I love it when "Someday Baby" by RL Burnside hits the playlist.

iusedtoberich said:

If one looks at my 4 scenarios, plus my overall average, those 5 all vary a bit from each other. I wonder if there would be a similar variation if there was a filter for a tuesday night tourney vs a wed night tourney. In other words, is the variation just noise, or real?

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Likely just noise. It would actually be more surprising if these subsamples were identical or nearly identical.

Any functional cue with a decent tip can play well.

I know some people knock these tournaments because it is played on bar tables, but I find them very entertaining- it is interesting to see how they approach runouts and the shot clock keeps the matches moving along quickly

Tarheel said:

A great guy.

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I had read about him over the years as both a great player and cue salesman. He was by himself at his booth at the Derby this year (no customers or browsers) and looked kinda' lonely so I took the opportunity to introduce myself and tell him that I had read a lot about him and knew he was a great player and businessman. He was genuinely moved by this compliment from a nobody-off-the-street and looked a little teary for a second. We had a nice chat and he showed me a lot of great cues.