Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

Could he have went forward on the 8?

It's always different when you're looking down the pipe in person but from the screen shots I've seen he could have:

Slow rolled the CB forward
Popped it forward with an above center hit
Slightly over-spun the CB forward for one rail position, or
Popped the CB sideways with a touch of stun
Maybe played a drag shot forward...

The straight back draw would have been my last choice... but whatdda I know.

Lou Figueroa

Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

marcel did a good job of it yesterday. this is a different guy. only seen him in open events, don't know the name. either way, refs perform different too
Totally different crowd tonight... Friday night drunks... It was rough from the very beginning. Security had to camp out in our section and eventually threw a euro fans out... They messed with the wrong lady!

Stuck Buttcap

Turns out I just needed someone stronger, my local cue guy just twisted it out while I held the cue. My small arthritic hands were just too weak, a little embarrassing!

-dj
That's funny, reminds me of a time back in the late 70's or early 80's. I used to do a lot of long range target shooting and was having trouble clearly seeing the holes in the target so I went to this sporting goods place and picked up a spotting scope. I get to the shooting range and go to unscrew the front lens cap and it wouldn't budge. Back to the store with my new scope and the girl behind the counter, after listening to me say the cap wouldn't come off, picks it up and just easily twisted it off. Then she just stands there looking at me with this big grin on her face and says, so you couldn't unscrew it? I felt like a fool.

Longer cue for big tables?

I play Bar Box with a 61" cue that has an extra 1.5" in the grip area than a shorter cue. I like the longer cue because it lets me maintain my normal stance and body position for weird middle table shots that I would normally be contorting to hit.

I also play 9ft'ers with the same cue.

So really my point is find the cue length that works for your playstyle and use it across all table sizes.
29" butt 2.75" extension that stays on all the time except for wall shots and a 30" shaft, I'm not super tall but this set up is really working for me.

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