Me vs Ghost live, starting in a few min. 7' Diamond with shimmed pockets.

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Twelve of the remaining 16 players have Fargoes of 800-plus. Only ones who don’t are Soufi, Sevastyanov, Van Berkel and Salim.

Does anyone really want to play Arseni?

Gorst wasn’t as bad as I thought after watching the full match. Arseni was just much better.

Alcaide was his usual savvy self. Very few errors. Both Kacis looked terrific. Hoang has been the best and most consistent player so far. Zielinksi hasn’t been far behind.

Shockingly, Feijin had a 4-0 lead over Corriere, then lost 10-6.

Filler has the easiest path to the finals.

Cue Companion is sold.

So my playing cue right now is a 85 Richard Black built off a full splice custom built Helmstetter blank.

But my favorite is a 73 Szamboti barbell.

Either way I pair it with a 30" Triple 60 CF shaft

I said what I need to say. Unfortunately, I am not inclined to address sarcastic or unrelated posts. There is nothing else to learn here.

GideonF said:

This isn’t exactly responsive, but why not just do the tournaments on Digital Pool? I believe it submits automatically to Fargo as long as you make it public.

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The client I have wants their own way to run tournaments in-house. DigitalPool does the trick, sure. They don't want it. I have been trying to figure out, from FargoRate, what barriers of entry they require to be able to submit on a custom platform. A partner program? Private API? How can I get in on that, because then I can possibly go to other halls and give them a similar option.

This was one of the many humorous names cited in the final credits of the Car Talk radio show on PBS radio. Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers.

I miss them.

Bring it to the Expo next month. You'll be able to show all of the cuemakers there and get informed opinions. Barry used to roam the aisles qt least one day and you might get to ask him in person.

middleofnowhere said:

I think the only real thing that Mike would have to learn would be the safety play, kicking and the jump cue. If Mike was 25 years old again it would be no problem he would master what ever is required. Beyond that, Mike had all the tools his talent can't be denied. He would be a top player today.

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Mike's break would have to be a lot better than it was back then, but otherwise, agreed 100%. Like Filler, Mike was a once-in-a-generation talent.

I picked up a Gold Rush cue (I believe I am the 2nd owner) made by Kevin McClain. A little heavier than my usual player (19.6oz), but one thing I noticed is the butt and shaft are as close to perfectly matched as any of the other butt/shaft that I own. To be fair most of my shafts I own are made separately from the butts. I haven’t seen him mentioned too often on AZB. Anyone else have a positive experience with cue maker and/or cue?

Worminator said:

Thank you for the post. Great design on the inlays and the cue. But I have to say, the forearm is 100% NOT Tulipwood.

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The forearm was tulip wood when received originally from Bill Schick

This isn’t exactly responsive, but why not just do the tournaments on Digital Pool? I believe it submits automatically to Fargo as long as you make it public.

JPB2 said:

Your interpretation is not the rule though.

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Just pointing out the half baked logic in the rule. (say, "Rules aren't about logic." ) Just another sales con.

iusedtoberich said:

Interesting, the winner, Joshua Manual, CA, was a 548 in the tournament.

It would be interesting for @mikepage to do a deep dive into this tournament. It's the perfect recipe for sandbagging. High entry, 30k to the winner, encouraging professional sandbagging for the sole purpose of entering this event with a big edge.

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Sadly this is unlikely to happen because it may make the rating system look bad, but it would certainly be nice to see!