bbb said:

@jimmyg
this may not be perfect but your cardiologist might prefer this be your breakfast.....
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JAM said:

Back in the ’70s, all the bars in my neck of the woods had big balls on the coin-operated pool tables. 25 cents a game. Ah, those were the days. I actually learned to play pool with the big cue ball.

Keith McCready mastered the art of mudball, big balls, red dot, blue dot, and polka dot cue balls, and he’s certainly not a one-trick pony. He can play all games and adjust to equipment faster than most. That’s a skill that was mandatory for road warriors during pool's golden years. You learn to play whatever is in front of you, good, bad, or downright ugly.

I remember a Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour tournament at Ultimate Billiards in Berlin, Connecticut, where the brand-new tables had the fastest cloth ever, Gorina Basault. You barely tapped the balls, and they rolled forever, like they were on ice. Everybody struggled with it. Everybody except Ronnie Alcano and Keith.

And they end up, no surprise, in the finals. The side bets were mounting, and most of the money was on Ronnie. I was one very Nervous Nellie when the race to 9 began, but Keith went 9–0 in less than 15 minutes. It was the fastest race-to-9 final I’ve ever seen in my life. And if they’d been playing with mudballs, I think Keith and Ronnie still would have been in that final. Ronnie went on to win the World Pool Championship in Philippines versus Ralf Souquet a few years later.

Ronnie and Keith both had the ability to adjust quickly to unfamiliar equipment, and it is a skill set in pool. When Keith wakes up, I'll ask him for a few tips on how to play with the mudball. Keith likes to use english, and his cue of choice is a wood shaft, so his advice might be outdated, but you never know. Stay tuned!

Here’s Keith and Ronnie with their beautiful trophies, presented by Ultimate Billiards owner Pete Genovese, who was a pretty darn good player himself!

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Sheldon said:

Small shop in Portland, OR. Could have saved $$, and supported a real store instead of amazon.

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Frosty said:

You know, your posts often have a theme. Be it CF shafts, be it cloth colors. Here’s the thing, you like these things, GREAT!
You want to embrace them, GREAT!
Yet you can’t resist the need to tell others that they need to embrace them, not so great You do you, let others do the same.

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Bob Jewett said:

This is a room in the penthouse suite in the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco. Sadly, the table is not up to the quality of the setting.

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CajunPopeye said:

Did anyone else think Effren's opponent was a little B>>>>> for that first break? I'd have had words.

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CajunPopeye said:

the spread? they barely moved.

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WobblyStroke said:

No mantras. Don't think in words at all. Think in pictures.
Picture the entire shot. You don't get to see it on the table, unless u see it in ur mind first.

Once down, target target target

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jay helfert said:

I don't know for sure what they're selling. The same Chinese companies that make parts for new Gold Crowns could also be making cheap knock offs. That's how they roll over there.

Cheap TV's and appliances that maybe last a year! I hear this all over. Only buy Japanese made (the best) or Korean!

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