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

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SA96 said:
It won't happen, but if Team USA take today's session 4-1 or 5-0, then tomorrow would start at 6-6 or 7-5...

I wonder if the venue has a curfew?
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It’s not as far fetched as that. Tyler will redeem himself team game can be won with a couple of nice rolls. Svb is favourite against alcaide. Then one of the doubles can be won.
Also - shout out to the person who suggested the gorilla glue- loving it!!
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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

336Robin
Logandgriff said:
Is it my imagination or do the younger (say under 40) pool players in general not care about custom or high end cues? My experience in Atlanta is that most anyone under 40 has no idea of Szamboti, Balabushka, Joss West etc. etc. or handmade custom cues in general. Most seem delighted to have any cue that comes in two parts. Decal points? No problem. Valhalla or Lucky etc. etc. cues no problem. The high end of their aspirations may be a painted Predator with a rubber grip.

If custom and high end cues were stocks on the NYSE, I'd short them.
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I sold the one I had.
I used a solid piece of wood with a 3/8 x 10 pin in it and it hit great,
so now I play with House Cue butt and my Southeast shafts. Feel is King for me.

I saw a Cue Guy set up at an event yesterday. Pot leaves, zig zags of all kinds and weird
colorful designs and at decent prices.

Pool Leaguers tastes matter.
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Extra Deflection on Mosconi Cup Table??

dr_dave
iusedtoberich said:
The brand new cloth has less friction, so when the CB squirts sideways, it squirts more than on old cloth. It can be tough to figure out, especially because most players only play on new cloth once per year or two when their local room recovers.
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A small nit: It doesn’t squirt more, it swerves less (for more net CB deflection). An explanation and demonstrations can be found here:

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Intentional Fouls … An Important Strategic Tool

dr_dave
Oikawa said:
Didn't get time to watch the video yet, but out of curiosity, does it contain an interesting case of purposefully shooting with the CB at an OB such that the OB flies off the table using elevation + power? e.g. in 8-ball to get rid of some of your own balls from the table while theres some clusters that prevent both from running out, or in 9-ball to get rid of a breakout ball that you don't want the opponent to utilize in opening a cluster. Questionable whether it's unsportsmanlike or not.
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I did not include any examples of purposely jumping balls off the table. Even though such a purposeful shot is extremely rare in 8-ball, I should have included it.

Regardless, I don’t think it is questionable. If done with a legal stroke, it would simply be a foul (for jumping a ball off the table).
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

lfigueroa
jeephawk said:
But both teams are playing the same table - is the table really a discriminator?
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Yes.

I grant all day long that the Europeans are the superior team and inherent in that is the ability to adjust to different equipment. But the instances where our guys are failing to get out, to me, it’s more out of a lack of familiarity (and perhaps a bit of fear of those pockets) with the equipment than much else.

Lou Figueroa
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Extra Deflection on Mosconi Cup Table??

336Robin
garczar said:
if you've never hit balls on a fast TV lit table its hard to describe. i hit balls on the tv table at derby one year and that thing was literally like a sheet of glass. so much different than the outer tables it was hard to believe.
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Especially before the latest LED lights and if they have the old lights, they cook the humidity right out of the air
and the air circulates over the cloth, and all moisture leaves it as well= very slick conditions with new cloth.
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