Oak, you are close in stature to me as im 27 now so i played it close to 20yrs.....
Played in tournaments thru NYC and had my amateurs APPA card, was gonna turn pro, but not much money in it..........
So now i terrorize poolholes with my custom-made gear..........sometimes i throw a bait and lose few hundred bucks in a pool-hole and wait for a week for them to spread the word and come back with them waiting for me with the big money........usually the same kids that beat me for $200 -$300 hundred bucks the week before....
Damn i rip them off for a grand or 2 and then move on to another place.......then give it a rest for a few months as not to gain notoriety, then get back at it again...