An open should be open

JasonATX said:

With larger tournaments there is no practical way to use that sort of rule in my opinion. For reference, the Texas Open for 9 ball is at the end of the month and it sold out 160 spots in 9 minutes. The waitlist was full about 2 hours later.

I would also tend to believe that if an 800 plus Fargo player wanted to play in a particular tournament, they can probably contact the organizer to cut in line, so to speak. Especially so if their sponsor also sponsored the tournament itself.

I think that if I were to register as a lower ranked player, I would go to the organizer a couple weeks beforehand and see who was on the waitlist. If there was a pro there, I would consider giving up my spot.

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If there is either a higher ranked player, Or a player that brings in a lot of either action or high calcutta bid on themselves, then it's a no brainer.

You give up your spot for the good of the game and that extra $$$ that an 800 player introduces (potentially thousands) vs a 600 player means a few more people may get a chance at making some loot or breaking even.

A long time ago my wife had to work the Friday after Thanksgiving and fortunately I didn’t. For some damn reason I left my plain jane Mobley in my car which was blocking hers in the driveway, so she decided to take my car. She noticed my cue in the car and decided to take it out in case I wanted to hit the room, so she set it on the bumper while she loaded her stuff. And yes she forgot all about it and drove off. So some neighbor got a really nice cue. But that’s not the worst part…the cue was in an old George Case that was a gift. Don’t really care about the cue but I would pay top dollar for that case today. That case is worth more than the cue to me.

This thread sucks btw. I hadn’t thought about that in several years.

iusedtoberich said:

Is the Diamond table a new wood color? It looks lighter than what I’ve seen before. I know the cloth is pink from a prior thread. Just the wood.

<legit colorblind.

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Cloth is actually grey. Very similar to the Simonis Shark gray.
The table looks like PRC, but with a gray laminate and black tracers/logos.

Likely the problem is in your grip.

4” pockets with brand new cloth are easy for any pro. My local room has 4 1/8” Diamond factory pockets. The cloth was changed 2 weeks ago, and my banger self played great on it these two weeks.

The problem becomes when these tables get sold to local rooms that change the cloth yearly if we are lucky, and no one can run out when worn and every other ball hangs up on the diamond mile deep shelf.

Is the Diamond table a new wood color? It looks lighter than what I’ve seen before. I know the cloth is pink from a prior thread. Just the wood.

<legit colorblind.

looks like it might be an import to me because of the looks of the ferrule. or a cheap adam.

in any case the shaft has a crack in it so no longer would have any real value. other than something to leave in the car for a bar cue.