The Clarion Inn, just south of Frederick, MD. has 8 Diamond bar boxes and two 9' tables.

skogstokig said:

would be strange going to china if he wasn't registered for the china open.
he just played the texas open one pocket. figured he'd stay for the 9b too.

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Direct entry stage two. He’s here with a camera guy filming vlog stuff. Seems he’s satiating the dollar signs in his eyes lol

Flakeandrun said:

But I see him on my table…
Interesting. I’ll ask someone who will know later. Lot of my friends, grown ass men, pestering him for signatures. Quite funny to watch. I see it as karma for taking my table lol

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would be strange going to china if he wasn't registered for the china open.
he just played the texas open one pocket. figured he'd stay for the 9b too.

Anyone who answers this YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE ADVICE FROM! There is no answer to these questions. You have to hit with them and decide for yourself which fits your game and your liking better but we are all different. I play revo and think the cuetec plays terrible but plenty think the opposite and they aren’t wrong lol

JAM said:

After the head-on collision sitting shotgun, it is my understanding he suffered severe injuries, including breaking multiple bones in his right leg, and required emergency surgery after being medivac'd to a hospital. He spent days in recovery before waking up and stabilizing. He is at the Turning Stone Joss NE 9-Ball Championship this week.

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good thing if there were no spinal injuries or head trauma. they're good att patching bones together these days. i heard about the crash, it was some idiot driving against the traffic iirc.

skogstokig said:

i don't see gorst in the bracket

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But I see him on my table…
Interesting. I’ll ask someone who will know later. Lot of my friends, grown ass men, pestering him for signatures. Quite funny to watch. I see it as karma for taking my table lol

u12armresl said:

When I was trying to come up in pool, we had to start in a back room and work our way up to the front room where the action was.

Many $$$ later getting to where you belong in the front room felt good, knowing that you could play and hang with those around you.

The spectator chairs were fairly close to the table, so you had to frequently ask people to stand up or move.

One day a guy was shooting and one of the people on the sidelines was watching him shoot, very intently.
The shooter stopped and said to the guy "don't ever sight down my cue while I'm shooting a shot." So you can look at the ball, the table, etc. but don't sight directly at someone.
Made a lot of sense back then.

Does that hold any weight today? We know not to move or shark, but where do you stand on staring down the barrel so to speak?

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I'd have to be struggling pretty pretty pretty bad to notice such a thing. But if I noticed it, I'd never get it out of my head lol. I'd likely do something sneaky like ask the guy if he'd go get me some chips or something($5 in hand of course) just to move him.

jay helfert said:

One thing was crystal clear watching the main table. The balls are SO MUCH easier to identify using the traditional colors! It's not even close. This is one thing about the WNT that still troubles me. A VERY bad decision that should be corrected!

Deal or no deal. Show some respect for an American game and don't try to turn it into a derivative of snooker!

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A company that forces American commentators to use British vernacular, runs races to F&ckin 8 in the US OPEN and schedules the Mosconi cup the day after Thanksgiving when it's on American soil? That company? Yeah no, respect will simply never be given.

Bavafongoul said:

I chalk with my grip hand, not my bridge hand and I am right hand dominant.
I shoot lefty when I am too lazy to get a bridge or the shot is obviously easy.

It seems more natural to apply chalk since I’m not equally ambidextrous with both hands.
My right hand understandably has much more dexterity, strength and finger manipulation.

I brush my chalk on my cue tip and never grind, twist or rub circularly when I apply chalk.
I was taught at the age of 16 the correct way to apply chalk from my peers at pool rooms.

Been doing it ever since over the last 64 years and let me tell anyone on the fence about
using TAOM V10 or Pagulayan chalk. If you brush it on your cue tip, it lasts a very long time.

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I have a similar habit when it comes to chalking. I am right handed. I hold my cue close to the joint, usually more towards the bumper, with my left hand and then brush the tip of the cue with chalk, whichever chalk I am using at the moment, with my right hand. I also hold the cue almost sideways and rotate it when I chalk. I would say the tip is a little lower if not at chest level when I am applying chalk, but well away from myself or the table. Buddy of mine snapped a picture at some point that shows what I am talking about. Probably not uncommon, but I have not been in a billiards hall, that is not the county recreation center in so long, and by extension not looking for any competition with strangers, that I do not know what is common or uncommon anymore. Well, I do not remember to be honest.

I have also developed the habit of having a black hand towel hanging from my right pocket. I have extremely sweaty hands so I have integrated wiping my right hand with the "pocket towel" in my pre-shot routine, just after chalking, before getting down to take a shot. People look at me like I am nuts, but that is what works for me. I started hanging the neatly folded towel in my front right pocket around 15 years ago when I realized I was constantly drying the sweat off the palm of my hands on my pants, without thinking, while moving around the table. While at the seat I used a regular towel to wipe both the shafts and my hands, so I figured might as well fold a hand towel, hang it from the pocket, and dry my hand every single time before I take a shot. Control the sweat and whatever chalk residue is on my right hand.

I have been an aircraft mechanic most of my adult life, automotive before that, and having sweaty hands translates into a lot of hand tool corrosion prevention.

Flakeandrun said:

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Always someone taking my table this time of year…

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i don't see gorst in the bracket

Always someone taking my table this time of year…

Jaden said:

It's only foolishness to the people who aren't willing to try it. I promise you EVERY filipino player uses BHE.

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I was about 13, 14 and fascinated with pool. A Filipino friend from school was always at the one room and I would bang at him rotation. (I could barely make hangers.) He told me and I quote, "Put english!" Since my bridge was so critical to pool shooting I didn't dare move it. Didn't feel like it should deviate from dead center. So I twisted the cue to the spots he indicated. And so it began. lol...