Cord said:

Huh? Watching Bregu put Toasty to the test on T3 rn. Cast button is right there in the bottom right, where it usually is.

Aside: from a league hack's perspective, these pockets seem tighter than a bull's ass in fly season.

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that match was sloppy on both ends. Bregu had the 7,8,9 to finish the match in pretty easy order. missed the 8 by a 1/4 diamond on straight shot.

Use a shaft lengthening device joint-to-joint.

DrCue'sProtege said:

Just got done racking and breaking racks of 9-Ball on my Gold Crown IV. I counted and I broke 44 racks and only had three decent chances to run out. I got out once and hosed up the two others.

This has been going on for years and years and years. <snip> But I've just about reached my wits end with this GCIV. It has to be a bad breaking table. And even when I did make a ball almost every time I had a real bad spread, literally no chance at all.

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Maybe you should try hitting the head ball at different points !?! and see what happens.

Remember, the break has more to do with precision than power.

{{You could also try NEW balls}}

We have our first true upset, American Alex Bausch (Fargo 724) beating Mario He 9-8.


Bausch played well at the US Open last year, if I recall.

Mario He is in his early 30s. He doesn’t seem to be getting better. Nor is he living up to expectations.

I can’t find a single major tourney win under his name. Nor does it appear he have ever gotten to the semis of a big MR event.

His most notable claim are several World Cup of Pool titles with partner Albin Ouschan.

Still a formidable foe who cannot be taken lightly, but he’s never been able to get over the hump.

There are other players like that. He, Max Lechner, Skyler Woodward, Naoyuki Oi.

Oi has come close several times, including getting to this year's European Open final. Filler crushed him.

Wojciech Szewczyk hasn’t come truly close in a big WNT event, but he did win a European 9-ball title and a WPA World 10-ball title.

Alex Kazakis whitewashed SVB to win the 2021 World Pool Masters, but he has not shown up big in a Matchroom major.

Who will be the first of this group to win a big MR major? I’d go with Woodward or Szewczyk.

poolscholar said:

I got a great idea for someone out there. I've been learning about AI modeling. Take the following factors and use ai to build a handicap system

Age
Table size
Gender
Game type
Score results
Alternate or winner break
Score per inning or any skill measure
Tournament finish
Money won
Break and runs
Whatever variable you want

You could specify whatever spec you want to achieve and model results. Wish I had the time and data myself to build it. It would be more accurate than anything existing

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What if I’m non-binary and my age is “eternal”?

Watching Corey rack is 2x's better than a sleeping pill

rexus31 said:

Pay close attention to your 10B break. The areas on your foot rail are common areas for balls to hit during the break. My money is still on residual Aramith Ball Cleaner transferred from the balls to the rail. What do you use to clean your balls and how much ABC are you using?

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I clean them by hand, just a couple of drops on each ball, two microfiber cloths-

-dj

Texas Carom Club said:

also golf can suck on one

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I like golf and still liked that one.

One difference between golf handicaps and FargoRate is that golf is weighted more to potential. That is it is geared more to best scores than average. Not sure how it would affect Corey’s FargoRate not that it really matters.

Did you ever find a Bensinger?

skor said:

Cheapest Mezz is around $600 with a standard wooden shaft. If looking for LD or CF + add extension and you are past the $1000 mark.
I've hit a Mezz with Ignite shaft next to my JFlower, I don't think that the Mezz feels better, both have a nice solid hit.

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The Mezz cues at $600 (EC-9) series come with a LD shaft. The Sigma shaft. Carbin fiber is more. To my knowledge, Mezz does not sell a standard wooden shaft.

Thorston hohman is not near as sharp today as he was in Florida.