straightline said:

Had trouble finding specific matches on Sharkstream. Is US Al's channel public? I remember his pals were always funny. You could always see enough of the feature match didn't need much expert commentary anyway. There's a US Al stickie up there with zero responses. Hope he got funding.

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On the Digital Pool site, if you are a member there, go to Tournaments, and then search for Turning Stone.
All 254 matches are listed there, and you can watch whichever one you want. I know they were having bandwidth issues, and some of the streams were a little glitchy, but they're there, and you can see them.
Completely free, which is pretty amazing considering what goes into collecting and saving those matches.

I have 4 old Dufferin 1pc house cues and an old snooker cue for guests. I told them the rules that no food while playing and drinks go on the coasters on the little side tables. Oh! Don't lean the cues against the walls or chalk over the table.

It’s Cuesday! Here are the links for Parts 3 and 4 of our interview with Pat Fleming:

Part 3: https://www.legendsofthecue.com/pat...booth-and-the-moments-that-made-pool-history/

Part 4: https://www.legendsofthecue.com/pat-fleming-part-4-forever-is-a-long-time/

DeeDeeCues said:

A loose fit on the pin isn't a problem. Many will try to convince you it is, but a cue doesn't need to be tight on the pin, it just needs to be tight on the joint face.

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Thank you

Sheldon said:

There's no real standard. It really depends on who made the pins and what their tolerances are.

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Thank you

Burns said:

Bump. looking for wrapless Sugartree preferably, but interested in all.

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One of my buddy has this. If you’re interested , I’ll ask for you.

I’ve got a 60” rounceville blank finished by Eric…. Double Chicago splice with ebony and amboyna burl

There is a nice one in the for sale section probably a page or two back.

Pool's greatest bite artists revealed: #1 all time Cliff Joyner, #2 Ronnie Allen (for big numbers!), #3 Keith (but he actually paid you back!), #4 old time champ Detroit Whitey, #5 another old timer Youngblood (recently passed away).

Bob Jewett said:

For some people, if you loan them a little money, you never see them again, and that's worth it.

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I learned this trick while owning poolrooms. If you had an undesirable customer, just loan them some money ($20 was adequate back then), and you'll never see them again. Voila!

T411 said:

One of the nicer college billiard/bowling rooms was on the campus of NIU in Dekalb. I haven’t been there in years but they used to have Gold Crowns too.
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That room may have been packed back in the 80's and 90's.

philly said:

Lore of the hustler, big time pool gambling, you know Minnesota Fats type stuff.
People love the lore.

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Yeah, this hustler named Pat McMillan had a great lore to me. I love hearing great road stories.

SBC said:

Acting like he didn't regularly sling drugs....like he got busted 1st time when he did his buddy a favor selling him quantity of hard drugs. He wasn't selling vitamins.

Gonna be tough getting work as a felon on parole....pool hustling isn't the answer! It's a safe bet he's going to be in trouble again before long.

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If illegal criminals can find word in the US, then I think he has a decent chance.

Flakeandrun said:

Some of the cues they make are very far from 'cheap' - not handmade like the Thai original, but there are some very high value production cues made by Chinese O'min brand.

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Hi, here is an O'Min cue that I really love the looks of, and it is the most expensive O'Min available, from a US dealer. I see that only a few US dealers here sell them (Seyberts, and Ozone Billiards). They are all priced at around $400-$600 though. I think they look really nice. Just no reviews on them. Finally, one person above showed one, and noted his opinion about the cue, and how it plays.