Archive for December, 2008
Shaun Murphy wins 2008 UK Championship
Submitted by Billiard Pulse Blog
England’s Shaun Murphy won the 2008 Maplin UK Championship.
The final against Hong Kong’s Marco Fu went back and forth until Murphy won 10-9 after having fluked the pink in the deciding frame.
Stephen Maguire (Scotland) and Allister Carter (England) lost out in the semi-finals.
Murphy received £100,000 for the victory and Fu got [...]
Sorto Rotation - Perfect Runout with cliff-hanger ending
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
For the first time ever, recorded on video!
Something extraordinary happened at FastMikie’s Fun House today. And I got it on video! Tony Sorto (”El Maestro”) did in fact run a perfect rack at Honduran rotation pool.
Honduran rotation is extremely challenging, and is the ONLY game they play in Honduras, the birthplace [...]
There’s More to Life than Pool: Facebook
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Facebook is quickly becoming the community du jour.
Check it out and Friend me up to see what’s going in Life Beyond Pool.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Mika Immonen’s DVD pool lessons
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Mika Immonen has just released a new 3-DVD set called “Mastering Pool”. Here’s the link:Http://www.mastering-pool.com/
An excellent product overall. Three volumes: beginner, intermediate, advanced. Each one equally well produced, with Mika Immonen doing all of the shooting but none of the talking, which is done by a professional off-camera voice. While you [...]
Learning about controlled fury
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Two weeks ago, at the Thursday afternoon 8-ball tournament, I managed to make to the finals against Paul H. who took advantage of an opportunity I gave him (I missed a shot) and he played very well for the win. Another second place for me.
I’ve have developed a sort of tradition [...]
Learning about controlled fury
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Two weeks ago, at the Thursday afternoon 8-ball tournament, I managed to make to the finals against Paul H. who took advantage of an opportunity I gave him (I missed a shot) and he played very well for the win. Another second place for me.
I’ve have developed a sort of tradition [...]
Feedback on Live Streaming Video from Fun House
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Last night’s experiment in live streaming video was a qualified success.
1. I won the 5-ahead set of 9-ball.
2. People actually watched. Not a lot, and not for long, but there were viewers.
3. Some high powered viewers logged in and chatted it up, including world champion Thorsten Hohmann, who caught a game [...]
FastMikie is LIVE, NOW, streaming video
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
click this link: http://www.ustream.tv/FastMikie
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Free Streaming Video: Everybody’s Doing It, even me!
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
It seems like free streaming video for pool matches started relatively recently, maybe about a year ago. The first I saw was produced by The Action Report and it was very well done. It seemed like it would have been very expensive for all that bandwidth, and the cameras, etc. Little did [...]
Compete for fun, or for the win? Why not both?
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
For the last several times I played in the Thursday afternoon 8-ball tournament, I wasn’t really going for the win. I was taking it easy, just playing for the fun of it. I’ve been recovering from a shoulder challenge, but the last couple of days it hasn’t been so painful, so [...]
Heading Home from the Blanket Run: The Paddock
Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
Well, on our way home from the Blanket Run, we decided that we would stop by the Paddock in Knightstown, Indiana.
http://www.paddockparts.com/paddock/assets/html/homepage.asp
The Paddock has an incredible showroom/store. Love the checkerboard tile and the Muscle cars!
Taken direction from the “about us” page of the Paddock website:
“The Paddock has been a mainstay in [...]
Extra Holiday Cheer
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
You’re probably going to buy some gifts during this holiday season, right? Wouldn’t it be great if you could save some money AND have a little bit of every purchase go to a worthy cause? It’s really easy. Just click on the banner ad below to do your shopping at Amazon.com [...]
In the Zone!
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
A few days ago, Dr. Mark stopped over to shoot a few racks of 8-ball, and the most magical thing happened…
Without any warm-up, from my first shot to my last, I was making the most incredible shots. I could see angles so clearly that it was almost an out-of-body experience. Even [...]
Searching Twitter for Pool/Billiards in real time
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Life moves fast on the Internet, and almost nothing moves faster than Twitter.
Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world [...]
Cutest Cueists: Jamilra
Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Jamilra and Jeanette
Maybe it’s just me, but the photo above gets me thinking that I’d like to see more of this in pool: a top ranked player like Jeanette Lee (on the right) teaching a young newbie.
Jamilra is her name. She’s supposed to be a “top Uzbekistan fashion model” according [...]