Alvarado & Neumayer split top prizes on Sullivan Open Pool Tour

Ramon Alvarado signed on to compete in the Sullivan Open Tour’s event this past weekend (Sat., April 18), looking for his second, regional tour win on the tour, having won his first, just shy of a couple of months ago (Sat., February 28). He found it. Sort of. He went undefeated to the hot seat of the event that drew 29 entrants to Shooter’s Family Billiards in Wayne, NJ and would later, along with Cristoph Neumayer, split the top two cash prizes. As the hot seat occupant at the time, Alvarado became the event’s official winner. Alvarado came into the […]

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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Without sights or any way to aim precisely it all comes down to muscle memory and your subconscious recognizing the angles.
All any aiming system can do is get you in the ballpark. Great for beginners. Also helpful for people unable to quiet their conscious mind, as it gives them something to focus on.
In archery, instinctive shooters (no sights) have a saying: "Become the arrow".
The best pool I've ever played is when I've "become the ball" and any "systems" are completely off of my radar.
This gets an almost in my way of thinking (supported by the ways of the virtuosi of course). Mastery vs possession.

Question for old timers@

This Wikipedia article references Bennett from 1899. Jack Carr page:


Francois Mingaud page:


- I had to edit my above error where I said John Carr rather than the correct Jack Carr; John Bartley was the room owner. Sorry about that.
Maybe I don’t understand.Jack Carr and John Carr were the same person.

Another Cueball Training Device/Product!!

I bought one of the little things from Joe Tucker. Joe seems highly intelligent and knowledgeable, especially about pool. I found the gizmo worthless, I already stroked straighter than it gauged. A near beginner might find it wonderful, somebody with more experience, not so much. I broke or lost a piece, don't remember which. Replacement was fast and free!

I don't know anything about the device in this thread. To be gentle, it looks like one more device that came out because of 3D printers. People buy the printers or other NC equipment then have to find something to do with it. Might be doing these folks wrong but it seems like a lot of stuff is hitting the market that was designed because somebody had a machine to make it.

Hu
Hu,

Let me know if you’re interested in trying them and I’ll send you a set. I think you will end up re-confirming your existing opinion…

-td

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