in many situation like this, refs need to be able to anticipate the foul when players prepare for the shot.

we can see many of them are focused, cannot say they are not, but they dont or not able to anticipate the foul

for shots like jump shots, the anticipation of cueball hitting obstable ball or like finger touching balls, it is easier to anticipate than object balls close to each other or object ball close to rails and anticipating which was hit first

and that anticipation requires playing background, i think.

tim913 said:

Not saying golfers are slow compared to pool players but it doesn’t take me four hours to put 18 balls in the hole and that’s without someone carrying my case around the table handing me my breaker, jumper , player … etc

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Your pool table isn't 7000 yards long either.

Still looking

BobPA said:

My Shuriken Butterfly cue is kind of a turd. Not only is the pin drilled off-center, but the shaft has warped so badly the tip comes off the table around an inch when rolled...It is not longer even usable for a break cue. But for $100, what can you expect.

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I would contact Shuriken and request a replacement. Given their circumstances over the last three years, it does not surprise me that some things might have gotten by them. But even at $100, I think they intended to supply good cues and not turds. Mine plays fine. I find adjusting to the 60" length to be a challenge, but that's on me.

Around 1995-96, I bought a brand new Longoni cue. After playing it with a couple of weeks, it started making a weird noise when shooting. My friend inspected the cue and effortlessly popped the ferrule out. Glued it back on and sold the cue immediately and bought a Bear cue which I used for almost a decade.

Considering the praise, the worst cue I have ever owned was a Zylr cue, sneaky pete style. Constant taper, hit was dull but so stiff that it was quite difficult to get any action on the cueball plus it was deflecting a lot. Also, the shaft was warped. I bought it here in AzB and also sold it quite soon after acquiring it. I hope it made someone happy, who likes his stiffy.

Coos Cues said:

I bought a jump cue my buddy made. Just a basic player


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Earl Strickland -series?

KAP1976 said:

Hell if I know. I never investigated beyond trying to tighten it more. I paid $100 for it so, if it was a more expensive brand I probably would have, but I just chalked it up to being a cheaper label and the quality stuff associated with that. I still have the cue in a case so I guess there's still a chance to dig deeper.

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I would have just epoxied the weight bolt in, and called it a day.

Birk1 said:

A Verl Horn back in 1997 - it was beautiful, I went to Mooreland and bought it from Verl. The cue was full tuxedo cue like he is famous for. The cue literally played terrible. I ended up trading it away to a collector in Dallas a year or 2 later.

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Birk1 said:

A Verl Horn back in 1997 - it was beautiful, I went to Mooreland and bought it from Verl. The cue was full tuxedo cue like he is famous for. The cue literally played terrible. I ended up trading it away to a collector in Dallas a year or 2 later.

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Dean took it off your hands.