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| 02 May 2008 13:48:09 |
| lfigueroa |
| Tea with the Dutchess |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 Lou Figueroa |
| 02 May 2008 09:19:00 |
| John Black |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
In article <tYESj.281481$cQ1.63819@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net >, lfigueroa@att.net says... > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 Well she breaks like me. First opening break, scratch. Second one switching to side of the rack break goes shooting down toward the end rail. Will watch more... John Black ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com** |
| 02 May 2008 09:51:29 |
| John Black |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
In article <MPG.2284dec93d1f9fef989a3a@free.teranews.com >, jblack@texas.net says... > In article <tYESj.281481$cQ1.63819@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > lfigueroa@att.net says... > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 > > Well she breaks like me. First opening break, scratch. Second one > switching to side of the rack break goes shooting down toward the end > rail. Will watch more... Finished watching. Not very impressed. I've been spoiled by watching some really good straight pool lately. I've watched people run hundreds of balls and never need the mechanical bridge once and she got into situations where she used it several times. She did not break clusters well -- again not surpising for a nine ball player who doesn't have to deal with large clusters. By the end of the rack she is playing 9-ball with a bunch of long sometimes multi-rail shots. As Fels says, you can't do this in 14.1 because the precision on the leaves you need is much much tighter than in 9-ball. John Black ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com** |
| 02 May 2008 18:39:18 |
| Bill O |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
You have to remember that one of her teachers was Nagy. He was a real talent who got lost in his own head. |
| 02 May 2008 22:24:01 |
| lfigueroa |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
Me. I was actually pretty impressed with her patterns. She passed up a couple of opportunities to manufacture some break balls, but other than that, I though she played great. Now having said that, when she breaks open that third rack, I'm saying to myself: she's got this one too. BUT THEN, she goes and passes on a draw shot on the 13 and goes for the 6 instead!!! As soon as she sets up for that, I sucked in my breath and knew she was a dead duck, er, duchess, then. Lou Figueroa John Black wrote: > In article <MPG.2284dec93d1f9fef989a3a@free.teranews.com>, > jblack@texas.net says... >> In article <tYESj.281481$cQ1.63819@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, >> lfigueroa@att.net says... >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 >> Well she breaks like me. First opening break, scratch. Second one >> switching to side of the rack break goes shooting down toward the end >> rail. Will watch more... > > Finished watching. Not very impressed. I've been spoiled by watching > some really good straight pool lately. I've watched people run hundreds > of balls and never need the mechanical bridge once and she got into > situations where she used it several times. She did not break clusters > well -- again not surpising for a nine ball player who doesn't have to > deal with large clusters. By the end of the rack she is playing 9-ball > with a bunch of long sometimes multi-rail shots. As Fels says, you > can't do this in 14.1 because the precision on the leaves you need is > much much tighter than in 9-ball. > > John Black > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com** |
| 02 May 2008 22:24:32 |
| lfigueroa |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
I didn't know that. Any Nagy stories? Lou Figueroa Bill O wrote: > You have to remember that one of her teachers was Nagy. He was a real > talent who got lost in his own head. |
| 02 May 2008 22:57:56 |
| Bill O |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
lfigueroa <lfigueroa@att.net > wrote in news:AwMSj.283018$cQ1.154460 @bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net: > I didn't know that. > > Any Nagy stories? > > Lou Figueroa Here's two that I remember. The story goes that he racked a 9 ball rack then put 9 cards, numbered 1-9 in different spots on the table and broke. He wanted to see if he could get the balls to land on the cards. He did this for hours, without any succes, then went home. Another time he ran 140 something and unscrewed his cue and left because a) a fly landed on the table b) the sun went down or c) the cloth changed color. :-) Just after he passed away, Jerry Tarantola and Janette Lee tried to organize some type of tribute tournament but nothing came of it. I know a couple of guys who knew him, when I get back from FL I'll pass on some more Nagy stories. |
| 03 May 2008 03:33:58 |
| Dan White |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
I just wanna know where she got a blouse made of Simonis? Is it 860 or 760? dwhite "lfigueroa" <lfigueroa@att.net > wrote in message news:tYESj.281481$cQ1.63819@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 > > Lou Figueroa |
| 03 May 2008 14:27:43 |
| Thyme3421 |
| Re: Tea with the Dutchess |
I have to admit, with her snooker experience/background I expected higher runs. She got herself into trouble a couple of times but usually made a graceful recovery. Usually. I didn't like the idea that she was using the bridge as often as she had to... but I didn't see another reasonable option, when she did use it... so that was probably the best option at the time. Better position play over all I guess. But isn't that just the name of the game? -Duane Edwards << needs work on his position play too "Good enough to win money, not good enough to make it." http://diamondstopockets.blogspot.com On May 2 2008 7:48 AM, lfigueroa wrote: > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1052585246876644586 > > Lou Figueroa ________________________________________________________________________ RecGroups : the community-oriented newsreader : www.recgroups.com |