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ms liberty

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5. That analogy doesn't hold up. And as a strategy to win a game of pool

Reply to GenXer47 (Original post)

Tue Oct 3, 2023, 04:57 PM

Oct 2023

If a person's strategy is just to block the pockets, then all that really is doing is to make sure that everyone thinks that person is an ahole, and ensuring that no one will play that person.

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you win at pool by blocking the pockets [View all] GenXer47 Oct 2023 OP

So, please explain the stragegic error. Sogo Oct 2023 #1

something bad happened to GOP; therefore it is bad for Dems Recycle_Guru Oct 2023 #7

What specific pockets are now blocked, and what strategic errors were made? Torchlight Oct 2023 #2

They're forcing whoever the next speaker is to work with them spooky3 Oct 2023 #3

House Dems have done nothing wrong - what are you saying. McCarthy is not trustworthy walkingman Oct 2023 #4

That analogy doesn't hold up. And as a strategy to win a game of pool ms liberty Oct 2023 #5

that's why I never run the table in pool. gotta block the pockets Recycle_Guru Oct 2023 #6