Great shooting by "Labubu!"

A really fine effort from Labutis. Even when Moritz got a few back, he did it with good jumping and kicking that neutralized some of Pijus' exceptional safety play.

We have a very deserving champion!

well played. good pace too. congrats pijus!

Really good call on The Mad Apple. The tables are blue-label Diamonds in really good shape. I played on a 7-foot the first night, then spent a few hours on the 9-foot streaming table the second night.

Anyone know the story behind this great pool hall in small-town America? There were some real quality players in the back room.

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boogieman said:

Elks are surprisingly good tips. They fell from popularity, but they are a decent tip unless you get a bad one. I've feel taht consistency is pretty decent lately, at least in the last few years.

The only "issue" is that without pressing or dudding they will mushroom somewhat. That's not a big deal if you have a lathe or tool to deal with that.

I put one on for a buddy who was firmly in the "layered tip club" and he liked it. He is young enough that he had never played with a non layered tip. And the things are like 50 cents.

My amazon order for triangles that was supposed to be here in 2 days just now started saying it's not been shipped so I cancelled it. I'm getting some Royal Oaks for him to try out.

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I recently went back to playing with my old cue shafts (regular maple long taper) they are the ones that I was thinking of when I wrote my post.
I got in a small stakes game of 1pkt with them and I chalked every shot and actually got too much chalk and things started getting gritty. I learned from my experience and the next day shot 20 shots without chalking and without a miscue. The tips are hard at the base and when you take a thumb nail to them they don't sponge in like some I've seen. The top of the tip is amazing. I learned to not over chalk them. I think I saw someone here buying Elks in a bag and they said that they were better quality than usual. I'm using a dime radius, so I expect them to wear down out a little sooner than usual.