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Great layout and execution in this cue build,
The colors flow together beautifully,
Bob Also selected some really nice "lumber" in those cue shafts

Adding inlays and rings to a finished cue is a PITA and generally not worth the time and cost. If you have an idea for a design, reach out to your cuemaker of choice and start from scratch.
It's the best advice I can give you.

mikepage said:

Weird subtlety: an 11-10 handicap may be close to fair, but that doesn’t mean 11-10 is the most likely score in a race to 11. Because of the stopping rule, the winner must win the last rack. So 11-10 requires first getting to 10-10, while 11–9 only requires getting to 10-9. Hill-hill has more paths, but it also requires one extra rack from the eventual loser; when that player is below 50% per rack, 11-9 edges it out.

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Yes, 11-9 is more likely than 11-10 and 10-11from 10-9. There are however more possibilities to be included before the final probabilities are calculated: 9-10 is also possible and from here the final outcome can be 9-11, 10-11 or 11-10, 11-10 being less likely than if it were 10-9.

I'd be interested to check the math, or use a calculating app to do so, and you may well be correct that 11-9 is more likely than 11-10 - but the higher rated player shouldn't be assumed to always be ahead.

LowRight said:

Yeah. I'd like to know how long this was going on.

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Seems like a decade or more. Stiffed, immemorialized, resurrected, restituted...

David in FL said:

You can't blame a guy for trying!

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No I can't!

David in FL said:

It's a beauty. And Jerry remembers it too.

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If I recall, it was one of the last cues to leave his shop.

RIP

rexus31 said:

No sir. It's my lifer. Made by Jerry to my specs.

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You can't blame a guy for trying!

It's a beauty. And Jerry remembers it too.

jay helfert said:

"Pressure doesn't build character. It reveals it." What a great line. Congrats to Evan. He embraced the moment!

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Profound.
For comparison, mine has been sculpted to "skwoo dis. I quit."

well, a fool and his money are soon parted, I pulled the trigger on a Bizu playing shaft. $103 total, no tariff, no sales tax, no shipping charges. I've wasted more money on dumber stuff over the years.

Ordered from their website on Sunday, shaft just arrived!!!! 3 days from Hong Kong???? We have a lot of Amazon warehouses nearby....north Georgia area....so I suspect it shipped from there, even though I didn't order via Amazon.

First looks is its well made, matte finish, very smooth, 5/16x14 joint mates up good with a Joss butt, diameters are very close, take it out for a test run in a day or 2. May replace the tip, we'll see. got the 12.5 mm version.

Nobody wants to play Filler 9 ball. They ask for 10 ball because they have stronger breaks and might win. Filler broke dry almost every time in Las Vegas Open 10 ball event and still won. Nobody is betting 6 figures if they dont believe they have an edge.

Maybe spelled like this?

Gunn_Slinger

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