Re: Pool players, learning to play to win a bet
I don't know about learning pool from a book or website... it's a physical skill best learned through focused practice.
Find a pool hall you're comfortable with (one with hourly tables, not quarter fed) and go there regularly by yourself. This is important, you want to play by yourself as much as possible. Rack balls and hit them. Practice breaks, practice straight-on shots, practice bank shots. just practice!
As you get better, begin to push yourself, break a rack and just focus on the toughest shots to make. Pay no attention to stripes or solids or the 8-ball, just find the toughest shot on the felt and sink it. Then do it again.
Pool is not a difficult game, but it does reguire discipline an lots of practice. Forget about the books and pick up a que!
The only technique-advice I have is to get way down low and look down the length of your cue find the spot on the OBJECT ball (not the cue ball) that makes a direct line to the pocket and make sure the cue ball hits that spot precisely. Take a moment and line your cue stick with that spot on the object ball, really fixate on that specific spot; then back away never taking your eyes off that spot and line the cue stick up so it makes a direct line through the cue ball directly to that spot on the object ball. Make a nice even stroke (takes lots of practice) and make the cue and object balls connect.
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