
http://CueTable.com/P/?@4FWjK4IWiC4JYdb4KWao4MWhN3NFUl4PVQc@
tommy didn't remember exactly how Zuglan got in trouble but instead of
going up and down to get on the 6 he tried to hold up the cue ball and the
hitting so soft the 14 hung in the pocket. So the story goes.
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008
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| Like old home week Pat Hall 20:21:24 |
| | For anybody wondering where some of the past RSB legends ended up try:
http://www.jimboarmy.com/phpbb3/
Some old familiar names post there. A few flame wars but thats what
used to make RSB interesting.
PatH
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Sunday, 13 July 2008
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| "Turn the River" Movie Lfigueroa 19:01:28 |
| | So now that's it's been out awhile, has anyone actually seen it?
Lou Figueroa
curious
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| Re: Predator World 14.1 Qualifers: Live NOW! Jack Stein 16:39:23 |
| | AnitoKid wrote:
Friends, the qualifers for the Predator World 14.1 Straightpool Championships is now airing live on the Internet! And I kid you not! Watch it live - now!
And watch AnitoKid being a jerk that uses RSB for the SOLE purpose of
advertising his lame web site!
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Jack
http://jbstein.com
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| Re: Pool Cues of Antonio Gabica! Jack Stein 16:36:52 |
| | AnitoKid wrote:
Friends, check out these cool pics of Filipino pool player Antonio Gabica's pool cues! Hope you like 'em! Much thanks for looking, everyone!
And thanks for being a jerk that uses RSB for the SOLE purpose of
advertising his lame web site!
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Jack
http://jbstein.com
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| Re: YouTube Video on Using Jump Cues! Jack Stein 02:47:04 |
| | AnitoKid wrote:
For billiards buddies who may have missed these, here are a couple of YouTube vids from BCA Master Billiards Instructor Tom Simpson! Tom Simpson demos techniques for jumping! Much thanks for looking, everyone! Hope you like it! Link is here, friends!
Or, You could simply go to Youtube instead supporting a blatant RSB
spammer that uses RSB for the sole purpose of advertising his lame website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRdDcKlyZo
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Jack
http://jbstein.com
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Friday, 11 July 2008
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| RSB Posts Contianing Shot Layouts Achived in CueTable Library Cuetable 23:26:11 |
| | Hi folks:
I have archived most RSB posts containing shot layouts here (from 2000 to
06.2008):
http://library.cuetable.com/forumdisplay.php?f=70
I think this is useful for everyone. In the old days, people drew diagrams
on napkins and the napkins got thrown away. Since the layouts today are in
digital format, there can be a lot of potentials. The layout archive is an
initial start. Please feel free to add anything or let me know if I am
missing any good posts 
Also, grab a seat in the video screen room, we have selected 600+ billiard
related online videos from the net
http://video.cuetable.com
Ideally, we'd like to have diagrams for the key shot of every video, and
talk about it all together. Kind of like the "9 Ball Situation - What
Would You Do Here" series as show in Table Talk
http://library.cuetable.com/forumdisplay.php?f=39
For player of beginner to intermediate levels, we have formed
collaboration with 18 professional instructors to give free advice:
http://poolcoach.cuetable.com
There are still a lot of meaningful work to be done and I need you guys
help. Please support CueTable project!
Cheers
Wei
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| Sneak Attack -- Dan White Lfigueroa 15:15:20 |
| | So, somewhat unexpectedly yesterday, I got done early and had a chance
to go to Comet Billiards for a while. Even got some cheap 1pocket action.
So then I'm chatting with the owner, Bill Halley, and I mention that
while here, I was hoping to meet up with a friend from the internet and
play some pool for a while. He asks who and I say "Dan White." And he
says, "Oh, I know Dan. He was in here practicing last night. Said he
had someone from out of town coming in and I wondered if it was you." I
laughed and said, "Ah. He's trying to sneak up on me! Which is
basically what I'm trying to do to him " So then Bill goes on, "Oh
yeah. He had a video camera and coach and everything." And we both had
a good laugh.
So, Dan, I know you're ready and waiting in the weeds. Whassup?
By the way: Thursday no longer looking good. If I can play that day,
it'd only be for a couple of hours really early. Udderwise, today or
tomorrow still looks good.
Lou Figueroa
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| Any tournaments in Birmingham AL DMHenrie 07:26:07 |
| | I am heading to Birmingham, Alabama next week. Any good pool halls or
tournaments ?
Dave
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| Re: cleaning balls Jim 07:25:06 |
| | I take my pool balls down to my local pool room and have them run them
through the ball cleaner for a couple minutes. Do that every couple weeks.
Anything else is a lot of labor for such short results.
Jim
<smokyvocals@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 2, 6:10 pm, smokyvoc...@gmail.com wrote:
How can I get them shiny again? I clean them with soap and water; then i've tried a couple of the special polishes, but no luck. any problem just using pledge furniture polish/ Please e-mail your comments to me at; smokyvoc...@gmail.com. Thanks.
The e-mail screwed up! It's: smokyvocals@gmail.com. Thanks
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| The next Mosconi Mark0 05:10:49 |
| | Ok, probably not. But....
My son has had a cue in his hand since he was less than a year old (but
you couldn't get near him without getting whacked!) and is now 5. He
plays with a full length cue up over his shoulder one handed with the
shaft resting on the rail and mostly sights down the length of the cue to
line up shots. Until this week his idea of play was smacking the balls
into the holes (click--POP) and he's gotten pretty good at that.
Occasionally I'll bug him to shoot the balls in using the white ball like
Daddy does and we'll set up some ducks for him to pot but mostly I let him
play.
Day before yesterday I suggested we play some pool by the "real" rules but
since he was little his spot would be that he could pick up whitey and put
it anywhere to shoot after each shot (with a generous amount of do-overs
when he wanted to try a shot again) with only some occasional suggestions
about where he might place whitey to make the shots easier. I have a
seven ball rack and that's what he wanted to play. Well, I got to see
things start to "click" for him and he started making some of the
damnedest shots you can imagine. Shots like this almost straight shot:
http://CueTable.com/P/?@3ERiu2PCqq2kCqq3kQsg3kaUe3kaUe@ and not just
once. He made several in a row!
So yesterday I was telling his Mom about it and I set up the shot saying
he made a shot like this (thinking he'd knock it into the rail) and he
stepped up and fired it in like it was nothing! So I set up another and
he knocked it and even a couple more in before I saw his PSR degrading and
he started missing. So then I showed him 3 rail shots and how to aim at
the diamond (and how it was important not to miss the middle of whitey or
the cue will come up short, and to hit it with (his) break speed
(remember, he's shooting out of the pocket with his stick on his
shoulder). I set 2 balls in the opposite jaw to give him a bigger target
and he nailed about 6 or 7 out of 10 (with a big ole grin on his face).
So I showed him the spot on the wall 3-railer (using a piece of tape to
mark the spot) and set up several more of those along the long rail. I'd
guess he dropped to about 50% on those (he wasn't getting running english
on them) before he got bored and wanted to shoot in some ducks -- but he
was still using whitey to make the balls and still picking it up after
most of the shots. Then he wanted me to set up some trick shots. So I
set up this:
http://CueTable.com/P/?@1BADS2EBqG3PAmk1VADS1Vbjg2YBqG2YYvc2YYvc3kAmk2kBAk2kBAk@
and some other easy caroms and he just ate those up too.
Anyway, he's no phenom but I love seeing the lightbulb go on. And I love
seeing him getting all the cause and effects memories programmed in early.
He's seems to have the idea now of where to hit the balls ('hit them so
they are pointing at the pocket when they touch' [I'll wait to explain
throw when he's consistently accurate]) and he's beginning to see that
sometimes you have to be really precise to hit it *there*. It's wayyyy
cool and I just had to share. Besides we can't have Lou do *all* the
posting
Just think when he's big enough to shoot 2 handed how easy this will all
seem to him!!!
I'll get some video on YouTube one of these days too.
Bests,
Mark0
Author of Secrets to a Perfect Pool Table Recovering Job
http://www.mccauleyweb.com/secrets.htm
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Thursday, 10 July 2008
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| Discovery's? Lfigueroa 15:39:23 |
| | Pinkies aside  has anyone amongst the group had any "Ah Ha" moments
lately?
I have, after playing Dan in NJ. I came home to my real cue and
wondered about how I played there and suddenly discovered that a small
motion in my set (that sometimes I do and sometimes I don't)gave me a
gigantically more powerful stroke, when I did it. I mean, it's like
night and day.
And, after all the muddling around, I have to ask myself, "Is there
really anything more important that being able to hit a pool ball really
hard with with a lot of accuracy?
Lou Figueroa
OK, beside
world peace
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| 2009 DCC Lfigueroa 15:26:14 |
| | So now that the "cat's outta the bag" anyone thinking about going to the
DCC next year?
Lou Figueoa
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| One Thing... Lfigueroa 05:33:32 |
| | If there was one thing you could do, one shot or skill set that you
could add to your game, what would it be?
Lou Figueroa
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Wednesday, 9 July 2008
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| Accu-Stats Oldies Lfigueroa 16:37:06 |
| | I guess Pat has gone into the vault and re-released a bunch of old stuff
on DVD, like some old 1pocket. Freddy the Beard swears the Rempe-Fusco
match is mandatory viewing to learn old school pinch and squeeze:
http://www.accu-stats.com/Qstore/Qst...C01206383411C1
Lou Figueroa
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| Perfect Cue Lfigueroa 16:27:45 |
| | So, shooting a few shots with Dan's Balabuska made me wonder: what's
you perfect cue (Dan need not respond)?
I mean, if you've tried a few and seen a few, what would it be?
What characteristics or features would you make sure it had?
Who would make it?
Lou Figueroa
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