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GideonF · Sep 17, 2026

Bavafongoul said:
When balls are cleaned daily, what is the cleaning liquid or fluid used since Aramith cleaner definitely affects cling afte4 being polished. I know because I have two sets of Centennial pool balls I rotate for play and one new unused set on the shelf as backup for comparison purposes. After being used for a few hours, the pool balls throw better than after being going thru the Ballstar using Aramith. I prefer glossy, shiny pool balls for overall aiming but want to play with pool balls that’s been in use. So upon reading that your club cleans the pool balls daily, I became curious what is used to clean the pool balls or suffer the same fate as everyone else using polish that does change the cling of pool balls for awhile?

Well I just wrote a some stuff that was wrong - which I’ve now erased!

Dr Dave’s testing showed that new out of the box balls throw slightly less than used balls, a fair bit less than balls washed with dish soap or alcohol and more than ones cleaned with Aramith cleaner. The ones cleaned with Aramith throw less than either new balls or used balls.

Here is the chart. The measurements for new out of the box is not on the chart but earlier he measures it at 7”.

BasementDweller · Sep 17, 2026

I like what Matchroom has done with 9 ball. Their production is really good and the tournaments are enjoyable, but I'm afraid the WNT is going to peter out. Ultimately, I think they made a mistake going all-in on one game. I'm a fan, but I'm finding their tournaments are all having the same feel, and it's hard to distinguish one from another. The same setting, the same gray cloth, and the same players, doing the same thing in a different location.

I don't really like 8 Ball, but maybe they could have added more variety to their calendar by adding the other disciplines, or at least a single 8 ball tourney and maybe even 10 ball. Either that, or they need to figure out a better way to differentiate their tourneys. I could be totally wrong, and they are just running into the limitations intrinsic to pool. Plus, I do understand that there are competing organizations. I also do think 9 ball is a great game for professionals. But -- if I'm losing interest as a fan, surely there's something they could do differently.

Anybody else feel like all their tourneys are just bleeding into each other?

iusedtoberich · Sep 17, 2026

bbb said:
are you looking to get a table or your pool room might buy one?

Local room is considering getting qty 2 tables. We know pool table inside and out, but little about carom tables.

SBC · Sep 17, 2026

DieselPete said:
Is there a chance that both players were paid an equal appearance fee and that the amount they were playing for ($15k) was a fraction of that, or some such situation that Shaw was willing to give up winning to get the heck out of there?

Hard to imagine they played for four days for "only" 15K when we see so many guys that are borderline pros playing for far more in sets that last one or two days.

Pro pool players routinely split these prizes....but playing 4 days to 120 I would say it was not split. Plus the way Shaw acted says a lot.

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