Badpenguin said:

You can't set your VPN to somewhere in the UK and get sky for free? Of does Sky just not work that way?

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nope, sky sports is a pay channel about the same cost as viasat. WNTTV is a sweet deal for me even including the vpn

Ugh... Why is everyone trying to turn 10b into 9b? We have both and that's great, don't make them converge...

Want fast action and high risk/reward? 9-ball.
Want a more deliberate, tactical game? 10-ball.

Simple as that.

Frosty said:

There are steel jointed cues that are piloted, and some that are flat faced. There are also numerous pin types with these cues, also a wide price range. Can you give a few more specifics of what you desire to narrow it down?

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i prefer the smaller pin and a pilot

Mensabum said:

Don't wish to argue here, but I've known a few players the purists would call bums for using the whole pocket and cheating them regularly in order to leave with the cash. Thot never occurred to them not to.
My standards must have fallen when I wasn't playing 14:1 regularly and hit the road, If I had any to begin with??
The standard I held myself to was to win. Period. Use the whole green, pitch, court, field, board, any and all of it.

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Anybody trying to hit center pocket all the time is taking away over half the possibilities on the table. I like to brush the long rail on the way to the corner, rattle twice, and fall. "You almost missed!" Damned hard for the other player to not drag out the money for "one more game" when if things had been slightly different they would have won.

Better to be lucky than to be good! (and hitting a million balls helps you get very lucky!)grin

Hu

jbart65 said:

Jayson Shaw is a marketing-favoritism pick, but he's also a superb invitational player. And a top 15 player globally.

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He is also probably the best team player of the past decade and the defending Mosconi Cup MVP. Nobody is better at dealing with the crowd noise and crazy atmosphere that comes with this type of event. This choice makes perfect sense to me. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Jayson is the top performer on Team Rest of the World at the Reyes Cup.

Jimmy_Betmore said:

Appears to be relatively well made. Nice fitting of the joint collars and butt cap... I'd also venture to say that this cue never had a clearcoat finish, oil/rubbed only. Or, if it did, it wasn't a very good one. Figuring out exactly who made it will be tough, though. The city you picked it up in could be a clue. Regardless, I'd consider putting a new ferrule on it and a tip then taking it for a test drive.

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Murfreesboro, Tn.
30 miles south of Nashville.

I think, think being the operative word, he's a cue maker from Canada. Value depends on the cue.

There's a Cue Builder in Houston, ''Tow Boy" that built the exact same design. I can't say its one of his, but I had two that looked identical!