For the many members here who would like to know the truth regarding Artie's one pocket game, I will tell you. As I posted on here a couple of years ago. I am 70 yrs.old now, and I was around big action in many different cities (although mostly in the midwest) from the 60's thru the 80's. I played decent one pocket myself, and know the game as well as anybody.
I am in a unique position here, in a way that no one else is. And that unique position is comprised of two things. #1. I know exactly how Artie played. #2. I can tell it like it is, because I have no agenda or connections to him, either for or against. Although Artie has unknowingly done me a favor, since I have won money betting on him on the side.
I have watched Artie play one pocket many, many times, in person, in the 60's and 70's. I've watched him play great players like the late Bugs Rucker, on down to him playing guys like Whitey. Whitey was a good sucker who would bet pretty good, and played about the speed of that poker player Dippy. Artie used to give him something like 12-4.
As for Artie's speed. Yes, he did play as good as his fanboys say. As good as anyone has ever played the game. With all four of them playing their best, would he have beaten Ronnie, Efren, or Scott Frost? Hard to say for sure, on a given day the winner could change. But a correct line wouldn't make any of them the favorite against him. Also, I believe that, again, with all four of them playing their best, Artie would have the better chance of beating Efren than Ronnie or Scott. Because Ronnie and Scott would be trying to beat Efren with firepower, where Artie would have Efren facing a level of super smart play and defense that Efren had never had to contend with before.
Now as for the other question (being discussed on here recently) Does Artie have some secret, mysterious knowledge and way of playing?
The simple answer is no. Do you really think that with all of the years of accumulated one pocket knowledge gained by players like Ronnie, Grady, and Billy Incardona, they wouldn't also know Artie's better method of playing if it existed? And his silly repeating of saying that he played "mistake free one pocket". Well doesn't that beg the question of why did he lose his share of games over the years, many, many, games, if he played "mistake free". It's just nonsense for all the suckers to wonder about.
What Artie's game did consist of, and what made it as strong as it was, was this: extremely smart moving and percentage play, excellent shooting and banking, pinpoint cueball control and position play, and more desire to win and stamina than pretty much anybody.
And that, is the real and true account of Artie's one pocket game, from approximately 1965-1985
Old School
I am in a unique position here, in a way that no one else is. And that unique position is comprised of two things. #1. I know exactly how Artie played. #2. I can tell it like it is, because I have no agenda or connections to him, either for or against. Although Artie has unknowingly done me a favor, since I have won money betting on him on the side.
I have watched Artie play one pocket many, many times, in person, in the 60's and 70's. I've watched him play great players like the late Bugs Rucker, on down to him playing guys like Whitey. Whitey was a good sucker who would bet pretty good, and played about the speed of that poker player Dippy. Artie used to give him something like 12-4.
As for Artie's speed. Yes, he did play as good as his fanboys say. As good as anyone has ever played the game. With all four of them playing their best, would he have beaten Ronnie, Efren, or Scott Frost? Hard to say for sure, on a given day the winner could change. But a correct line wouldn't make any of them the favorite against him. Also, I believe that, again, with all four of them playing their best, Artie would have the better chance of beating Efren than Ronnie or Scott. Because Ronnie and Scott would be trying to beat Efren with firepower, where Artie would have Efren facing a level of super smart play and defense that Efren had never had to contend with before.
Now as for the other question (being discussed on here recently) Does Artie have some secret, mysterious knowledge and way of playing?
The simple answer is no. Do you really think that with all of the years of accumulated one pocket knowledge gained by players like Ronnie, Grady, and Billy Incardona, they wouldn't also know Artie's better method of playing if it existed? And his silly repeating of saying that he played "mistake free one pocket". Well doesn't that beg the question of why did he lose his share of games over the years, many, many, games, if he played "mistake free". It's just nonsense for all the suckers to wonder about.
What Artie's game did consist of, and what made it as strong as it was, was this: extremely smart moving and percentage play, excellent shooting and banking, pinpoint cueball control and position play, and more desire to win and stamina than pretty much anybody.
And that, is the real and true account of Artie's one pocket game, from approximately 1965-1985
Old School
