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Doc Frye Cue Values

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stomper said:
Hello, I have a few of Doc's cues and I am thinning out my collection.
However most of my cues I have somewhat an idea of value but with Doc's cues I can't find much information out there to base pricing on.

I will post some pics when I am able to but more looking for some general parameters of what they typically sell for.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Shane
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My understanding is that he taught Gus, and their cues have similar playing characteristics. I paid $1,100 for one of my Frye's with original Cortland wrap and it does play like a Szam! It's a fantastic cue and encouraged me to finally purchase a Szam.
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Using Digital Pool to run pool tournaments

RakRunr
iusedtoberich said:
I've run about 25 tournaments, only regular, not chip. The software stinks, imo. But there is nothing else to use instead, imo. I'd suggest you practice with it at home a couple of hours making tournaments, adding players, going through the motions to make the bracket, etc. You don't want your first time to be when people are in line waiting to hand you money.

The biggest hurdle I have is adding players, and making sure it's the correct player. That can take 3-4 min per player, and when you have a line of players waiting to sign up, it takes forever.
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We used Challonge (.com) for years before Digital Pool for regular bracket tournaments. It worked pretty well most of the time although the website would get a little glitchy. We switched to Digital Pool mostly so we could report to Fargo and use SMS for player notification. I do think their public sharing is better also. If you don't care about those things, there are alternatives.
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Getting casino betting back and new sponsorships

Jaden
iusedtoberich said:
Ah, I gotcha now.

I suppose it could be either way though. If the book is the Mob, it's probably the way you are saying. If the book is a big corporation, its probably the players/boxers themselves, having their friends make the bets.
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If you're talking la cosa nostra, I don't know. If you're talking the mob as in organized crime, absolutely. As far as big corporation, then that's a distinction without a difference.
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Taking the Pocket Out of Aiming

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Bob Jewett said:
Of course according to geometry and physics, that "system" is broken and will cause the player to shoot balls into the rail rather than the pocket if the system is actually followed.
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the system works if you pivot accordingly, but this is also the weakness of all this CTE like systems: You mess up fundamentals by pivoting around whilst preparing your shot.
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Getting casino betting back and new sponsorships

iusedtoberich
Jaden said:
No the boxers do NOT control the dumping. They have controllers that tell them to dump. Those people are also the people controlling the book.
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Ah, I gotcha now.

I suppose it could be either way though. If the book is the Mob, it's probably the way you are saying. If the book is a big corporation, its probably the players/boxers themselves, having their friends make the bets.
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Psychology bachelor’s thesis on neurocognitive aspects of pool billiards – participants wanted

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Rocket354 said:
And the discussion of identifying differences between men and women has completely disappeared.

Good luck.
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no, no: if mental rotation plays a role, then you can expect those differences because of what we know about this field since more then 40 years! Just look into the research regarding mental rotation and gender differences...
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Getting casino betting back and new sponsorships

Jaden
iusedtoberich said:
Huh? So two boxers fixing a fight (or even a single boxer) don't control the dumping? How many millions are bet on boxers?

People line up to buy boxing on PPV. Only us diehards do for pool. That's the difference. Not how likely one is to dump.
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No the boxers do NOT control the dumping. They have controllers that tell them to dump. Those people are also the people controlling the book.
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Using Digital Pool to run pool tournaments

iusedtoberich
I've run about 25 tournaments, only regular, not chip. The software stinks, imo. But there is nothing else to use instead, imo. I'd suggest you practice with it at home a couple of hours making tournaments, adding players, going through the motions to make the bracket, etc. You don't want your first time to be when people are in line waiting to hand you money.

The biggest hurdle I have is adding players, and making sure it's the correct player. That can take 3-4 min per player, and when you have a line of players waiting to sign up, it takes forever.
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Dumping - caught

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iba7467 said:
I put this in the Action Room forum but figured it deserved to be posted here for those who do not frequent the subforums.
A lot of sh*t blowing up on Facebook as two guys who have been traveling all over the country and taking off big scores were just blasted for arranging a dump. It appears clearly that Sam Gilmer and Thomas Haas coordinated with Joao for him to dump. They were even giving 2-3 games on the wire to up the money they could win knowing they were guaranteed the whole time. I do not share information of this nature that could so greatly damage someone's reputation without high confidence. People are returning money from the match left and right at the moment. Somehow an individual got Thomas Haas' phone and photographed the conversations clearly laying everything out in advance and showing they were all in on it. I know this happens all the time, but it is always a sad day. If you want to find it for yourselves, I left a screenshot of one of the groups with the actual messages.

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Say it isn't so?

Part of betting on someone playing pool....is betting they won't dump you.
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