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Missouri State 9-Ball Championship 2015
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A Journey Into Billiards. I Went to New York. Scotch Doubles 10-Ball - WINNER! Missouri State 9-Ball Championship 2015. Middot; Posted Comments (0). This past weekend was the 2015 state 9-ball championship for Missouri, held at Billiards of Springfield. This is an annual event and draws quite an array of top quality players based in Missouri. Only people with state IDs are eligible to play, which keeps it from being overtaken by road players. First place: Steve Boucher. Second place: Mike Banks Jr. I jus...
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A Journey Into Billiards: February 2010
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Monday, February 22, 2010. 3-Rail Kicks: The Short Rail System. As I mentioned in my last entry, Saturday night I learned 2 different 3-rail kicking systems. The first one, which I'll refer to as the "Short-Rail-System" (SRS), is depicted below. Here's a jpg of the diagram for those shockwave-challenged viewers). Game I'll have 2 systems to exercise, not just educated guesses. :). Sunday, February 21, 2010. So, last night I headed ov...
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A Journey Into Billiards: It'll Get Worse Before It Gets Better
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, February 19, 2010. It'll Get Worse Before It Gets Better. It's very, very frustrating though. I've also discovered a new flaw: my line of sight isn't always where my cue is going. I haven't been able to pinpoint the exact types of shots when this happens, but it's only a select few. Having the cueball frozen on the rail with the object more than half a table away is one such example. A 9-ball situational drill:. New Game Expe...
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A Journey Into Billiards: January 2010
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. If your friends don't dance then they're no friends of mine. Okay, okay, not really. Sorry. Today two good things happened at the pool hall. 1) I got to hit with a Samsara cue 2) I came up with a new little game for myself. So, you have a goal, you have a score, which means this is a measurable skill drill. Yay! Hence the title of this entry). Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Today I hit with a Carolina Custom.
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Game Haven - NEWS
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Check out the facebook or twitter. Born of the Gods Pre-Release. A great time was had by all. We had an amazing time on Halloween and we hope you did too. The costume contest was our first try at this sort of thing and in general it went well. Thank you so much to the people who sent us pictures and who showed up on Halloween. Bring and ID in to game haven to play for free. Gabe has a list of all participant names. Game Haven's first week open was a lot of fun! Some photos of the shop. But other than tha...
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A Journey Into Billiards: September 2009
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. However, just before I left, I watched this video on How to Break. As I was double-checking the few new links I added, I saw this video:. I actually haven't seen that done before, so. I'll be trying that today. :). Previously, I had ran across several videos that explain and demonstrate throw (as involved in bank-shots), like the one below, which proved very helpful in my game. How to Play Pool Right.
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A Journey Into Billiards: The Changeling
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, January 8, 2010. As I mentioned in in this post. I saw that my elbow wasn't in line with my wrist/cue by videotaping myself playing. Last weekend, I talked with another player about stroke and what some of my problems were. He made a few suggestions and I finally got a chance to really give them a try yesterday. New] Bend both knees, turn hips 45 degrees to cue line, lean a bit further, but still remain comfortable. I nearly ...
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A Journey Into Billiards: TWO!! Successfully Completed IPAT 9-Ball Layouts
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Successfully Completed IPAT 9-Ball Layouts. I started shooting/warming up with 10-balls tossed out, I did that for a while until I felt decently in focus. Then I started with this layout:. I finished it and wanted to let out of a giant YEAH! But no one would've understood, so I gave myself a small fist-pump and went to write down my stats. You can see a video of how this layout is ran here. Congratulations on ...
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Justin Bergman vs Oscar Dominguez in St. Louis
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A Journey Into Billiards. Back in the Swing. I Went to New York. Justin Bergman vs Oscar Dominguez in St. Louis. Middot; Posted Comments (0). I know I've been away for a while, but things have been incredibly crazy on my end. Between tournaments and streaming and more streaming, I've barely had time to relax. I mostly popped in here to say that I am now an official contributor to NYCGrind. The streaming division of The Players Club. Put on our first PPV, with the help of BigTruck ( PoolActionTV. Last wee...