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Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2026 Announcement

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2026 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame 2026 Banquet Announcement, brought to you by the USBMA Foundation.

The 2026 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Banquet & Induction Ceremony is coming to San Antonio on Tuesday, November 24, honoring Corey Deuel, Billy Incardona, and Barry Behrman. Tickets are now available at https://usbma.com/halloffame2026 for $90 per person or $720 for a reserved table of eight.

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Cataract surgery with standard Medicare lenses, how's your pool game with these

fastone371
CajunPopeye said:
My pool game is better than before, most of the time. I have DME. That can make it cloudy again. Like right now, I have a big floater from bleeding. If I ever get cataracts again, I'll buy the upgraded lenses. My left eye had detached retina. For a good while before being repaired. The last numbers, that i remember, were 20/60? or 65 in it. My right eye's dang near perfect, when I avoid the bleeding.
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Wow, sounds like a tough deal, I am sorry to hear that.
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Have You Played Short Rack 9 Ball?

fastone371
Bavafongoul said:
Thanks…..we’ll give it another try…….when we did it the run out rate got so high that we wanted to add more balls.
It was just way too easy. In one of my matches I was down 4-0 before I got to shoot and lost 7-5 because my break
sucks. That’s why I wrote it was way too easy but the pace of play was refreshing. A couple of matches had a exchange
of safeties by players that had even matches underway and only 1-2 games to play to win. That became a death of a 1000
cuts because both opponents played some wicked safeties so it was a game of who misses first.

We’ll give it another try because I like playing 3 ball with 5 players on a 9’ table for $0.50/ game. It is cheap play and you can win $2.00 bucks per game because it is played one player ties, then all players tie. It’s a push game so ante up anuda couple of quarters and play again. One afternoon we had a session where it pushed 13 times so on the next game, the winner collected $28.00 and everyone else lost $7.00 on that one game. As the afternoon rolled along, players left & new players joined. The stakes became $1 per game & I suppose stakes are whatever you can afford.
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You guys throw the money on the table and play on top of the bills, right??
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Cataract surgery with standard Medicare lenses, how's your pool game with these

philly
bbb said:
SERIOUSLY THATS YOUR QUESTION??????
cataract surgery is lens replacement surgery
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Cataract surgery is a safe, common outpatient procedure that removes the eye’s cloudy natural lens and replaces it with a clear artificial intraocular lens (IOL) to restore vision. It is the only proven treatment for cataracts, which are the leading cause of vision loss in adults over age 55.
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You had new lenses and still need glasses in order to see. The lenses did not correct your vision issues I guess. Your specific case is more complicated.
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Drop Pockets vs Ball Return Tables in Tournaments

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fastone371 said:
That's kinda effed up. So if its the OB that goes in a pops out you play it as it lies, it was never pocketed but if its the cue ball and it goes in and pops out it counts as being down?? That's just wrong!!!!
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interesting replies from AI on 2 different browsers.....:eek::oops:
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No, it is not a foul if the cue ball enters a pocket and subsequently pops back out onto the playing surface. According to standard rulesets like APA and BCA, the cue ball is only considered pocketed (and thus a foul/scratch) if it comes to rest in the pocket.
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    Cue Ball Pops Out of Pocket — Is It a Foul?​

    Yes — if the cue ball goes into a pocket and then pops out, it is still considered a foul (a scratch), and your opponent will receive ball‑in‑hand.

    Why it’s a foul​

    In pool, a scratch is defined as the cue ball being pocketed or leaving the table after a shot www.wpa-pool.com+1. The rules do not require the cue ball to remain in the pocket once it enters — if it leaves the pocket and comes back onto the table, the foul has already occurred. The key point is that the cue ball entered a pocket during your shot, which is illegal under the World Pool‑Billiard Association (WPA) and Billiard Congress of America (BCA) rules.
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