King T said:

I see your point..., but the gambling thing cant be a issue anymore. FanDuel, online poker and the popularity of tv poker on multiple channels has brought gambling into every home. Theres no longer a stigma associated with Pool as it pertains to gambling.

The real problem with Pool is that its to hard to play for most people compared to poker, darts, cornhole, shuffle board, bingo..., if you dont play it your are less likely to follow it.

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When you say gambling as it applies to pool it is much different then say the sport of kings. It is thought of as hustling, cheating, sleaze back rooms and shady characters. It is a image that has been cultivated and the game is stuck with it.
Derby city seems to like the image.

Kris_b1104 said:

I'm like a 791 FR in memes.

IYKYK.

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If you had trolled Billy's dad w the Billy Backpack meme while he was going scorched Earth on Molina Mike on fb then made a meme of that, that'd be a fargo 1000 meme!!!

skor said:

SP is a full splice cue, 4 points. Cheapest that I found was $120
You can get a decent plain jane for a $100, you can get a CF cue for a $100 that will last longer in the car

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I forgot I have one of these stashed in the closet.

Not a bad cue.

Your cue should fit your wingspan for stroking the cue with your normal bridge and gripping hand where it feels most comfortable for you.

maha said:

oh i didn't know, makers or companies had cheaper cues than a sneaky which is the plainest cue in anyone's line.

you got me on that one skor. i think?

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SP is a full splice cue, 4 points. Cheapest that I found was $120
You can get a decent plain jane for a $100, you can get a CF cue for a $100 that will last longer in the car

We have one of those guys in St. Louis, actually just a few blocks from my house.

But, alas, he's into chess. Beautiful facilities, classes, museum/HOF, restaurant, big (big) tournaments, and he's bought up a bunch of primo property to expand.


Lou Figueroa

Do the current pros even want any of this?
What America needs is a US Pro tour, like the pro tour in snooker.
Take the top 32 players and start a tour, each player should be fully funded for each event and all 32 get paid.
For each event there would be a qualifier in which the bottom 8 drop out and new 8 get in, this would be an incentive to finish at the top 24 or higher. This will also set up a goal for young up and coming players, to get into the pro tour.
A player that is good enough and finishes top 24 in all the events should be making a good year salary and give them a good peace of mind to focus on the game, practice and train.
Those top 24 will surely do great in time in major international events and the top 5 will surely do better at the Mosconi cup...
Top players will represent the USA in world titles events.

A pro tour like that, can get sponsors and TV time to generate the money needed to fund this.
With time, the money will get bigger if done correctly.
The Chinese billiard scene and the pro snooker tour should really be the case study for this.

If you think that it can't be done, might as well forget all about it and just play APA at the local bar...
I know that there were many tries in he past to do something, but can't give up, must keep on trying until something will catch. This should be done in collaboration with the BCA and any official US sports bodies.

There is also no point in investing in kids if there is no goal.

Icon of Sin said:

You shot with him in person. What are your thoughts on his break? Did you shoot on his table?

Sorry, Im sure you answered all this before in one of the other 100 threads on this topic, but I just dont want just search.

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Not sure what he's saying but he never shot with me. And he has never played on my table. He says he was in Evansville a few years back when I played in a tournament down there.

If I were the rest of you posters I wouldn't believe a word that guy says.

I'll have to admit tonight was a rarity.

I went down to the table tonight and started breaking racks of 9B. I actually had some chances, some decent chances to runout. I hosed up the first three. One was a miscue, one I missed a shot I should have made, and the other hose job was because my speed was off. However, I did finally break and runout one time. I stopped there. Finished on a good note.

So I had about four (4) good chances out of about 15 breaks. That's extremely good, perhaps rare, for my Gold Crown IV.

r/DCP

Just the smart ones ha ha

I'd also suggest Rackaday to try a 13.25 mm shaft or even a 13.50 it may surprise you ,for many year's that was all I played with was a 13.50 mm shaft and could do anything english wise that anyone else could do with a smaller diameter shaft .

I also have non marker rheumatoid arthritis that tries to make my life a living hell at times .
If we lived closer I'd let you take a few shots with my cue so that just maybe you would discover what I have when playing with a Gulyassy cue ha ha

middleofnowhere said:

I think pool is less a sport then it is a subculture. Within our own little world actually a lot is going on, but the outside world doesn't really know or care about it.

YouTube is full of videos on pool. And when you look at them maybe they got a few thousand views. Meantime you click on a video about how to set up a camping stove and get 150,000 views in 10 days.

I watched a video last night of a guy turning a little 5x8 cargo trailer into a camper. In 2 weeks it had 485,000 views.

I don't really know where I'm going with this other than to say, I don't think the general public cares one bit about pool.
I think in some respects you can't get away from the idea that some corporate people don't really want to be involved with pool. It carries a stigma that while to many is fascinating, others want nothing to do with it.

I think the gambling, living by ones wits, an outlaw so to speak is what the public has always liked about pool. Even when they did these old-timers tournaments years ago, the music was from the sting.

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I see your point..., but the gambling thing cant be a issue anymore. FanDuel, online poker and the popularity of tv poker on multiple channels has brought gambling into every home. Theres no longer a stigma associated with Pool as it pertains to gambling.

The real problem with Pool is that its to hard to play for most people compared to poker, darts, cornhole, shuffle board, bingo..., if you dont play it your are less likely to follow it.

oh i didn't know, makers or companies had cheaper cues than a sneaky which is the plainest cue in anyone's line.

you got me on that one skor. i think?

Kris_b1104 said:

I'm like a 791 FR in memes.

IYKYK.

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Billy Thorpe as a black woman/backpack was an absolute masterpiece!!

I don't heat the garage or the table, and to be completely honest the table only plays about a ball-width-less rolling distance because of it. Add an additional half-ball for very cold temperatures. It is easy to adjust for and not as big of a deal as people think. Having high quality rubber keeps the consistency in the rails I think. It doesn't effect my education of the game.