poolrod said:

Bumperpool………..

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Its too nice for bumperpool…
GLWS

Did you ever see this really weird.


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maha said:

everyone i guess thinks about it differently. but

basically you know the contact point as that is the farthest point on the object ball from the pocket. you cant miss seeing that.

then whatever system or thoughts you use, you aim to hit the part of the cue ball that will reach(touch) that point first.

then adjust for english if using.

soon you walk up and just know. if you have to think about it then you tense up. and in all sports you need to be loose or you cant play well.

just like walking on a wet log. if you just do it you get across fine. if you think about your steps you fall in.

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I would somewhat agree with this, for "feel" players, but I think methodological players like to have a sort of framework around which they play.

As an extreme example, both types of players can shoot a masse shot--for the sake of this post, consider one with more arc than a 'swerve', but not more than a 45-degree (general angle to the curve). A feel player will literally do that--have an idea (from experience) of how to make the cue ball go where he wants. A methodological player would need to use something like the process where the angle is visualized down, through the cue ball on to the cloth, and then have to have a (practiced) stroke to generate the same angle with the ball.

My point is, a methodological player HAS to "think about it", and therefore does not tense up. And, an experience feel player doesn't necessarily tense up, but I get you point, in the way that is often described as "paralysis by analysis".

iusedtoberich said:

On the matchroompool website:
TLDR: moving, not announced where. Purse still 1MM USD.

WNT Statement - Matchroom Pool

Following constructive discussions between The Saudi Billiard and Snooker Federation and Matchroom following the conclusion of the 2025 editions, it has been mutually agreed not to proceed with future editions of the World Pool Championship and the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters. Across 2024 and...

matchroompool.com

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Are they skipping 2026?

sooner or later everyone gets stiffed at gambling for some money. soon you learn who to gamble with and when to put up.

and after winning a bunch dont care about the last game.

get a 100 dollar or so, set of dynaspheres and take them out when you go someplace. not your best balls although they are as good as any.

and let the kids play with a cheaper set. if they bang around when your not looking.

all kids will end up experimenting and balls will go bouncing off the floor and things when you are not there.
and dont need good balls anyway.

and to all installing a pool table dont get a cheap hack to do it as this is what happens. to save a few hundred bucks you end up ruining more on equipment and having to redo it all for much more later on.

flick said:

Is it 29"

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Yes it is a standard 29"

maha said:

i did run into a few rooms that had no gambling signs. and the locals all said just don't throw the money around on the table but passed it off.

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Once I beat a manager of a bar a game of 8b. There were two signs. One said “no last pocket 8-ball.” The other said “no gambling.”

So we gamble at 8b. Not too much this was in the 80s.

I make the las of my set and go to shoot the 8 ball and he says “last pocket.” Luckily it was bankable and I made it.

Then he started to walk away and I asked for the money. He pointed to the “no gambling” sign and kept walking.

Some bouncers kept me from following. This was Chicago. He had that look.

I just left with the life lesson.

cole broke or went thru cues everytime he lost big. he doesn't count. as his temper took over him. he just called billy up and had one sent out the next day or so.

The insights offered by Stephen Hendry are oh so educational. The bargain is incredible for anyone hopeful to improve.

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maha said:

if it hit well they kept it forever

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Well, not Cole Dixon He pawned his cue regularly. He would just call Joss East and they would make another. They had his specs on file, just like the baseball bat makers. Each shaft is different even made to the same specs ( well with maple shaft). He had 6 shafts but only used 1. When I bought my cue from him , 6 months later he said, "I wouldn't be able to play with that cue now." But when he was in tune with his cue it was the Stradivarious of cues. Now it looks like a thrift store bargain but in the right hands it will make music. How does the saying go? "It ain't the arrow, it's the Indian."

everyone i guess thinks about it differently. but

basically you know the contact point as that is the farthest point on the object ball from the pocket. you cant miss seeing that.

then whatever system or thoughts you use, you aim to hit the part of the cue ball that will reach(touch) that point first.

then adjust for english if using.

soon you walk up and just know. if you have to think about it then you tense up. and in all sports you need to be loose or you cant play well.

just like walking on a wet log. if you just do it you get across fine. if you think about your steps you fall in.

There are a decent amount of interesting cues still being used, especially among Asian players