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Predator arcos ball stain or burn mark?

trob
I’ve had these for about 6 months. I put them in the ball cleaner once a week. I put a dab of aramith cleaner on each ball before it runs. It’s one of the ball cleaners you see on amazon. I did that last night when I was finished playing and this what I noticed on the 7 ball today. Could this be a burn mark. Like the ball wasn’t spinning for some reason and I didn’t realize it? You can’t feel it in anyway on the ball. It doesn’t affect play but I’m not sure exactly how it happened.

Edit to say these never see the sun.. they are in my air conditioned windowless garage. It didn’t fly off the table either .
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What Is The Best Jump Cue?

slide13
My favorite that I've tried is my Wheat State Quantum Gen 2. I like it because for really tight jumps I use dart stroke and like having a tapered section by the joint for that (like a Jacoby jumper) but for any jump with more reasonable room I do the more common underhand stroke so wanted the additional length. The Wheat State is super easy to jump both ways, absolutely love it, but it's also hard to find one.

I've owned the Air Rush and the Air 2 and have used the Propel. Those are all very good and competent jump cues that are readily available. I think the Propel is the best of the bunch there and the easiest to jump with, if I didn't have my Wheat State that is probably what I'd be using now I think.
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Break Stats -- 2026 Billard Beckmann Men's Open (Predator Pro Billiard Series) 10-Ball, June 2026

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Rocket354 said:
And since the breaker won only 49% of the time, that raises the question: has Predator nullified breaker advantage? Might that be the goal?
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Seems like ideally, it would be slightly over 50.

I expect players to eventually figure out the break on these Predator tables a little better, thought it won't be like template rack 9 ball in WNT where you can expect elite players to routinely make the 1 ball in the side.
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What Is The Best Jump Cue?

Jimmorrison
Cuetec Propel and Predator Air Rush were big favorites a few years ago. There are several other really good ones now. With a great stroke, you can jump with just about anything. With less than a great stroke, the best jump cues make a difference. With some practice, the ball gets up easily. Knowing the ball will get up, allows you to focus on aiming, and getting shape.
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PT109 Accu-Stats video and raffle

GideonF
Many of you know Pt109, Paul Thornley, Canadian pool legend and Alex Pagulayan’s mentor and forum regular.

Alex just sent an email as follows:

“After suffering two devastating strokes, Paul is now bedridden, paralyzed on his right side, and requires full-time care. While awaiting long-term placement, he urgently needs support for medical equipment, caregiving, medication, physiotherapy, and
daily living expenses.”

Alex is doing a raffle with all proceeds going to Paul. Please consider buying a ticket if you can. And also show some love in this thread - Paul is still able to read AZ I think- he just can’t post.

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RAFFLE TICKETS FOR PAUL THORNLEY

Let’s help Paul Thornley (PT109) and try to win awesome prizes at the same time! $20 USD / ticket 1 ticket = entry into all 4 raffles Buy as many tickets as you want All proceeds go to Paul’s care Raffle #1: Pristine carbon fiber shaft Raffle #2: Tallmade suitcase Raffle #3: Coal cue case Raffle...
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As it happens, Accu-Stats has just put up a match of PT playing Mike Lebron. It’s a great match.

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Break Stats -- 2026 Billard Beckmann Men's Open (Predator Pro Billiard Series) 10-Ball, June 2026

Rocket354
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As noted in Post #1, only 44% of the breaks in these 10 matches were successful (made at least 1 ball and didn't foul). The percentage is low in most of the Predator 10-Ball events. Tough tables!

In some matches, runs of consecutive dry breaks are quite long. Here are the longest consecutive dry-break "runs" for each of the 10 matches tracked in this event (in the order of the match list in Post #1).

4 2 6 7 4 6 5 2 1 7​

So in half of the 10 matches, the break was dry at least 5 games in a row!

In the final match, 12 of the 18 breaks were dry, including a streak of 7 in a row!
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And since the breaker won only 49% of the time, that raises the question: has Predator nullified breaker advantage? Might that be the goal?
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