Florida Open 2025, August 5-10, Orlando, Caribe Royale

What about this one ? I am thinking using Tennis Wrap is pretty much "novelty". It changes the shapes (forms), grab, grips, feels...appearances...hell, why not use baseball bat and attach a shaft on it 😆

I dont mean to disrespect Earl, I love him, just honestly questioning as to where do we draw the lines about cue modifications
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What is that thing he's got going on with his lower back?

Should I have seen this coming? Would you have?

Last night played an even match, 4-4 race, in 8-ball. I lost the lag by less than 1/2". First rack I attempted a jump over the 8, caught the top of it, and sent it six feet dead straight into a corner. Ugh.

I was actually shooting well, just getting really bad rolls. My opponent made some really good safeties. When he missed, which wasn't often, he managed to go two- or three-rails and hide the CB. Ugh.

But the ultimate insult was this back-cut-bank on the 8. I put a touch of right spin to counteract the cut-induced spin the 8-ball would receive. The 8 banked dead-center into the opposite side. It was beautiful! But wait...the CB came off the long rail, went down to the short rail near the center diamond, then straight, into the same pocket the 8 just went in, like it had eyes.

Some days the Pool Gods are not with you. Ended up losing "rackless", 0-4. Ugh.

In spite of my stating last week that I was going to take this week off. Ugh. At least I helped teammates win three racks with some well-placed timeouts, including a nice "ooh, aah" "spot-on-the-wall-three-rail-to-knock-in-a-corner-hanger" that is easy to execute, if you see it and know how to execute it.

Would you have seen this scratch?

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Florida Open 2025, August 5-10, Orlando, Caribe Royale

What about this one ? I am thinking using Tennis Wrap is pretty much "novelty". It changes the shapes (forms), grab, grips, feels...appearances...hell, why not use baseball bat and attach a shaft on it 😆

I dont mean to disrespect Earl, I love him, just honestly questioning as to where do we draw the lines about cue modifications
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It’s not really “novel” though is it. Grip size shouldn’t be a reason to stop someone being comfortable with their equipment. Leave Earl alone 😉

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