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maha said:

most of theses big scores the players had a backer so got only part of it. some won it all though.
but almost all of them lost it all to someone else or some other gambling game.
so basically their wins were meaningless to them.

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Yeah what is it about high rollers? Is it only about the action?

Here's my Mariposa cocobolo and ziricote

NathanDetroit said:

I use the .98 for breaking as it covers the non-leather tips without that hard application. Have used one cube going on third year, and less than half gone.

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0.98 is really nice, I understand some peoples issues with it, but I lightly feather a corner over the cue, and it works fine. Cueball does need a clean every rack (Imagine you know that if you're breaking with it). Exceed chalk is pretty nice too. It's somewhere between 0.98 and a piece of regular chalk.
I would say the only time I notice chalk making all that much of a difference (as someone who chalks every shot), is when breaking. Especially MR format from the box. Could just be my finicky little brain however, but I do need to adjust slightly, and I assume that is grip related (Will hold my hands up and say that is just how I feel about it and no real science in it on my end )

NathanDetroit said:

Use Pag's blue and green (cloth color determines which).

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I have a piece of the blue, and it's quite nice

NathanDetroit said:

Sounds like the TP7500 would do for both, if color didn't matter.

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Yup, most chalk will do the trick. As someone who has been given lots of chalks and feedsback to a few different brands, colour, feel on application and how it applies to the tip, are subjective factors which affect our perception of 'good' - but all we really need is clean coverage. I would be happy with TP, DJH/pagulayan, 9half, Exceed, HR Max... Probably stick with this block of Exceed for a while, as I like the colour, and combination of cleanliness and slight gritty feedback on application.

Patrick Johnson said:

Vision center is key, but I don't think you can separate the two - eye dominance is the primary ingredient in vision center location, usually closer to and often directly under the dominant eye.

pj
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That was my experience as well, I started just shooting with my dominant eye over my cue and it was a huge improvement but after a lesson with PBIA billiards instructor Kim Young at Dragon Billiards he fine tuned my vision center, mine is about 1/4" from my nose in the corner of my right eye, everyone's is different, well worth the effort to find yours

filerunner said:

Does anyone know how Predator's customer service is regarding warranty claims.

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What are you looking to have covered under warranty?