Badpenguin said:

There is already a Texas Open and it has a very long history. She might have to fight Texas at the Alamo if she tries to stage a Texas Open, those people are fanatics.

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Easy to come up with another name, such as Dallas Open or any other city being used.

straightline said:

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excellent recommendation @straightline ......
@dquarasr think of her and the other stuff should go away....

David in FL said:

Mmmmmmm, pancit and lumpia!

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Yummy, yummy, yummy, so good for the tummy!

jay helfert said:

I welcome any AZer who visits the Philippines. Promise you good food, good stories and even karaoke.

Nice pool out back too!

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Mmmmmmm, pancit and lumpia!

garczar said:

i've seen him play a few times and he looks at OB last. What some players say and what they actually do is often miles apart.

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Not Dead Ted said:

It appears to me that he is advocating this more as a learning tool, rather than "this is how the pros do it."

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lfigueroa said:

Someday -- sooner than you expect -- you will be "the old people," lol.

Lou Figueroa

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At the Arizona open Corey was mentioning that he hardly recognized anyone there and that most them had no idea who he was. I think it was me, him, Max Eberle and Johnny Archer standing there. I said, "Yeah, unfortunately, we're the dinosaurs here. Most of the people here probably don't know that you were the original reason that they went to the nine on the spot either".

glad to see shuff win. and glad to see deluna not win..

InsertCleverNameHere said:

10% of profit.

Doubt he went for a lot in this field but just saying always get your money back first. I also believe 10% is pretty much what I do every time unless I just hate the guy I bought lol.

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i can't be paid to watch an auction but i know it was livestreamed on youtube. i would think shuff wasn't very expensive, maybe around top 10 in this field

lfigueroa said:

Someday -- sooner than you expect -- you will be "the old people," lol.

Lou Figueroa

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Ain't that the truth!!!

Mensabum said:

This is how I play. See the shot line, step in, drop and fire.

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Yeah, he takes very little time (guessing under 5 seconds, on average), after he gets down on the ball, and seemingly only takes 1 stroke, which is the 1 right before final follow through. He plays really good. Austin Axe. I just find it amazing, about his playing style. Oh, and yeah, he drops down like lightning fast.

InsertCleverNameHere said:

10% of profit.

Doubt he went for a lot in this field but just saying always get your money back first. I also believe 10% is pretty much what I do every time unless I just hate the guy I bought lol.

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And presuming Shuff bought 1/2 of himself, the guy only got $8K, no?

I love Darren but I think he was out of line here. Whether he was right or wrong, his handling of this matter was very unprofessional. If he feels that Masters chalk, the standard in pro pool for decades, is causing skids, then he can rally his fellow professionals to jointly recommend its disallowance in WNT play. If the players were united in wanting Masters chalk to be eliminated from use in WNT events (and I truly wonder whether they would back him on this), Matchroom would likely accommodate, but just whining and complaining and publicly badmouthing a product that has figured so prominently in the history of pro pool is off base.

middleofnowhere said:

It's a little bit of a catch 22. If your bridge is too short it's very difficult to make those micro adjustments that you do almost subconsciously before you last stroke. A little longer bridge you can kind of dial in so to speak, again almost subconsciously.

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If you need a longer bridge to perform micro adjustments said adjustments are far from micro.

Jaden said:

But if you try to do those micro adjustments with a shorter bridge on a LD shaft, the balls won't do what you expect and you'll be much more likely to miss the shot. It's important to either have a perfectly straight stroke, or to bridge at the cue's pivot point.

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LD shafts or not, using an 18" bridge as default won't do squat for accuracy.

Mensabum said:

Is that the new digs Jay??

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Yes. For a minimum of six months now, and possibly longer in the future. We own it outright so it is here for us any time.

We rented out our old house.

skor said:

nope... that's an SL19, similar but not the same

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oops