dr_dave said:

As clearly demonstrated in the video linked above, when the CB is close to the OB or when fast speed is used, the tip must be high to guarantee the CB will be rolling when it reaches the OB.



All different directions. The natural-angle peace-sign applies only when the CB has full natural roll when it hits the OB.

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So in the shot I referenced how do you teach your students to not find the bottom of the side pocket?

cueball2010 said:

I've never owned a Poolhall. It seems like a dream...Getting paid and playing pool all day everyday.

• How many tables do you need to get started?
• How much capital to get started?
• What to know if you want to buy an existing Poolhall?
• Do you need any special talents? (Like a car salesman)

There must be some Poolhall owners here. How sweet is your life?

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You need at least 6 tables to get started, 12 is better.
3×-6× 8-foot tables compared to 9-foot tables.
8-foot tables for league, 9-foot tables for "high Rollers."

You need the capital to buy all the tables, furnish the building, have 2-years of operating expenses, and equip the building for pool aficionados, their drinking habits and food tastes.

You NEED TO BUY THE BUILDING--do not let a lease holder squeeze you to death--its is easy enough for *.gov to do that.

You need to be the:
front register operator,
the security team,
the face to the police,
the face to *.gov,
the cleaning crew,
the maintenance crew,
the league operator,
the accountant,
the financial planner,
the legal team,
the bar tender,
and cook.

Figure 12-16 hour days for at least 2 years, until your finances allow you to employ your first employee.

Fore Rail said:

So what you are trying tell me and everyone else here...

The shot you hit at the 10:35 point in the video.

The cue ball direction isn't being influenced by using top?

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As clearly demonstrated in the video linked above, when the CB is close to the OB or when fast speed is used, the tip must be high to guarantee the CB will be rolling when it reaches the OB.

Fore Rail said:

Where does cue ball go with a strike in the center? How bout 1/8, 1/4 or 3/8's up or down on the vertical axis?

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All different directions. The natural-angle peace-sign applies only when the CB has full natural roll when it hits the OB.

bbb said:

Dominate eye is not bs
There is science to it

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Sure

I've trained to force my other eye to become dominant when needed.

So many years of this, I don't have to think about it.

I listened to Gene way back then and gave it a try. I liked what I "saw" pretty quickly, and stuck with his basic training.
Never had the chance for a face to face discussion.

dr_dave said:

It is very easy to roll the CB with a wide range of tip positions, shot distances, shot speeds, and cloth conditions, and small changes in cut angle have very little effect on CB direction. Creating perfect stun at the OB with no pocket cheat to create the desired “tangent line” motion is not as natural.

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So what you are trying tell me and everyone else here...

The shot you hit at the 10:35 point in the video.

The cue ball direction isn't being influenced by using top?

Where does cue ball go with a strike in the center? How bout 1/8, 1/4 or 3/8's up or down on the vertical axis?

I don’t have a vote but if I did it would go to Mark.
If nothing else, Mark’s patience when co- commentating with Captain Hook at the International open.

Mark has been awesome for the game.

HitHrdNDraw said:

I posted a few months ago about how salotto rejected my scores against someone that was a 657 and I’m a 586


Well guess what… I just beat a 760 Fargo in the international open

I guess he was dumping so that he can play in some 600 and under events

Hahahahahaha. Salotto is a joke.

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I have previously had some scores rejected on a few occasions. The APP is all glitchy here anyway, but even when providing evidence to back up.... denied (They refunded me for my complaints though, so kudos for that lol) I just stopped using it, and the friends who began to use it quit too. Unless they fix any glitches that make it work better here in Asia (china specifically), then cba...

The only caveat I'll offer is my experience contradicts what Richard wrote about cleaning a linen wrap but then again, my experience is with Cortland Linen wraps. I have 4 cues with Cortland liinen wraps and eventually, the wraps become almost slick like and shiny where I position my grip. So I lightly spray distilled water on the wrap and use a white terrycloth cotton towel to wipe the wrap dry. I don't get the wrap wet that you can see or feel it, just lightly damp.

It is important to twist dry the wrap rotating the cue butt and you rotate in the direction the wrap was spun to avoid fraying the strands. Doing it this way helps flatten the individual strands instead of lifting them but the last step is to glass burnish the wrap. It is hard work but necessary if you want you wrap to last years. The Cortland Linen #9 on my Runde Schon is 40 years old; my last Jerry R. CL wrap is almost 10 yrs.

Both look and feel fantastic but I attribute that not because I do something amazing. Nope, it's the wrap that's unique and amazing. There are few other linen wraps, except for a couple of other Cuttyhunk fishing line brands, that are comparable with Cortland Linen. But no ther linen wrap feels the same are Cortland Linen due to its uniformity in strand diameter being manually checked by a line operator as the fishing line was braided.

So I use a heavy glass beer mug & burnish the cue wrap rotating it. This takes 10-12 mins. before my arm tires. I do it 3-4 times a night watching TV
It usually takes about 6-7 sessions before the wrap becomes just as smooth as I like it to be.. I'll do this about once a year and it works with CL.