boogieman said:

At least to the level that Aramith cleaner does, even when diluted with IPA. When local spots clean them with windex or just don't clean them, they don't play naturally. I think waxed and cleaned balls just play better and react how they should. I can adapt to anything but that doesn't mean it's right.

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I’m still not convinced Aramith cleaner has wax in it. It may just be the effect of the polishing compound. How different do your freshly Aramith cleaned balls play if you clean them with soap and water or alcohol after they have been polished?

Chopdoc said:

It could have a Predator shaft on it no matter who made the butt.

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It didn't have a Predator shaft when I saw the cue, and that would have been about 2000, give or take one or two. Bear in mind, at that period of time, guys hadn't largely gone to Predator shafts just yet, but that was to change shortly.

A bit of memory, the very first well-known tournament player I saw with a Predator shaft was Mike Davis, probably a little after that, playing in a tournament in Rockville, Maryland. That was the first-generation Predator shaft, which had a longer ferrule that later generations, but I could tell it was just a bit shorter than the standard one inch, so it did look different. The rest of course, is history, as a lot of guys went with Predator soon.

Doc, when I pass away, you may want to section my brain to see what kind of cue memories can be extracted.

TheGrandWazoo said:

Aramith ball cleaner MSDS
Aramith ball Restorer MSDS

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Can you translate for the non-technical? All I can tell is it has mineral oil and orange peel cleaner?

fastone371 said:

If there was no advantage to competing in women sports as a male I would think we would see trans males competing in male sporting events.

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I don't believe any gender-based physical advantages apply to pool. As has been discussed, the male "advantage" is just the difference in how many take the game seriously, especially at a younger age.

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Hahaha

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OK, good luck in your search-

-dj

Bump

The wildcards have all been determined. The list in the first post has been updated. (I didn't check on late changes to names already listed.)

Edit: Here are the changes from the initial list...

Old ------------------------- New

< Franklin Hernandez --- > Jose Ramon Diaz
< Hai Long Le --- > Sbander Paulino
< Matchroom Wildcard 2 --- > Sharik Sayed
< Lu Hui Chan --- > Roberto Gomez
< Kuo Hsuan Wei --- > Amauris Duran
< Mike Castronova --- > Konnor McFadyen
< Matchroom Wildcard 3 --- > Carmon Caudell
< Đan Nguyễn Giá Lắm --- > Dang Nguyen Gia Lam
< Cody Booth --- > Pascal Dufresne
< Erica Worsdell --- > Erica Pennington
< Ali Bivehgani --- > Carlos Gomez
< Matchroom Wildcard 1 --- > Rodney Carpenter
< Del Sim --- > Yohan Sanchez
< Carlos Nurinda --- > Tyler Little
< Matchroom Wildcard 4 --- > Mark Muir
< Andrew Shultz --- > Brent Worth
< Ricky Evans --- > Manuel Velez
< Andri Januarta --- > Jinsop Suqui
< Martin Daigle --- > Miguel Salvilla
< Hsieh Chia Chen --- > Carlos Dominguez

Here's a thread about the tournament including a list of players...

Nick B said:

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Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fattest of them all?