Kris_b1104 said:

The Euros have us beat in every single category you can think of:

Lag
Shot-making
Safeties
Lag
Break
Decision-making
Push-out
Lag
Position play

And those are just some of the physical side of things. They can spot us the 7 and out in the mental aspect of the game as well.

Pocket sizes doesn't really come into play in the grand scheme of things, the cream always rises to the top.

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Except obese. See how well they do in the 350 + weight class. I don't think they'd even cash in a beer gut contest.

ribdoner said:

segull used outside (running) english unless he was forced to use inside english dictated by the best positional path

parica seemed comfortable striking the Q ball as required

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The best players rarely if ever tried to hit center ball! They used some degree of english on pretty much every shot. Buddy Hall made the cleanest hit on the cue ball of anyone I can remember this side of Harold Worst. It sounded different when Buddy hit the ball.

iusedtoberich said:

Everyone and their mother says practicing on tougher equipment makes one a better player. USA dominated Mosconi Cup when Gold Crowns were the standard. Once Diamond with 4.5" Pro-Cut pockets took over in the USA from about 2005 until today, Europe has dominated. The tables Europe play on (Dynamic, SAM) don't have nearly the deep shelf the Diamond does, even if the pockets happened to be tightened to the same 4.5" at the mouth.

Food for thought.

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i don't see the causality between diamond and the waning of american dominance. lots of things happened at or around that time: tours folding, generational shift, poker boom, stock market crash, etc. all the while the euros caught up with the eurotour plugging along nicely. and the asians grew, strength in numbers, and had the china open, all japan championship etc.

and my mother has stayed conspicuously silent on the matter.

mikemosconi said:

I wonder if sponsors now are paying expenses only or also including extra payroll cash to players- years ago the travel was mostly domestic and rooms/ etc were a much lower $ figure than it the costs today. A sponsor paying expenses to a world traveling player is already laying out big dollars.

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i know some years ago a top euro player got travel expenses + equipment/tables for his academy. but it will be tiered for sure. below the elite level it's probably more meager, unless you're very active promoting.

jayson it seems to me has never been as successful sponsor wise as his standing in the pool world merits. i don't know of any other players at his level that had to peddle cues like when he was sponsored by peri? that felt old school

straightline said:

Ok. Center ball is a figment. Hold the cue ball at eye level - or anywhere comfortable. Place a second ball on top. Balance for 40 seconds. If this is too easy, try in a crowded bar...

Center ball might be a function of stroke and stroke speed.

What to do? It's on you.

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You have a good point, there are multiple ways to define center ball. There is the point equidistant from all points on the surface of the cue ball. There is the line right through the center of the cue ball. There is the line going closest to your eye around the outside of the cue ball. There is also the contact that gives the shooter the result of a center ball hit. While I wouldn't define but one of these as a center ball hit, I think we have all heard all of these things called center ball.

Seems like it was Joe Tucker that had and I guess still has an awesomely straight shot. Just because of results, I would bet that Venom does too.

Gosh, I thought the original price seemed attractive and had I seen this, I would have bought all 3 sets.
$150 a set average price seemed reasonable and fair. I’d ask for more photos and some close up pics.

But now with the price increase from what’s equivalent to a 35% sales tax due to a new tariff, you might
get a better set for how the tariff add-on would raise the price. You can see it now while Xmas shopping.

Bump

sudocrushms said:

Need to give Jesus Atencio a pile of credit for being a good sport.
Gomez either forgot to call the push or the official didn't hear him. Jesus didn't take the foul.

Whether it was the "right" thing to do for his tournament is up for debate, but that's good sportsmanship.

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i saw that. one shot later he was in deep deep trouble, and gomez seemingly said something like you may regret being nice, lol

but atencio massé'd out of the snooker and eventually he won the rack

much improved player, atencio. he did not miss many balls in that match.

Leather is not going to mark or scuff your shaft unlike some
house bridges can do. It takes up minimal case pocket space.
Protecting your cue shafts is really something you want to do.

SA96 said:

A $100k prize fund is not a lot.

1st gets $30,000
2nd gets $14,000
3/4 gets $7,000
5-8 gets $3,500

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yes, not so much. but if they would have participated in both men's and doubles there is more money and more chances to win...

Island Drive said:

I'm think with sponsorship help he's doin' better than that.... If I had em on my payroll representing my billiard product, I'd confront him Now about his actions.

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Seriously you are upset because he was asking the ref to do his job? Fkt if you dont like the rule it obviously was a rule.

^^^^^

there is usually a norm for most equipment. and that norm is usually best or close to it for the vast majority of users.

nothing wrong with being different but be sure it is to your advantage to change things that have been established for a long time.
and can show yourself a good reason for the departure.

Up for the night

the round robot vacuum works very well and is not destructive.

very tight pockets help the ball strikers more.

more forgiving ones help those that plan and are able to make better routes for their out.