I've had good luck just asking the counter guy if anyone plays 1P, but not on a Friday or Saturday night. Not a ton of 1P players, but I've played 1P at Amsterdam a half dozen times over the years..
Seems to me that the problem is in the early rounds before players are eliminated -- too many players and too few tables. They could just run full Grady rules until the field is down to 128 and all buybacks are done. Then they could switch to regular rules, or to regular rules + Grady rules at...
Exactly, what Nito said: the quality is beautiful.
It would be worth it just for the great pictures or just for the 1P knowledge, but it comes with both!
Congratulations, what an effort!
Cory
P.S. I'm partial to p. 149.
That's awesome, I was getting worried this wasn't going anywhere.
I very much hope Matt gets the health news we all want! Secondarily, I hope he and Lizz have a great time in the Netherlands.
I have a copy of Shots, Moves, and Strategies that I'm looking to get rid of, along with a fully sealed set of historic 1993 Pro Billiards Tour Billiard Cards. I'll donate half the proceeds to the Euro travel fund. Send your best offer by Friday.
Cory
P.S. Hope y'all have all been well.
Still alive and doing well. Glad to hear y'all are all still around and mostly doing well. I'm only shooting about once a week and haven't played real 1P in ages--guess I'm lucky Mitch didn't look me up when he was here a few weeks ago.
I think most top 1P players are the favorite shooting on an open table like that, so I still think it was a good shot. He probably should have hit harder to push more balls over to his side!