If you are lined up properly and are capable of a consistent and accurate strike delivery, you can look at the fine lady across the room last and it won't make any difference.

If you can't do that, then you are adjusting something while shooting and will have to figure out what works best for you.

I got to play last year in the semi pro event and loved it. I like that he had a 650 fargo cutoff for the event.

I heard that he lost money multiple years in a row and the pro players complained about the payouts.

I will miss it.



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GideonF said:

To be clear I have great sympathy for players like you. In many places you can’t even enter most tournaments (even with giving a spot) and so cancellation of events with the big boys is doubly bad for you.

I do wonder if it’s possible for a WNT sanctioned tournament to have staggered entry fees. If the post I saw was right, $400 is a lot of money to pay for an average pro event for guys like you who are unlikely to run super deep. Or some kind of side pot for the top 4 players under 700 or 725 or something.

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That's a really good idea. They typically add money to the tournament, so that's there no matter what.

The tournaments were cancelled, so now the pro's are screwed. So if they did a staggered entry based on fargo, then did the separate sidepot, you'd get more players in the pool hall to eat and drink and have the tournament for the pro's to compete.

Pre Efren it was the consensus that Hopkins was tops in the world. Billy and Grady discuss this in an accustats video

Bump it up

Bob Jewett said:

High speed video has shown that the springing back takes much longer than the tip-to-ball contact, so it has no significant effect on the energy transfer.

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If someone is stabbing at the cue ball that may be true, but someone accelerating through contact will have a different effect.
It will have an affect one way or another, either increasing or decreasing the effect.
The timing of the springing back will be influenced by the stiffness/flex of the shaft and will vary from shaft to shaft so high speed video will only show the results from the individual shaft used. Also, was the shaft used a 13mm or 12mm shaft? This will also reflect the end result.
To claim that those tests proved anything is in all reality is a false statement unless each scenario was included in the testing.
We could also throw another wrench into the result by showing that the various tip hardness will also the affect the outcome since a softer tip will indeed absorb more of the impact shock than a hard tip will.
Machines can only determine a limited amount of end results depending upon what is being used in the test, and lots of what has been stated concerning these results can actually be scientifically and mathematically eliminated.
A prime example is the different amount of deflection between a maple shaft, a keilwood shaft, and a cf shaft. -
Now throw in the difference between different mm shafts and you have another issue to deal with since each one reacts differently.

American pool needs it and it needs to grow every year.
I hope that the players will give a damn and show up.

The Old Jaybird said:

why doesn't some sharp guy/gal manufacture a ball template...piece of stainless steel with a 2.25 hole punched in it...for sale. For the really anal....2 holes....go and no go....gauges like they do for ammo reloaders.

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Somebody has, and it looks like you can still get them; not steel though:

Island Drive said:

Was watching the match against the Fillers today.
Different seeing Jason miss by allot at times, what caught my attention was his person/character/interaction/Zero with his partner.
No chemistry, no feeling of him wanting to work together to win.
He seems to have changed, never interacting with her and he's a father.
He seemed allot happier in the past.

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I think it is more just letting her play her game. He would show her where to kick sometimes and maybe where he would want the cue ball for certain shots.

A lot different from svb telling her what to do on every single shot when they played doubles.

Also, he was pretty pissed about the no foul call where they ended up getting hooked. After that, he really didnt seem to care what happened in the match.

freds said:

An AI being confidently wrong again. I don't know why people blindly trust what they put out, use a bit of common sense.
This is clearly nonsense:

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Ahhhhh, AI bullshit.

Now I understand.

skip100 said:

Is this a joke post? Traditional pool players would get roasted on these tables.

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Without a lot of practice on these tables, for sure. But the Ko brothers success does show it is possible for the top 9 ball players to compete if they put in the time.

An AI being confidently wrong again. I don't know why people blindly trust what they put out, use a bit of common sense.
This is clearly nonsense:

The break is always considered its own turn. Once the balls stop moving, your inning ends unless you pocketed the 8‑ball

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lfigueroa said:

A few days ago a pretty high power player here in STL opined that he was told Ronnie Allen was the best back then.

Having watched many, many Accu-Stats 1pocket tapes from that era I don''t think that's an accurate assessment. But, I was just starting my 1pocket journey way back then. Over the years I did have the chance to see and occasionally play some of the legends. And, certainly Ronnie was an incredibly creative player and a fore-runner to the hyper-aggressive play we often see today.

But for the cash, who do you think was the guy you'd put your dough on around that time?

Lou Figueroa

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Shannon Daulton