At it’s most basic, the pool table is a small battlefield. An excerpt from “The Art of War” is provided with how it applies to the competition between opponents.
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Chapter 11 – The nine situations
At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height…
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At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him. He carries his men deep into hostile territory before he shows his hand.
He burns his boats and breaks his cooking-pots; like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep, he drives his men this way and that, and nothing knows whither he is going.
To muster his host and bring it into danger: — this may be termed the business of the general.
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At the mid-point of each game, you must begin continuous close monitoring for an opportunity to go all out on the offensive and run out to the win.
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