Trades and Trade + Cash considered

Trades and Trade + Cash considered

Great playing cue from a maker that left us too soon.

Oze147 said:

I think whats interesting this year, is that it is not a century festival. A lot of grinding and fighting and a lot of that much more important 60 to 70 breaks.
And because of that my money is on Wu Yize. His win against Selby, who in my opinion is the toughest matchplayer on the tour, was very impressive. And while he had two or three high breaks against Vafei he is up 6:2 against Allen, again making those 70s at the right moment.

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yes Selby is a grinder and tactician one of the best but he was off this year, Murphy and Higgins are equally as good with the tactics and are laser focused, especially Murphy...

hopefully Wu does not fall to their traps the way Zhaou did just now to Murphy because Zhaou really did just get schooled and it was dissapointing not seeing him at is best

I recall well John Higgins out crafting younger hotshots Trump and Selby in previous finals via master class tactics

mikemosconi said:

Fortunately my eyes actually got better with age and I do not wear glasses at age 72.
Years ago I tried Curran billiard glasses - they were Ok but he used drill through lenses and if your prescription changes - as often occurs, no other optical place will replace drill through lenses. So you had to go back to Curran at very inflated prices for new lenses and he did not accept insurance.
This was 15 years ago - things may have changed with him .

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i get my glasses from the link below
excellent quality and hundreds of dollars less than curran
customer service from gordon the owner has been superb
also the lens can be replaced when your prescription changes (i have done this many times) becaus the lens is not attached via a drill thru
i have never had an issue with a local eyeglass store not wanting to make for me or change the lenses

DeeDeeCues said:

If you are just trying to turn a 0.525" rod, what you want is a traveling steady rest.

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Exactly... A follower rest... Though I've searched high and low for one to fit a Taig lathe (cue smith) and haven't been able to find anything... If anyone knows of one, please let me know...

bbb said:

this not patrick johnson
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And not me... but would look better standing upside down.

Wu is a freak,
he will be facing an old master in the finals and it should be a match for the ages

Patrick Johnson said:

My first pool glasses were a pair of reading glasses turned upside down to give me a higher field of vision when down low on the stick. With the “earpieces” reconnected right side up, it worked OK as a stopgap (until I gave in and got contacts for pool).

pj
chgo

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this is not patrick johnson

Quesports said:

Too much is made of a bit of wobble in cues no matter the age.

I started playing in the sixties with cues out of the rack on the wall. None of them were straight but a V lot of us shot some pretty good games with them. I was running 100 in straight pool with one when I was 18..

Used to love beating guys with a war club and they were great for hustling. Had a small piece of 120 grit sandpaper in my wallet to shape the tip and I was good to go…

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Wobble makes zero difference in playability...

Looks like 3/8 x 10 quick release of some sort..

Belford said:

What joint pin is on the McDermott rear extension.View attachment 900484

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Lol wth .. that things ugly and I have no idea.. it looks like maybe 5/16 x 14 threads... Maybe? That's a total guess..

Badpenguin said:

In 2023 he lost to Jayson Shaw in round 5, Roland Garcia in round 6, at Derby. Maybe that is what you were thinking about.

In the 2024 US Open he lost first round to Lee Van Corteza 9-7, lost his next match in the loser round to Masato Yoshloka 8-3.

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Thanks for the assistance.

Yes, now it's coming back. That Shaw match was at Derby. Mike did, however, play the 2024 US Open at Harrah's, as you have noted, but he did not cash.

Oze147 said:

I think whats interesting this year, is that it is not a century festival. A lot of grinding and fighting and a lot of that much more important 60 to 70 breaks.
And because of that my money is on Wu Yize. His win against Selby, who in my opinion is the toughest matchplayer on the tour, was very impressive. And while he had two or three high breaks against Vafei he is up 6:2 against Allen, again making those 70s at the right moment.

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Very similar to Zhao last year, who only had 6 century breaks the entire tournament, but he was clutch with the 60 to 70 breaks.