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4-6 point cues with colored veneers and linen wraps are my favorite

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In terms of appearance think my favorite style of cue is:

-4, 5 , or 6 sharp, colored points (not floating)
-linen wrap, especially with color or speckle
-substantial but not overly busy inlay work

I particularly like when the butt sleeve has some sort of rounded motif, like ovals to balance out the sharpness of the points (and pointy inlays like diamonds, when present).

Joss seems to be the only production cue company that still makes these, though the ones that fit the bill are all over $800. I figure I'll treat myself next black Friday if there is anything on sale at Seybert's. Are there any other cuemakers who make these sort of cues for less than say, $1000 (or slightly above)?
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Is a pool tournament not gambling?

Bob Jewett
Island Drive said:
I know a team group that placed high in vegas, all got taxes taken out before getting their checks as payment.
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I think the only time that is supposed to happen is if they have not submitted a TIN to the organizer or they have no TIN. That will often be true for foreign players.

Well, maybe one other situation. I have been contacted twice by the IRS about players who had played in tournaments I organized. They said something like, "If you see Mr. Smith again, please let us have first crack at any funds he might be due. He seems to be careless in his bookkeeping and tax filing."
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Pool tournaments history 1990s

Bob Jewett
sjm said:
Only the top few on the money list back in the early 1990s made $50,000 for the year. As for the Sands, it used to have gigantic fields, sometimes more than 256, so the prize money wasn't very strong in view of the field size. The Sands was probably the second biggest event (or third behind the BCA Open) of the year, behind only the US Open 9ball. There wasn't much money in tournament pool until the PBT took off circa 1996. That's why so many more of the action players steered clear of the major tournament scene back then.
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The Sands had two events twice a year, a pro event and one for a regional nine ball league (USPPA). The league event may have gone over 256, but I don't think the pro event ever got that large. The league event drew a lot of spectators for the pros. Room were maybe $39 per night and that was before the casinos invented resort fees.
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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Bob Jewett
jimstone said:
Hello, for those of you who use contact point aiming systems, where you first find the contact point on the object ball
by drawing a line from the pocket through the object ball, here is my question.
Let's say you have a long shot , and the object ball is a solid color. You step away from the object ball, after finding the contact point, and head
back to the cue ball which is say - 4 diamonds away. How do you keep track of that contact point on the object ball with your eyes? Thank you.
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There's a whole forum for aiming topics. Maybe this thread will get moved there, but in the meantime....

Suppose you can keep the contact point in mind, say it happens to be a feature on the object ball. What do you then do with that point once you get over to shoot the cue ball?
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Another Cueball Training Device/Product!!

Bob Jewett
Today at the pool hall I noticed a player had brought a hoop thingie and was shooting some shots with it. I asked him about it. He said a friend who has a 3D printer had made some of various radii and had given him two. The one he was using had about 1/4 inch total clearance. He said he found it useful for warming up. The only thing he did with it was to shoot the cue ball through it from a distance as part of his warmup.
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