Mensabum said:

Is that what they also call the hook??

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Hook is a musical device that hooks. Could be any one element - word, pause, catchy riff, or combination of elements. IOW the catchy part(s).

muskyed said:

I'd be out $20, nobody would buy me.

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I just hate Calcutta. I usually just say put me in the pool and they move on. A degenerate gambler acquaintance of mine bought the pool for $60 and I finished high enough (tied 4th/5th) to get him about $200. That's my Calcutta story, super exciting I know.

In the meantime the tournament didn't get over til 4AM after the auction took over an hour. So much fun and value added. I say just make another pot with a $50-100 entry if anyone wants bigger stakes.

joelpope said:

if he plans on winning he has to beat a couple of top 16 players at basically every event, that's the only way I know you get to be a top 16 ranked player

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the open events are 256 players so top 128.. we've seen previous events where some known killer is coming out of the woodwork, no ranking, and gets unseeded. someone gets a tough first round hehe

Frosty said:

I also was a single layer Triangle guy forever. Then the quality and consistency from tip to tip started varying wildly, so I started pressing them to overcome that. Recently even that solution didn’t solve the issue to my satisfaction, so I started looking for a new choice.

After a lot of research and talking to other players I know and respect, I switched recently to a layered Zan Hard. Atlas Billiard Supply is an authorized distributor so I could trust it wasn’t a fake, they’re $23 a pop. So far a month and a half in, I couldn’t be happier, 0 mushrooming, great playability, no glazing. Also per a trusted friend who has been using them for years, he says the consistency from tip to tip is always excellent. So far, so good.

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Zan is one of the better ones I've tried. I used the grip hard version and couldn't be happier. But when I went to buy another one they were out of stock everywhere except some guy on Amazon selling them for $75. At that point I went to milk duds and other single layered tips and don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

measureman said:

I know this subject has been beat to death but here is my personal take on it.
I have been using solid tips for many years.
Recently I decided to give a layered tip a try.
I had an Everest installed and can not tell the difference from a solid tip.
The layered tip was $40 installed vs a solid tip at $23 installed.
I'm not going to do this again.

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I'm on the solid tip bandwagon too. I've tried a dozen layered tips out of the probably hundreds out there.

IMO some layered are good, some are crap. About the best thing that can be said for the good ones is they are consistent through batches. With the bad ones or poorly installed, I've had layers de laminate, glue specs on the CB, glazing etc. A bad one piece tip can glaze so that's within the realm of all tips.

I'm not a hater or anything but I really don't see anything a $30 layered tip can do that a $5 or under single layer can do. No extra longevity, special properties or anything. There are "budget" layered that are good and around $5-10 which are talked about on here. They are reasonable and good tips but again, they aren't doing anything a non layered tip can do.

Texas Carom Club said:

every tip glazes
every tip mushrooms, some more than others
some less
no tip holds the same shape it has when installed over any significant amount of time

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I have had this dud on my player for at least six months.
I probably play 3-6 hours per week.
It has not glazed or mushroomed in that time.
Once or twice a year I will lightly scuff the tip to help it hold chalk whether it needs it or not.
Keep in mind that the duds are not as tall as new layered tips. This could be the reason none have ever mushroomed on me.
I used the snipers when I first got the Cynergy. I liked them but switched back to the dud.