Another strategy:

"Lag for the break?"
"No, let's flip."
"Never mind. You can have the first break."

That confuses the hell out of some players. They wonder what kind of trick you're pulling.

Bavafongoul said:

On a 7’ table it matters a great deal just as much as pocket size does.

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Still, a weak player that is afraid of lagging has slim to none chances to break and run out. Best he’ll do is run a few balls and leave an easier table for the strong player.

A strong player will lag so no issues there.

Cuebuddy said:

If one player wants to lag and the other wants to flip a coin then I would just lag to see who gets that choice.

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OK, but I think you should flip a coin to see whether you lag or flip to see whether you lag or flip for the break.

Dana Bufalo said:

The 25-26 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Cue can be viewed here: https://josscues.com/product/joss-tour-25-26/

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My apologies. I thought it was the new cue Joss cues announced (coming soon) on a FB post.

Jaden said:

Just do a search for the wpa

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oh that stupid crap? I zoned out the moment it started because I knew it was going to go nowhere.

jbart65 said:

A couple of days ago, Frazer posted this on FB:

"Thank you Visit Frisco, Texas for hosting us - we most certainly will be coming back"

WNT.TV also interviewed the top events official for Frisco during the tourney. He stressed a strong desire for the city to host the event again. We'll see. Neither side has been explicit.

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And she said in her opening speech on the final day that she hoped Frisco would have them back next year, and that Matchroom would love to come back.

Doesn't sound inked, but my money would be on a return next year.

Bob Jewett said:

He seems to be asking about US amateur league organizations, not about the international organization of the game.

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The OP didn't specify and anyone who knows me on this site, should know that I make tongue in cheek posts in an attempt to elicit humor on ANY subject that lends itself to it. I mean, I'm a funny guy, even when it's semi-serious...lol

Hmmm... not bad.
Took a bit to get it set up, but just a minute to part it off... and it's 5/8-16 under there...

bbb said:

...political slanted material runs the the risk of ruining a great thread

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And the "risk" is about 100%, as has been shown here before. The NPR forum was created to avoid it here - and even NPR has to isolate it.

Jaden said:

Just do a search for the wpa

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He seems to be asking about US amateur league organizations, not about the international organization of the game.

iusedtoberich said:

He says something like: "How does that work? I made the 9 but you made most of the balls. In APA that I play in, you would have won the game on points".

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I've never been in a league. I can't imagine joining one with rules like that. Don't see the point of playing 9 ball with those rules.

Tto echo what Bob Jewett said, amateur pool leagues are doing fine. They cater to the largest section of those that play pool, the amateurs. I attend many amateur state and national events either in a sponsor booth or doing those trickshot exhibitions as someone spoke of. And people are happy where they are. The overwhelming majority of those players view pool as a hobby. It's something fun to do with their buddies. It's a night or two out of the house to go drinking and play pool. That is all pool will ever be to them, which is perfectly fine. This is a perspective that many who complain about pool leagues and capped tournaments fail to see.

Quesports said:

Hard to find any of those toys here in NC. I do not know of any around the Raleigh area!

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Grew up in Raleigh. I never knew how good I had it. I figured every town had 7 rooms filled with of 9’ GCs.

When I first moved to Houston in 2001 there were around a 100 rooms classified as pool halls not including bars. Most of these rooms had terrible equipment, terrible food and service. As the popularity of pool dipped over the next 15 years many of these rooms closed and it felt like pool was contracting. Over the last 5 years several newer more well equipped rooms opened offering better refreshments. At the moment 4 new high end rooms are going to open soon in the southeast Houston metro alone. Leagues are blowing up with the addition of the upl. I can’t remember a time when there were more well attended weekly tournaments than now across the metro. On the other side of the coin with the exception of last year the Houston open is gone. The space city open is gone and the big tyme classic is also no more. Only one room in the metro is capable of hosting a big tournament on 9 footers but none currently exist. There is the lone star tour but that is played on bar boxes and doesn’t draw a big field of national and international players. All in all Houston is doing well just nothing resembling big pro events or rooms able to groom elite talent.