This story begins with a heated debate regarding the merits of Low Deflection pool cue shafts and the various companies that create them....

Round two of my one-handed  $2000 challenge match with Oklahoma super star Chip Compton didn’t go according to plan. After winning our...

Meet John Tidd. It is always inspiring to hear the successes where opportunity meets hard work. In an industry where it is commonly heard...

A cold breeze and the drizzle of rain marked a cold November afternoon back in 1997. Shadowman’s Billiard Parlor in Campbellsville,...

Pro and amateur billiards is on a swing in the right direction. That is the mindset that I want to program into the mass collective and...

My trip to Oklahoma last month to play a challenge match with Oklahoma City super star Chip Compton was fun and entertaining, to say the...

I took a young kid named David Strawn on his first road trip to Rusty’s in Arlington, Texas, back in 1999. What a doozy of a trip it was!...

Pool players, we’re an eccentric bunch of characters aren’t we? Why is that? Why do we get so excited—so enthralled with a game—that for...

If you are like me, you have a spouse or significant other who has no interest in playing pool. As a pool junkie it is difficult...

I started Sneaky Pete Mafia on March 4th 2012. My family and I were homeless and my wife was eight months pregnant with our daughter,...

Making Your Shot. The Long Draw Dilemma! This was taken from Famous pool Coach Jerry Briesath—who I have personally worked with. Be sure...

You will rarely find a full spliced cue broken in the forearm area where the different sections of wood have been spliced or joined...

Darren Appleton was born August 2, 1976, in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. He had a simple childhood and he grew up a “normal” kid....

I was 17 years old and was just starting to get my feet wet with serious competition. J.R.’s weekly 8-ball tournament in Lancaster,...

Snow, slots, pool! It’s the infamous US Pool Players Association (US PPA) Tournament a few years back in Reno, Nevada. Tony Annigoni,...

photo: Lori Sutliffe Lucky Luke Sutliffe is a man who counts his blessings. He is a man who inspires others with his positive attitude....

In November of 2007, the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville, Kentucky, played host to the $20,000 added CSI Qlympics. A...

Hello Sneaky Pete Mafia readers! Well we finally made it! With lots of hard work, dedication, a budget of blood sweat and tears, and a...

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