Congrats to Obama

Clearly I've been spending more time following the election online than blogging about my pool exploits. Now that we've got a new president-elect, I'm ready to get back into pool-blogging mode. I recently revisted a post I wrote back in May, when Obama played pool at Schultzie's in South Charleston, West Virginia. Back then there was no video of the event on YouTube. But tonight I checked and was delighted to watch Mr. Obama make a few shots. What really adds to the video is the commentary. Listen for the female anchor to be shocked when Obama makes the cross-corner bank. The man introducuing the clip, who clearly knows poolspeak, erroneously calls a ball in hand on Obama, when in actuality it was just a missed bank. If you look closely, the best shot of the video–the one that really shows his skill–is when Obama has no shot and avoids ball in hand when kicking a full table length and back into his ball without scratching, leaving his opponent with little to no shot at all. It's about 35 seconds into the video. Pretty damn impressive. The video is embedded below, but I recommend that you click this link and watch it on YouTube in order to give the person who posted it an increase in video views. The photo up top was taken by Polaris photographer Scout Tufankjian, who spent nearly two years on the campaign trail with Obama. Way to bring it on home, Barack!