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Old 11-25-2007, 05:43 PM
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Default NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

One great line from the article....
"You don't make much money but you do get paid in stories."


Jump the Shark

By L. JON WERTHEIM
Published: November 24, 2007

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Old 11-25-2007, 05:49 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

Keith McCready quit the tour he plays MTTs on stars Eartherquake57 if I remember.

I also played craps with Shane Van Boening his hearing aids were setting off some frequency and they thought it was my ipod.
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Old 11-25-2007, 05:58 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

good article. it seems like an alternative for these guys would be to live in a place with a lot of tourists and hustle vacationers.
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:16 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

I just read a great book on a pool hustler. It is called "Running the Table" by Jon Weirtheim (sp) If you are a gambler at heart, it is a must read.

oops. didnt see the end of Brandons post. Great book!
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:17 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

Poor Gigabet. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:40 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

They just need more TV exposure so they can be celebrities. Then the fish will gladly go to the "big game" of pool for the privilege of losing to the pros. After all, in golf you can't just go out and play with Tiger Woods, but in pool you can go to the pool hall and plunk down $10,000 and play against the icons of the game!
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Old 11-25-2007, 10:49 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

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They just need more TV exposure so they can be celebrities. Then the fish will gladly go to the "big game" of pool for the privilege of losing to the pros. After all, in golf you can't just go out and play with Tiger Woods, but in pool you can go to the pool hall and plunk down $10,000 and play against the icons of the game!

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The is a new site coming out that will offer online pool for real money. www.poolstars.com or something like that. Maybe there will be something of that.

Why anyone would trust Kevin Trudeau in anything is beyond me. He really did destroy pool in america, now they don't even show on tv there.
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Old 11-26-2007, 03:05 AM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark

Running the table is a pretty phenomenal book that just came out about pool hustling
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Old 11-26-2007, 05:31 PM
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Poor Gigabet. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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lol
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Old 11-26-2007, 05:58 PM
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Default Re: NY Times OpEd on the demise of the Pool Shark


Who has better blowups?

Earl Strickland or Phil Hellmuth
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