SECRETS OF A MASTER BANKER
What others say:
"I'm glad Greddy waited until i quit playing to release these secrets"
Leonard " Bugs" Rucker
Finally, a worth while book on Bank Pool game.
Grady "The Professor" Matthews
"All of the top Chicago bankers call Freddy The Master"
Glen "piggy Bank" Rogers
"The Beard snitched off every secret but my famous 'wrist turn' shot"
Truman Hogue
Bentivegna has done us a great service with his new tome. Banking With The Beard is a masterpiece.
Mike Shamos , Billiards Digest
Many thanks for your very well written publication. Banking With The Beard is written with the clarity of a natural teacher and with excellent diagrams. Your world-class expertise is presented brilliantly and passionately on every page. This is easily the best book on the subject ever written and will no doubt become a must-have, hands-on learning tool for both novices and "old pros." They'll upgrade their overall game many levels thanks to this veritable "banking Bible" you've given them.
Dick Sussman, Script Writer and Critic
Even pros prefer to avoid bank shots - but that may be a thing of the past. Banking With The Beard reveals every bit of knowledge necessary to successfully bank to the hole. The addition of great road stories, famous shots, One-Pocket info, and Bank Pool pointers make this book a treasure for serious players.
Tom Shaw, Pool & Billiard Magazine
There is simply no over-estimating the value of Banking With The Beard for serious players.
George Fels, Billiards Digest
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE - THE FOUNDATION
KEY TO ILLUSTRATIONS 10
DIVIDING THE ANKLES 11
AIMS 12
SPEED 18
ENGLISH 22
TRANSMITTED ENGLISH 28
ACQUIRED ENGLISH 30
NATURAL BANK SOLUTIONS 38
CUT BANK SOLUTIONS 41
PASSOVER SOLUTIONS 46
SIDE-STEP BANK 54
CHAPTER TWO - GRAB BAG
LONG CROSS-BANKS 58
LONG SIDE BANKS 59
EXTENDED SHORT RAIL 60
THE BREAK 62
HANK SAFETY 64
STRATEGY 66
BANK DRILL 68
AVOIDING KISSES
CHAPTER THREE ? CLOTH EFFECTS 72-91
CHAPTER FOUR - CHARTS 92-98
EFFECTS OF SPEED CHART 92
PLUS MINUS CHART 94
AIMING WITH ENGLISH CHART 98
CHAPTER FIVE - COMIC RELIEF
ARTIE BODENDORFER 100
EDDIE TAYLOR CHALLENGE 102
CANNONBALL LEFTY'S EVEN MONEY BANK 105
PUTTING THE BITE ON FATS 106
BUGS (JOES BALLISTIC 108
BUGS SCORES A BULLS EYE 109
DETROIT WHITEY 110
CHAPTER SIX - SYSTEMS AUTOMATICS 112
1 IN SIDE END RAIL FIRST 124
2 RAILER UP AND BACK 126
SMALL ADJUSTMENTS 128
2 IN SIDE SHORT RAIL FIRST 132
2 IN SIDE LONG RAIL FIRST 134
2 IN CORNER OFF SPOT 135
3 RAILS IN SIDE END RAIL FIRST 136
3 RAILS IN SIDE LONG RAIL FIRST 138
3 RAILS IN SIDE SHORT RAIL FIRST 140
4 RAILS IN SIDE LONG RAIL FIRST 142
4 RAILS IN SIDE THE HARD WAY 144
SYSTEMOLOGY 145
2 RAILS IN CORNER SHORT RAIL FIRST 146
LONG RAIL REFERENCE 148
2 IN CORNER LONG RAIL FIRST 150
3 RAILS IN CORNER END RAIL FIRST 152
UP ANDBACK 3 RAILER 154
4 BAGGERS 156
5 RAILS IN CORNER 158
CHAPTER SEVEN ? MASTER SHOTS & AMAZING MOVES
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 160
TICK TOCK 163
CORNBREAD RED 164
VERNON ELLIOT'S MINI BUSTERS 166
3 RAILS ON CORNER OFF SPOT 168
5 RAIL ONE-POCKET SHOT 169
Z - BANGERS 170
OPTIMUM ANGLES 171
DOUBLE KISS BANK 172
RONNIE ALLEN KICK BANK 173
EVADING A FOUL 174
AIR BRIDGE 175
JERSEY RED'S DOUBLE KISS 176
THE BEARD'S CRUNCH SHOT 177
CLIFF JOYNER'S CAROLINA EXPRESS 178
COLE DICKSON'S HEARTBREAKER 179
EDDIE TAYLOR'S KNOXVILLE SPECIAL 180
ANOTHER EDDIE TAYLOR MINI) WRECKER 181
FROZEN OBJECT BALL 182
SMASHING AWAY A KISS 183
FORCE THRU OFF SPOT 184
ONE-POCKET SHOT-SAFETY 186
THE BEARD THROWS A CURVE 188
A BUD HARRIS KICK SHOT 189
2 RAIL FACING KICK SHOT 190
3 RAILS MY WAY 191
ONE-POCKET SITUATION 192
3 RAILS IN CORNER ADJUSTMENT 194
MOST DANGEROUS BALL 196
TWICE & THRICE CROSS-SIDE 198
4 RAILS CROSS-SIDE 199
3 RAIL ONE-POCKET SHOT-SAFETY 200
PINCH BANK 201
TWO OR THREE CUSHION SHOT 202
RAIL FIRST CROSS-CORNER 203
DIAMOND PRO-ACTION BANK RULES 204
DIAMOND PRO-ACTION ONE-POCKET RULES 206
DEADEYE AIMER 208
PRO BRIDGE MAKER 209
ORDER FORM 210