I love mine. Switched from an all wood Predator shaft and could feel the difference right away. Less deflection, played well. Have a revo shaft as well but enjoy the feel and look of Centro better.

philly said:

Crazy story. I use a guy in the poolroom to do my tips. Wonderful guy, a little crazy, very crazy. Love the guy. Generous to a fault. He's in his late 60's and works for a major paint brand advising commercial builders on site on paints and textures.
So I give him the kielwood and ask him to put a hard pressed Triangle on it.
Apparently he soaks Triangles in milk before he presses them like a milk dud.
Well his daughter had a child about a month ago and he told me that he used mother's milk on the Triangle before pressing it. I kid you not.
Didn't know what to say.
Loving the shaft and tip.
Only in the pool world.

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I just had a bilateral RF Ablation re-done, from my L4 thru Sacrum area. Hopefully I can play a little "pain free" pool here in the coming days. Congrats on the new wand. She's a dandy.

straightline said:

You keep bringing up the promised land but I'm just bitching about the lack of pinnacle performance here - Amurkya. Does say Mosconi Cup in the title.

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I say both and, you say there is only one, pinnacle performance can be shown in many ways in my opinion, you say it can only be shown in the way you define it, we will have to agree to disagree, no hate, just different perspectives, by the way I hate the color of pool balls, all of them, that's why I make them disappear into the pockets......

I just got back to Atlanta after 4 months in Philly. I'm at a new location, and it's a 5 min drive from Mr Cues 2, the best room in the area. They have a lunch special, open (11:30 am) till 3:00 is free pool with lunch. I've been there 3 days in a row, 3.5 hrs each day. I think I'm going to do this every day, really get in stroke. They have all 9' GC's, and after 4 months on Diamonds, holy shit you need a stroke to move the ball around.

They also just put in 6 7' Diamonds, which is perfect so I can practice 10 ball for the Vegas event at the end of Jan.

Bob Jewett said:

I wonder if your decline had anything to do with you being a tournament director. I used to find that distracting.

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Could very well be.

And the streaming matches I did were tough to stream and play. I did one 2 weeks ago where 2 friends played and I just sat and watched and manned the computer. I felt so relaxed. Whereas when I was playing I was always worried the stream was bad.

<=== built in excuses

SSP said:

That's the beauty of the sport a game like 14.1 is your grand piano, 9 ball is your Eddie Van Halen, an undeniable talent that even the most highly educated music professors marvel at, there is room for both......

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SSP said:

I'll add, why can't different games have different pocket sizes like golf courses, there are no 2 golf courses alike, each course has it's own best way to be played, is it inconceivable that this could be added to the sport of Billiards? I believe there is room for both and every one can decide what is their favorite game, I would love to see a match between the "elite" pool players compete against the "easy table" players in a game of 9 ball, that would be fun to watch!

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You keep bringing up the promised land but I'm just bitching about the lack of pinnacle performance here - Amurkya. Does say Mosconi Cup in the title.

I wonder if your decline had anything to do with you being a tournament director. I used to find that distracting.

jayman said:

I cut 4 foot ribbons as easy as can be. Once I get a couple thousands from flush I like to use a nice piece of sand paper then polish it up. I spent fifteen minutes with 400 and nothing changed. I grabbed the old mill bastard flat file and was there in 20 seconds. polished it up and it all was well. I used most of what I have left last night using it for a 2.25" joint extension. It looks like factory perfect threads and was easy to tap. I dunno??

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I have had trouble getting the tool marks with 400 so I use the 320 first. Maybe I’ll try a file instead of the 320 next time to see.

kling&allen said:

Is there a reason for the size difference? Someone thought a 10ft table required larger balls?

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I'll guess that Brunswick felt going down to 2 1/16 was too much change. At about that time the championship size for pool balls was 2 5/16.

garczar said:

You can call me devil's advocate or debbie downer, i really don't care, but i see zero need for a 400dollar gadget to place balls while practicing. Been playing 45+yrs and i've never wished i had something to place OB's while practicing. Just my $.02 here but this looks like a solution in search of a problem.

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I think a gadget like that can be useful if it actually gets the owner to practice -- maybe out of guilt for having bought it. I think most projection systems are the same. I don't need a computer and a projector to set up practice shots.

Bob Jewett said:

2 1/8 is the American size for snooker balls. I'm guessing that those balls are for Americans to play American pool on American snooker tables. Real snooker balls are about 2 1/16.

American snooker sets also commit the atrocities of numbering the "colours" and having an orange six ball.

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Is there a reason for the size difference? Someone thought a 10ft table required larger balls?

Bob Jewett said:

2 1/8 is the American size for snooker balls. I'm guessing that those balls are for Americans to play American pool on American snooker tables. Real snooker balls are about 2 1/16.

American snooker sets also commit the atrocities of numbering the "colours" and having an orange six ball.

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My first introduction to snooker, is a table at Chris’s Billiards that was from the 1989 BCA Trade Show to mark the inauguration of the American Snooker Market.
I was gobsmacked by the size of the table and the balls.
Here’s a couple of shots of the rails.

I finally broke my downward streak and climbed 4 points to 568. I played an open event, and won! I played super good, and beat the best players there. I had a 681 performance rating, my highest ever. It was an open event, no spots, and limited to 24 players, first come first served. It filled up in a couple days, so had a wide range of skills. Best by FargoRate was 620. My favorite moment was actually beating Rachel. We've played a ton of challenge matches over the past year, but this was the first tournament match, and first one in our FargoRate match history. I went undefeated, beating her once in the hotseat and the 620 twice, including in the final. It was a good payday, I won $500 for first and $400 for the side pot. Afterwards, I got in action for $100 and was down 6-2 on a race to 7. I jokingly asked if I can have Rachel take my place. The opponent said yes. So she took my place and got it to hill-hill. Then I say backup double up. He says yes. She wins. Then they play again, she wins. So she wins $400 taking my place, and we split it. ha ha. It was a good night!

Bracket: https://digitalpool.com/tournaments/gardenville-9-ball-thanksgiving/overview

Benelli said:

Damn Europeans....

Find a room run by, and for, Americans!

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Don’t be bigoted.