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Dynaspheres and WNT Launch Major Partnership as the New Balls of the Tour

fastone371
JohnnyOzone said:
I agree totally. The ugliest, most nonsensical ball set ever made, except maybe for the Aramith Black set.

EDIT: I just saw a set of dynaspheres in Vegas last week where the 6 & 14 were grey. You wouln't even see them on this WNT cloth. The rest of the colors were OK, with the 2 & 10 being a medium blue, and the 7 & 15 being cyclop robin egg blue. Make the 6 & 14 a kelly green, and this would be a nice set, visibility-wise
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You gotta wonder where all of these ugly balls come from, is there an "ugliest pool balls known to mankind" contest going on that we are not aware of?? It seems every new set is worse than the last starting with the purple 5.
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The 9-Ball Break

Black-Balled
deep said:
I'm playing in a tournament in a couple of weeks, my first is over a decade, and the format is 9-ball standard WPA rules, so 9 on the foot spot but with no break box. Would the cut break like used on the WNT events still be the best move or is there an advantage breaking from the side rail? I did some practice yesterday and was struggling with the consistency using the cut break. I'm not sure but I doubt we will be using racking templates for this tournament, so would that benefit the side rail break? An advice is greatly appreciated!!
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Generalities are...generally true.

Need to see what is working on the table at the time you're using it.

Results vary greatly due to differences in cloth/ ball conditions + template vs wood ranch are also beyond major influences on outcomes.

Table size just might influence game experience too.
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UK Open 2026, London, May 26-31

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Lowell said:
I like winner breaks + sets

The Predator events are great
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They have a great format, I agree. But I think it's a great format for the likes of me and most people and a decent format for the players that play in it.

Anyway, let's just give it time - the 9 ball game at the pro level will eventually go back to alternate breaks for the same reasons that winner breaks proponents want winner breaks.
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The 9-Ball Break

fastone371
Poolmanis said:
Side rail break even with kitchen rule is way easier to control balls than Matchroom break box break.
Take a look how Finnish Pros break from rail. Cueball not very close to side rail. Hit is very thick cut break. Lot of outside english and one ball comes 3 rail. Casper Matikainen is very good on that break and he won men´s European Champs 2025. He is very strong player but he mastered side rail break so he basically have ball in hand position on 1-ball after break 70% of time. I got 3rd on that tournament(Edit :where video is from lol. Not Eurochamps). lost 2 times to Casper and race to 5 he ran 4 run outs in row 2 times...
Login to view embedded media Try copy that break what these 2 pros are using :)(hint for practice try get cueball same position after break than they get. Then you notice how freaking thick cutbreak they are using...)
You have to watch video on youtube site. 5:23:40 final start time..
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5:23:40 :unsure::unsure: 5:23:39 seems to be the end of the video on YouTube.

If you right click on the video there is an option to "copy video URL at current time" which will take you right to the desired point in the video.
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Why doesn't Aramith do a better job with proof of authenticity with their packaging?

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Twocylndr said:
This guy has an eBay Store...brick and morter, too: Nielsen's Billiards.
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Thanks and yes, I've bought multiple cases and accessories from Nielsen's and will continue to do business with them as they are a great company.

I usually get Instroke cases from them (for me and older friends that don't internet) and their inventory has been quite low lately, but that is probably another discussion another time what is going on with Instroke.

I did get this response from an Amazon seller that has the Aramith red circle at the best Prime price:

We get ours straight from Aramith, but the reviews are correct, they do vary in color. Even aramith’s high end pool ball sets vary in color. I have asked Aramith about that in the past and they stated that it is just the nature of the phenolic resin.

I guess this is another reason to go with Dynaspheres if Aramith does have that noticeable color variation in their resin (if that bothers you). I definitely like more of a whitish cue ball (the Dynaspheres is great and very consistent) with the Aramith red circle being the standard for most leagues and tournaments.
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Evan Lunda Buffalos 2026 One Pocket Champion

ShootingArts
stevelomako said:
This was written by Evan and only Evan.

He said he could have kept going and written more as his emotions were coming out about everything.
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Thank you for the clarification. There seemed to be some question and I didn't know myself.

Hu
skogstokig said:
lunda has one of the best temperaments in the game, it's no wonder he's good at poker too. emotions showed through in this event though, visibly frustrated at times
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Alex is getting a little long in the tooth but perhaps an all-around, between the two, poker, a cue sport, and ?? would be fun.

Hu
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