Frank Almanza
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Just got word that one of our members here just won his match against DeLuna in Sacramento. Nice shooting Henry. He is one of my regular playing partners.
That is great news indeed!!!! OP can be a great equalizer!Just got word that one of our members here just won his match against DeLuna in Sacramento. Nice shooting Henry. He is one of my regular playing partners.
Eight players left on the winners side. I play my old friend Ernesto Dominguez at 11 am today.
Just got word that one of our members here just won his match against DeLuna in Sacramento. Nice shooting Henry. He is one of my regular playing partners.
Just got word that one of our members here just won his match against DeLuna in Sacramento. Nice shooting Henry. He is one of my regular playing partners.
That is great news indeed!!!! OP can be a great equalizer!
Henry (I know him as Walt) used to come to our annual small town 9-ball tournament and that is where I first met him, 20yrs ago. We played for 3/4, I shot at the 1 and left a pretty hard shot on it, and some reason he was looking at the 2 which was an easy shot, but he couldn't figure something out, like what is going on here, after over a minute of confusion I stepped up and told him; "your on the 1", like yah OK! A guy in the crowd said yelled out you're not suppose to do that, but I did not want to win a game that way. And he later laid down a great kick safety I could not get out of on hill hill. I'll always remember him saying; "they have made 9-ball into a 3 cushion game". He later showed up with Ronnie Allen a couple of times. Whitey
And you used to be a 9 ball specialist! 'Course everyone was then. 25 years ago no one could get a one-pocket game in NorCal. Glad you came over to the sunny side of the street......
Sitting here trying to decide if I should drive 2 hours to play in the 9 ball. Haven't played 10 sets of 9 ball in 5 years but its not that hard of a game.
I just got back from LA and I played Frank all day and I learned something when that match was over. We broke even and Frank was not playing great but the reason I didn't win was decision making not execution and that is the difference between One Pocket and Rotation games. Frank makes you beat him he will never beat himself and he does that by making the right decisions every time and if I make the wrong decisions no matter how good I shoot he wins and I feel the pressure which impacts my execution. Willie Mosconi said the key to winning in pool was to have your opponent feel all the pressure and you feel none. So how do you do that? In one pocket it helps if I make all the right decisions it seems there is no pressure because I know I have done all I can. I had a decent tournament I beat Jeffery DeLuna the first match by making all the right decisions and coming with some shots under pressure. I then played Amar so I had a tough draw and he got ahead 2/0 I stuck with my game plan and things turned around and I got back to 2/2. He won lag had the final break and I couldn't get out of the break and lost to a great player. I beat a couple other players and ran into John Henderson and he played real good John doesn't always play real good but he did this time. I was happy with the way I played and a couple rolls my way and I am in the thick of it. Sitting here trying to decide if I should drive 2 hours to play in the 9 ball. Haven't played 10 sets of 9 ball in 5 years but its not that hard of a game.
Go take care of business!