darmoose
Verified Member
Is there such a thing? Does it mean to never give your opponent an offensive shot? I have never seen Artie B. play, and there are no videos available, so, I probably never will. But listening to his stories, I and many others are intrigued by his claims of being the most knowledgeable one pocket player ever.
In recent posts Artie has given us clues to his strategies as well as reasons why he went about his craft as he did (more or less incognito).
Without wishing to oversimplify. it seems, to me at least, that defense was his secret. Because he would play long "take no risks" games, trying to break down and frustrate his opponent, he had to hide his identity because people didn't want to get tangled up with him if they knew who he was and his reputation. He would try to get money froze upfront to avoid players quitting on him.
As a fairly defensive player myself, I am familiar with some of the problems. People say the games take too long, shoot at your hole will ya. If you win they quit, and so on.
So, here are some questions I have
Is all out defensive one pocket perfect one pocket?
If so, why are our best modern day players going in the opposite direction?
Is this style even more boring than some think the game is already?
If Artie writes a book should we all become more defensive players?
What happens if we all start playing like this?
Is the answer to the $30,000 challenge "Don't give up any offensive shots, and don't make any mistakes"?
Just wondering
In recent posts Artie has given us clues to his strategies as well as reasons why he went about his craft as he did (more or less incognito).
Without wishing to oversimplify. it seems, to me at least, that defense was his secret. Because he would play long "take no risks" games, trying to break down and frustrate his opponent, he had to hide his identity because people didn't want to get tangled up with him if they knew who he was and his reputation. He would try to get money froze upfront to avoid players quitting on him.
As a fairly defensive player myself, I am familiar with some of the problems. People say the games take too long, shoot at your hole will ya. If you win they quit, and so on.
So, here are some questions I have
Is all out defensive one pocket perfect one pocket?
If so, why are our best modern day players going in the opposite direction?
Is this style even more boring than some think the game is already?
If Artie writes a book should we all become more defensive players?
What happens if we all start playing like this?
Is the answer to the $30,000 challenge "Don't give up any offensive shots, and don't make any mistakes"?
Just wondering