no one any good is going to play without betting, so plan on betting.

its a slow gambling game and players that dont gamble and play under some pressure never get good. and its stupid to play for nothing as why not take risky shots.

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I did some frog jumping in Calico county.

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Um depends what you's hoppin?

only way would be with dna and an official that would spend the time and money on it for someone more likely dead or out of the country.

mike either had a known large amount of money in his house. or he had a hit put on him for some reason.
and this guy was snuffed after it so if caught he couldnt talk.
too good of pics on him not to be found.

Mensabum said:

I'd use a snooker table to slow my roll, tune up, so to speak. Throw a set of regular balls on it and humble yourself for the next 2 hours.

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I 'bout started on a snooker table. DIY improvised method until many years later I had the time to "work on accuracy" and developed what PJ calls overlaps. Ironically, this latter part was on pool tables. Can't say CPG would've helped at the beginning. would have altered the universe probably.

couldnthinkof01 said:

What scientific tests prove cf shafts deflect less than say a z3? Does the diameter matter?

Sponsorship is why most pro play with whatever they are playing with, often they have them modified also.

Why would power matter? If anything the break has gotten slower over time. And more power only matters if you can control it.
More power on a non break shot is confusing. How often would an extra power be needed over a conventional shaft? Never. Especially when 99% of amateur pool is contested on a 7 foot table.
Does every cf shaft of the same make and model really play the same? Is there a way to prove that?

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Tests that were made by the company that produce and sell the Z3

today, most cue manufacturers offer LD CF shafts so most players don't need to look for a different shaft, things were different when Predator were the only ones offering good wooden LD shafts and again, many pros used those shafts (openly or in secret)

powers mater when you play on a shitty bar box at your local bar with bad cloth and dirty cheap balls that don't run.... it's actually more important for the amateur that has a shitty stroke playing on bad conditions than it is for a pro who plays on top notch conditions and have great stroke. But for a pro that plays 8-12 hours, more power, means less effort = can play more hours at the same high speed.
But let's just call it a byproduct of CF that doesn't really mater... or maybe one should learn to utilize a tool ability.

TRUST NO ONE!
do your own tests
of course there is a way to prove it, but since you believe that it's all a lie to make you spend more money, just stick to a house cue

Seoa and Rita have had some awesome matchups in the past. I can recall both of them losing by playing sub-par in semis and finals, but not against each other. This will be a great final. I pick Seoa just because Rita recently won a major and neither player is an Allison (yet). I love watching both of them.

Just find somewho who may want to, a couple times a week. Someones gotta drive.

Mensabum said:

Hello players.
I'm looking for solid reasons to learn more about one pocket.
I've played it some, but never saw or found the magic in it that I've often heard other players describe. I keep hearing it's the 'chess of pool.'
I love chess, but there's 6 holes on a table and I need every damn one of them!!
Perhaps it's a patience issue??
I do play fast and I can make a ball or three.
Appreciate any thoughtful comments.
I believe it's time.
It's obvious I'm missing out on something here.

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I'd play some 14.1 it will help.

1980's....
Gabe, rear bathroom to the left.
I was in a tournament match, ready to grab the door handle, had to pee.
Gabe cut/ran Right in front of me, I waited nearly ten minutes.
He was gambling and needed to freshen up.
To this day, it's the only time in my life I waited and heard anyone.... just happened to be Gabe take a shower from the bathroom sink towels and warm water to freshen up and a continue his gambling.

Jaden said:

Turntables were available long before the radio, or other recorded media.

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Strobe, gimbal pivot, prolly DC drive...

It's almost showtime. The semis should be great!

skor said:

On the performance side of things, the top CF shaft do create less deflection than top LD wood shafts.
Does it matters? yes! it will make any player at ant level more consistent, pro players understand this and this why the majority of them have adopted LD shaft in the last 30 years. And keep that sponsorship crap to yourself, even before CF, a lot of pro players sponsored by various cue makers had predator shafts on their cues, some of them removed the cat logo, some didn't bother...
I used to photograph pro pool, I got enough pictures of players with sponsor patches of one cue and a predator logo on the shaft to prove it.

I won't go into the added power debate, but really this is even easier to test than deflection...

So what else is there other than durability?
As if it's not enough for the traveling pro, add consistency. the shaft will play the same regardless of weather conditions. And that consistency is also between other shafts of the same makers (not the cheap crappy ones), so your backup shaft will play the same as the main shaft, less learning curve right on the spot if for some reason you need to switch shaft in the middle of a tournament.

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What scientific tests prove cf shafts deflect less than say a z3? Does the diameter matter?

Sponsorship is why most pro play with whatever they are playing with, often they have them modified also.

Why would power matter? If anything the break has gotten slower over time. And more power only matters if you can control it.
More power on a non break shot is confusing. How often would an extra power be needed over a conventional shaft? Never. Especially when 99% of amateur pool is contested on a 7 foot table.
Does every cf shaft of the same make and model really play the same? Is there a way to prove that?

straightline said:

I see the remote and the turntable.

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Turntables were available long before the radio, or other recorded media.

Three sets needed to win the title. It could be a long match, but it should make for some nice viewing. I will do my best to get up early enough to watch it live.

couldnthinkof01 said:

I have not experienced someone not being able to draw the ball and then hand them a cf cue and now they can.

What in the shaft do you think is different from say a wood ld shaft or just a well made regular wood shaft?

Say it was true, they still need to have control of it. I find it very hard to believe if they couldn't even draw the ball before playing with a specific shaft, they would have any sort of control. Any perceived benefit would be incredibly minor.

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Believe what you want.

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I see the remote and the turntable.

Rocket354 said:

I don't think one can both agree the women's game has the deepest, toughest field ever, and hold major win rate against any modern player.

Chezka having "few" world titles is a testament to how talented today's players are.

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It's no harder to dominate today than it was in Allison Fisher's day, if you have the talent, and Chezka does.

Allison regularly faced fields that included future BCA Hall of Famers Karen Corr, Ewa Laurance, Loree Jon Jones, Jeanette Lee, Robin Bell Dodson, Belinda Bearden Calhoun, Gerda Hofstatter, and Kelly Fisher, not to mention future hall of famer Ga Young Kim, and borderline hall of fame caliber players like Vivian Villareal and Helena Thornfeldt. With a loaded field in every event and with as many superstars as we find today in the late rounds of every event, Allison still won more than 40% of the majors in her decade of complete dominance.

Had Chezka developed the complementary skills (defense, kicking, jumping, tactical judgment, and pushout skills) to go with her elite break and "best of all time" rotation pool runout skills, she would have had the kind of success that Allison had. She isn't winning more majors at rotation pool than the other elite players around her, and she should be, for she is as far above them in talent as Allison was over most of her contemporaries.

Chezka is just one of many favorites at the majors in the women's game, and that's because she has not developed as a player as she should have. She gifts a few too many racks to opponents with errors in decision making, tactical shot selection, tactical execution and general risk management. Her talent is well above the others, but these handouts explain why she has just two world championships in rotational pool, and not even one at the most prestigious of them, namely the World 9ball. She is also without a title in either 9ball or 10ball in 2026.

What makes all of this even more puzzling is that the Philippines has probably produced more than two thirds of the best tacticians of the last 30 years in men's pool, as well as an elite tactician on the women's side named Rubilen Amit, so the resources to develop were always readily available to Chezka.