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Stuck Buttcap

DJKeys
Hi, just need some guidance on this one. I have a new Becue and I cannot remove the butt assembly to install the weight bolts. It uses a 6mm hex key and no amount of pressure I apply will turn it counter clockwise for removal. Is this something a local cuemaker would have the tools to fix?

Any suggestions much appreciated.

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

JolietJames
Kris_b1104 said:
You think Billy Thorpe and Tyler Styer are world class players? They are not even top 100 players in the world. At least Skyler is #40 in the world when it comes to Fargo.
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Styer is tied for #99 in Fargo lol.
There are undoubtedly another hundred asian players that are not established enough to make the Fargo list but would be above them both.
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

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Instead of having the cup as an exhibition with set payouts for each team whether they win or lose, have it set up as a TPA tourney and you'd have a clear TPA singles and doubles champion. This way the cup itself would just be a bonus and there'd be real incentive for Team America to put in some real practice/focus on the specific event and even if they are down as a team they still have individual incentive to perform til the end. If this type of format wouldn't start to balance things out then nothing else could. If you you are an elite player on a historically terrible team you shouldn't be punished for that as an individual financially! The main issues are overall team chemistry and how the bottom 2 - 3 players perform, this type of format could remedy half of those issues in 2 - 3 years. Europe would still be a favorite but only on a team basis, not individual.
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Rhino MUST

hclopez13
Well, here they are side by side; Must on the right, standard Rhino on the left. Not going to measure anything since someone else posted measurements. The tapers are very similar, at least to the naked eye. The Must does have a a bit more forward balance.

That being said, the Must is going back. Screwed it on the Rhino cue butt and when I rolled it on the table the forward section wobbles. Shaft rolls straight by itself, so most likely the joint pin hole is off center a few thousands, or the face of the joint was not "trued". Cue rolls perfect with the standard shaft.

This is the stuff we have to watch out for. While I think Rhino cues are a great bang for the buck, QC issues like these makes you think long and hard before going down the economy cue/shaft hole. Nothing wrong with using economy cues and shafts, but sometimes it is difficult figuring out what economy brand to choose. I would be very upset if I receive my Meucci Hi-Pro 1 with a wobbly carbon shaft, or a future Becue with the same issue.

Not so "Fast" Eddie.
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

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Top esports prize money:
The highest-paid esports player, based purely on tournament prize money, is Johan "N0tail" Sundstein, primarily from Dota 2, with over $7 million earned, largely from winning The International twice. He's followed by fellow Dota 2 pros like JerAx, ana, Miposhka, and Ceb, with most top earners coming from Dota 2 due to its massive prize pools.

Top Earners (Prize Money Only)

N0tail (Johan Sundstein): ~$7.18 million (Dota 2)
JerAx (Jesse Vainikka): ~$6.49 million (Dota 2)
ana (Anathan Pham): ~$6.02 million (Dota 2)
Miposhka (Yaroslav Naidenov): ~$6.01 million (Dota 2)
Ceb (Sébastien Debs): ~$5.95 million (Dota 2)

These figures are only prize winnings; they don't include salaries, sponsorships, or streaming income, which can significantly alter a player's total earnings.
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Top USA players:

1. United States Bugha Kyle Giersdorf $3,784,225.05
2. United States Sneyking Wu, Jingjun $3,306,529.59
3. United States UNiVeRsE Saahil Arora $3,057,237.67
4. United States ppd Peter Dager $3,029,331.36
5. United States Fear Clinton Loomis $2,564,904.63
6. United States Quinn Quinn Callahan $2,016,970.27
7. United States aBeZy Tyler Pharris $2,003,905.68
8. United States psalm Harrison Chang $1,959,500.00
9. United States Simp Christopher Lehr $1,951,328.33
10. United States EpikWhale Shane Cotton $1,857,487.32
11. United States Cellium McArthur Jovel $1,795,548.93
12. United States Shotzzy Anthony Cuevas-Castro $1,523,775.00
13. United States Arcitys Alec Sanderson $1,428,804.09
14. United States C6 Ian Porter $1,418,092.80
15. United States FormaL Matthew Piper $1,323,932.18
16. United States ELiGE Jonathan Jablonowski $1,306,796.02
17. United States Kenny Kenneth Williams $1,238,228.33
18. United States Clayster James Eubanks $1,233,646.68
19. United States Saf Rocco Morales $1,210,207.02
20. United States Ceice Davis McClellan $1,209,565.47
21. United States Stewie2k Jakey Yip $1,208,508.91
22. United States Scump Seth Abner $1,193,755.35
23. United States Envoy Dylan Hannon $1,157,729.16
24. United States nitr0 Nicholas Cannella $1,117,386.23
25. United States Huke Cuyler Garland $1,113,035.58
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

MattPoland
It does make you wonder what would be more predictable for team events like this in terms of FargoRate. If I play someone 100 FargoRate points ahead of me we’d have to play three games to be confident I should reasonably win one of them.

For Mosconi Cup how would you assess the ratings to determine how many cups need to be played before US wins one? The difference between the average of the players ratings? Or the difference between the sum of the players ratings?
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

J
Thorpe is not a world class player. Styer is borderline. Can he make another push? Or has he reached his ceiling?

I am not sure. He has great fundamentals and at times plays superb. He beat Filler and Oi to get to the 2025 UK Open SEMI-finals, and he really should have beaten the eventual champion Yapp. (CORRECTION).

Yet he often gets sent to the loser's side of the bracket in big tourneys and has to fight to get to the elimination stage. He also makes more questionable decisions of any top player I've seen the past few years.

Tbh, nothing I've seen makes me believe Tyler can rise about himself. He just gets inside his own head too much.
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CleanGleem Ball Cleaner/Polisher - SAVE $150 Holiday Sale

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I don't think anyone who purchases one of his CleanGleem Machines will be dissapointed.
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