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    Pocket Billiards Slip-On Pool Cue Counter Weight Accessory - $10 Plus $7.50 For S & H

    Pocket Billiards Slip-On Pool Cue Counter-Weight Accessory. This brass cylindrical pool cue shaft accessory provides about 4.5 ounces of additional weight and steadies the stroke when shooting over a ball or when the cue ball is frozen or near the cushion. It may even help with jump cue shots...
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    Any Good Online Sources of Pocket Billiard Wall Art, Posters, or Photographs for Sale?

    I looking for good online sources for pocket billiard wall art, posters, or photographs to hang on the wall of our community pool room. I'm especially interested in well known female pool player pictures. Any sources that you could recommend?
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    Scotch Doubles Question

    Recently our friendly, sociable, group of 8-Ball players have been playing the game in a Scotch Doubles format, that is, alternating shots with your partner. This format typically allows more turns at the table by all members of both teams, as oppose to having 3 players watching the stronger...
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    Legal Safety When The Cue Ball Is Frozen To The Object Ball

    I was playing a game of 8 Ball the other day and a situation came up where the cue ball was frozen (definitely touching) the object ball with little or no chance of pocketing the frozen object ball so a safety was declared. So, my partner stroked the cue ball into the nearest cushion, however...
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    United Billiard Leagues - Mike Sigel and Peter Margo

    Any comments about the future launching of the United Billiard Leagues, in January 2019, spear-headed by founders Mike Sigel and Peter Margo. Maybe its too early for comments and we will just have to wait and see how things develop. Check out the website at "unitedbilliardleagues.com"
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    Cuemaker Manufacturing Tolerances

    With regards to the specified diameter dimension along a 10" "pro taper" such as 12.75mm, what is the cuemaker's typical acceptable tolerance variation? maybe plus or minus .2mm?
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    "Miz" and "Mouth"

    My last memory of the great Steve Mizerak (RIP) was when he was invited as a guest to Mike Sigel's grand opening of his pocket billiard supply and cue making store in Winter Garden, Florida in the 1990s, What a great exhibition of pool and trick shots along with the priceless continuous...
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