IMO, the solution is a brand new Gold Crown VII or Centennial. Those tables are breaker's delights. Let us know when you put your order in.

The pocket liners from 8th Zone are the vest on the market. I've used both the drop pockets and gullies. Is your table ball return or drop pocket?

decent dennis said:

Imo’s!!

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No... way.

For those that don't know: IMO's, a local favorite -- is a cracker thin pizza covered with provel cheese which is a processed blend of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone. To say the least, it is an acquired taste and if you're not from STL and been eating it since birth it's a tough swallow. If you must seek out a midwest specialty go to White Castle, lol.

Lou Figueroa

Presume Mensabum’s statements are correct and there is little unconscious adjustment to correct any inaccuracy of his aiming method.

How can it be that

Part of the answer may be in Fastone371's observation that it's impossible for Mensabum’s cue-ball contact point to contact the object-ball contact point.

fastone371 said:

I dont think its even possible to make the contact points touch in the top photo

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In using the method, one looks from the cue ball toward the object ball, and lines up the two contact points —regardless whether the contact points can actually contact each other.

In parallel-line method, the two contact points line up so that the cue ball hits OB at contact point. Not so with the Mensabum method, however.

If one draws lines between the contact points of the two aiming methods, the two lines intersect. Although the Mensabum method has a contact point more distant from the cue-ball edge, the line for it crosses the parallel-line method and lessens the inaccuracy between the aiming methods.

That and the imprecision in aiming using either method makes Mensabum's method as successful as the parallel-line aiming method for many shots.