RackHack said:

I realize this is an older post, however I am curious as to what model the cue on the right, in the last photo, is.

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Honestly, I have no idea. I've searched a bit but never found any specific info on the year or model. for those two.

Length of the xpro?

Tyler Styer under Johan's coaching is a completely different Mosconi Cup player.

Tyler's fundamentals are as good as anybody on the pool scene.

Would be shocked if Tyler wasn't in the team.

David in FL said:

Yep.

When I've blown a big lead like that before, it's almost always been because of a mental lapse on my part, not the other guy catching a gear late in the match...

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I have lost several events after everyone there was sure I had won! I call it snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I also call it dumb de dum dumb!

Early celebration was a flaw for years. A big lead, even a circus shot and the brain gets flooded with "feel good" chemicals. Same thing happens beating a monster fairly early in an event. I'm celebrating while the other person is just trying not to get embarrassed. Somebody gets embarrassed but it ain't them!

Hu

dtroup64 said:

King Black Tip is the title.
Save the image and open it in google lens=>translate

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Sounds complicated!

Get off my lawn!!!!

Ahahhah

Positively Ralf said:

Is there a beginners guide video of how to play 3 cushion? At least this version as I know there is more than one variation to this game.

I've always liked watching the game but never actually stopped to learn how it is played.

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The simplicity and static nature of always having 3 balls within the 2d playing surface is what makes the game so appealing, imo.

(Though I did jump the edge of a ball once and got the NO frown)

Carom games can use 3 or 4 balls and each player has his one cb for the whole game.

3balls is usually 3 cushion and 4 balls is usually straight rail.

Player must make his ball strike the other 2. In three cushion, one must strike the 2nd ball after contacting 3+ rails with cb to score. In straight rail, one must contact the 2 red balls without contacting the other player's cb with his own cb.

Super simple, infinitely complex.

No ball in hand, no hangers!

Black-Balled said:

Cool...how doodoo that with a pic?

I use the hard and the translated text lies.

That thing's like a piece of marble and I like it

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King Black Tip is the title.
Save the image and open it in google lens=>translate

Blue said:

A true player tip selected as the most preferred tip in blind tests among players at the time of World Cup.
- It is not excessively hard, and there is almost no phenomenon of the slices coming apart or the layers falling off.

source : google translate

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Cool...how doodoo that with a pic?

I use the hard and the translated text lies.

That thing's like a piece of marble and I like it

We talked most every month, we first met in S. Cal, along with Hendy.
I called em the day he passed, his daughter answered, he didn't want to talk, died shortly thereafter, spent time with em and his wife in AZ. We became good friends as we both played too close, and chose this path, as I did with Jeff Melton.
He lived a good life and he always made our times together fun.

bm

jbart65 said:

The Hanoi Open has been a huge success despite the flooding last year.

The Florida Open was a big success last year.

The Philippines Open had a strong first showing.

All of these events were better attended than most or all of Predator's events.

WNT has issues, no doubt, but it's not falling apart. I would be surprised if its bigger foray into the US doesn't turn into good success, too.

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Wasn't a recent tourney held in a mall? There seemed to be people hanging from the rafters. Did they have to buy a ticket to watch? Seems to be cheating if you claim a huge attendance and counting people who were out shopping and just stopped to watch a pool game next to the mall fountain...

Unless attendance is only number of tickets sold...

iusedtoberich said:

I want to run a "retro" 9 ball tournament with 1970-1990 rules. Pre Texas Express. Can I have some help? I didn't start until 1990's...

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I have a rule book from the early 1970's at home. (at work presently).
I will scan the 9Ball rules pages and post them tomorrow...when I back at work and have access to a scanner

Badpenguin said:

Do you really think he will have anything close to resembling a final say in the picks?

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Point well taken. We can only hope so.

It's actually an interesting spot with 9 ball or 10 ball and sub600 fargos. 8ball is slam dunk big table, but for rotation games I think it's opposite. At first glance, you think the bigger table is tougher so this should favor the better player but this is a mirage imo. On the smaller table, you are going to close out racks at a much higher clip. Runout rates shouldn't be all that high, so you will get chances in just about every rack. The difference now is that you get out more often with more balls on the table on the box while the big table can bite you and he can clean up a few remaining balls.

We all miss Frank and great memories from the old Y-not days in Downey, CA. RIP and thank you for the lessons.