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Big Ko on Waxed Balls

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jay helfert said:
Not sure I understand all this, but I use hand sanitizer to clean the balls. Only few drops for each ball.

Seems to work fine. Am I missing something?
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I’m surprised you missed the whole controversy a year or so ago. Kaci (and other players) accused some players (including but not limited to some Filipinos) of applying wax (or silicone) to the CB during a match. Dennis Orcollo talked about it as well on a livestream.

My understanding of the practice was that it originated in Asia as a practice aid to try to duplicate the slippery conditions the players would be facing in WNT type tournaments (new cloth and balls) - something almost impossible to find in many places. There is nothing wrong with this as a practice technique, but the allegations were that some players were secretly doing this in tournaments - thus altering the conditions mid-match.

Have you seen people waxing up the CB in practice in the PI?
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Plain Jane cue construction

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Planning to have this cue made with Cocobolo and Quilted Sapele.

I initially started with the design having joints, butt cap and rings, somehow, it seems to remove something from the cue, and I ended up with this.

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I once read that you should never join two pieces of wood together without any rings in between, is there any truth to this or is there a workaround to achieve the same effect without compromising structural integrity?

EDIT: pin would be Uniloc
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Mosconi Cup standings after the US Open

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uk_9_ball_convert said:
Wonder what the culture is in Europe around bar tables?

In UK we have English pool tables (which are smaller, but also have tighter pockets) which is basically what your going to find in a bar, snooker tables (massive and tight pockets, found in social clubs and snooker/pool halls) and full sized American style tables (mainly see these specifically in pool halls). I don't think you'd find many American type tables that are smaller. And pretty sure all our decent pool players all started playing on UK tables and/or snooker before they played American pool. But U.K isn't necessarily the same as continental Europe so wonder how it varies?

I'm guessing some European countries will also have 3 cushion billiards tables too (they are pretty non-existent in UK, though I've always fancied trying it). And presumably Russian's might move to pool from Russian pyramid (believe that was Gorst's path).
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in scandinavia 7fts are only seen in youth centers. i haven't found any in germany, czechia, austria, poland either. in south europe i have seen them at holiday resorts, but the local commercial pool rooms often have 9ft. i think some regions of france may have them, and play blackball/e8b?
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