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What's the Best Water-Resistant Cloth?

LedfordBilliardSupply
garczar said:
Who cares? Seriously, who buys table cloth thinking, "Gee, i wonder how this stuff will handle getting wet". I'll tell you: nobody. This outfit is the same bunch that rated a CaliforniaHouse table as the best buy, C'mon man, who are they trying to kid.
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Ya'll seriously get raged so easily. We are a home entertainment furniture company. If you paid attention to that video you just referenced, you'd know we were rating the best table from the tables WE specifically installed/reviewed last year. We're not saying serious pool players should be going for the fancy furniture piece pool table over the ones that promote tournament level play. 😂 And yes, to most actual BUYERS, they do care about the type of cloth and quality that comes on their table.
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Ko Pin Yi explains main differences between Chinese and American tables

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uk_9_ball_convert said:
The bit about potting down the rails and potting into middle/side pockets was very familiar to me as when I moved from playing English pool to 9 ball on U.S tables. I couldn't believe how easy it was to pot down the rails and how hard it is to pot into the middle/side pockets on a U.S table compared to a U.K table.

Why do balls come off the cushions at different angles between U.S and Heyball tables? Is it the material of the cushions, the height of the cushions or something else (the dimensions of both tables other than pocket size/shape are the same as far as I understand).
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If you've ever seen snooker-type cushions up close, they do not come to a sharp edge like ours do. They have a small, flat facing. Seems to make them livelier. I don't know if that also causes them to bank shorter, or if it's the difference in the composition of the rubber.
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Mosconi/Reyes/WPM rankings

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jbart65 said:
Team Europe will have at least one new player, but probably two or three.

David Alcaide probably won’t be back. Labutis is too far behind on points unless he finishes first or second at the US Open.

Filler is the top point getter and is a shoo-in. Moritz Neuhausen is close to a lock. He is fourth in points, but he won the Euro Open this year and would be sure to get a wild card.

I’ve got to believe Shaw would be a wild card. Unless MR wants new blood and to see if the absence of Shaw gives Team USA a better chance.

Rankings before Phoenix Open

1)Filler - 59,840
2)FSR - 45,775
3)Oliver Szolnoki - 44,885
4)Moritz Neuhausen - 43,850
5)Dennis Grabe - 37,770
6)Kledio Kaci - 36,200

Souto, Eklent Kaci, Mario He and Alex Kazakis are all in the 26,000 to 28,000 point range. No one else is above 20,000.
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Heard third hand that Jayson wouldn't be at the Mosconi cup this year. Not sure if that's his choice or Matchroom's. Could be a case of Chinese whispers, but the person that told me knows Jayson's family fairly well.
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WPBA Fine of $2,000

Bob Jewett
maha said:
... every owner puts a value on its people. so if your value falls below what you make from them you are toast.
if its significantly above, then you have bargaining room to get more.
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I believe the WPBA is a not-for-profit organization, run by an elected Board of Directors whose goal is to promote women's pool. That would make the players the "owners" of the WPBA.

Maybe SJM could speak on the Board's compensation.
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What's the Best Water-Resistant Cloth?

LedfordBilliardSupply
Most people outside the industry just call it “felt,” so we use the term pretty interchangeably. Technically, yes, “cloth” is the accurate term. Kind of like calling aluminum foil “tin foil.” Technically it’s not tin, but that’s what most people have called it for years. Same thing here, “cloth” is the accurate term, but “felt” is what most people know it as.
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Ko Pin Yi explains main differences between Chinese and American tables

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The bit about potting down the rails and potting into middle/side pockets was very familiar to me as when I moved from playing English pool to 9 ball on U.S tables. I couldn't believe how easy it was to pot down the rails and how hard it is to pot into the middle/side pockets on a U.S table compared to a U.K table.

Why do balls come off the cushions at different angles between U.S and Heyball tables? Is it the material of the cushions, the height of the cushions or something else (the dimensions of both tables other than pocket size/shape are the same as far as I understand).
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I Want To Buy Something

iusedtoberich
Fvalstounge said:
Hire a ball boy to replace balls to their position during practice sessions. He's gotta keep 'em clean, fetch beers, brush the table during bathroom breaks, etc.
I'd make my own kid do it, but don't have any.
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I was in China a couple times for my dayjob and of course brought my stick and played pool a few times. The house girls there rack for you. At the end of each game I'd put my hand up and holler out to the girl "rack rack rack". It was actually fun, haha. They were cute too;)
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