hello said:

The Rifleman demolished by Filler and Gorst..?Blasphemy... But I can't concur, especially as we don't know how well Buddy played when he was their age.

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Buddy in his prime looked like he was putting on an exhibition. The other guy was just watching Buddy attacking the table. I watched him gamble on nine foot Brunswicks.

middleofnowhere said:

I'll tell you a funny quote from a guy and I heard him say it personally. Sugar Shack Johnny, a well known stake horse and Tushog was on the road with a top player. This was in the '60s I think it might have been Marshall Carpenter. He said they ran into some unknown kid that busted them that played so good that it made you throw up. He was talking about Buddy Hall

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I made a few short trips on the road, usually alone. It was always at least a small thrill walking through the door of a strange place. You knew more than nine times out of ten you had the place covered. Once in awhile you ran into a Shortstop that played like a god on his home turf! It was fun walking through the door to face the unknown and usually profitable without letting the ponies run, might be through here again! Sometimes though you ran into somebody that knew every "feature" of an old table and you were in a fierce no holds barred battle with no guarantee of winning.

One reason I would bet the old players against the new if they were all thrown into the unknown, the old players have been there many times before! Our most recent players need a little more time to get used to something really strange. In one long race I would pick the old players. Give all players a year under new conditions and then I think the players, older or more recent, would rank basically the same as they do now.

Hu

Focus on follow through. Place your cue ball. Do two or three follow through strokes slightly to the side of the cue ball. Really focus on the follow through. Then repeat.

maha said:

with older rules, no jumping, slow tables, and changing conditions you find the fields of winners much more diversified than nowadays.

just coincidence or are the top players so much better. or the playing conditions more conducive to the consistent.

Bob? what do you think?

and the rest of the forum.

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I think it comes down to a couple of things.

Back then, the tournament money wasn’t that big, so for a lot of players, the real action was in the gambling that went on around the event. The tournaments were almost a meeting place where the serious money games happened on the side.

The other thing is there were a lot of great players who never became household names that preferred the action scene, but they could play with anybody. That made the fields feel deeper and the results more spread out.

SBC said:

Oh , my misunderstanding.

Thanks is for the clarification

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Fixed it for you.

Ten of the final sixteen are Filipino!
Versus five Euros and one other Asian, Robbie Capito from Singapore. He is half Pinoy as well.

The first 4 slots for the Qatar World Cup 10 Ball Qualifiers were taken by 4 Pinoys. They are:

Mark Estiola
Assis Tadique
Oliver Villafuerte
Kyle Amoroto

The first match starts at 8 pm Pacific.

TTT

Anybody trying to convince me that a prime Buddy was not two hands full for any player that ever lived, may also
try to convince me that sunday comes before saturday...

sjm said:

I saw him play in the 1970s, so I know.

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I read that he had a much better break in his younger years, is that true..?Like Efren's, it seemed to be subpar compared to the rest of his arsenal...

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garczar said:

Agree on the cf. I don't know where the 'feels dead' comments come from. Plenty of feel/feedback. I still use both and can play the same with either.

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From trial of just about all of them. From the usual Revo and Cuetec, to triple60, Gocustom, Mezz, Andy and other brands western and Asian. All have their flaws, or something that turned me off to them almost immediately, and almost all of them suffer from sounding like tin cans, or a feel I don’t quite like. Cuetec came closest to useable. A more muted metallic sound, and more flex, but with a mush feeling to the hit and a taper that I dislike. I’ll still try any new guff a friend wants to drop coins on.

I’ll agree that maple is all that anyone needs. The KW shaft I am using has material between ferrule and tip. Not sure what it is. Not sure what the ferrule is made of either. The sound is comparable with the Zen Xpro I was using before, but the flexibility is slightly lower. The feel of the KW is very nice in my opinion. I also think I agree with you on pricing, I wouldn't foot out any extra for one. If this wasn't given to me, I'd not of bought one. But I do see where the cost is in maple and KW over carbon. Making maple or KW shafts takes time and/or skill. 5$ carbon tubes are pumped out and labeled with whichever brand logo required at an extortionate mark up. More is spend on making up new tech jargon than producing the materials.