the old canadian house cues were top line. and their cheap two piece cues hit well but looked different than most wanted.
and make good simple conversions from the butt.
I have the one dufferin house cue. Have a 21 oz 2 piece. They came with my table. I have a 19 oz 2 piece that is perfect and I bought it new years ago.
Also, don't sleep on 5000 years Carom billiards on Dempster in Morton Grove. Maps has it at 17 minutes from O'hare.
Several billiards tables and a lot of pool tables. It's a great practice room and the equipment is in great condition. Diamond bar tables and several 9' tables.
I have spent some time in that area over the years - had relatives near there. That room wasn’t open the last time I had occasion to be there for a few days I don’t think. Might not be convenient to downtown etc… but the hotels and restaurants near there, around Old Orchard always seemed to work.
Willie had over thirty-five witnesses who put their signatures to an affidavit claiming to have seen every moment of the run including the official and the attorney putting the affidavit together. Many more viewpoints than any video. There were certainly more witnesses that didn't claim to see every moment. Some overlap so there were probably more witnesses to every moment, just not the same witness start to finish. Willie's run would stand up in a court of law, as an exhibition and as a run of the alleged number of balls in a single run.
These other "runs" are impressive but I don't think they would stand up in a court of law as an exhibition or a run of the number of balls claimed under the rules of straight pool. If anyone cared enough to defend Willie's record they probably could, as it remaining the straight pool high run in an exhibition.
As a fan and student observer, the official numbers are meaningless and sophomorically pedantic. This includes the fouls _and_ misses. I could GAF. There's so much more to learn about the process - including speculating on their tactical errors.
It’s not like the referee was off looking at something else. She was looking at the shot. So all FSR could say is “hey, ref, maybe you need a different angle”! I don’t think that works!
But now he won again with a foul in the final rack.
I don't know whats up with Yapp and winning the final rack on a foul, however this one isn't his fault - he knew its a foul, he waited for the ref to call it, the ref was just so bad that she didn't know how to distinguish a foul/good shot in pocket billiards when balls are close, just like that other referee dude I forgot his name where he squints too hard to try & see which ball is hit first, thats not how to determine a foul in pool...EVER
The way to tell if its a foul or not is by the cueball reaction, very very very simple. You don't need to squint, you dont need to see both balls and eye-ball it to see which was hit first. It is very easy if you have pool knowledge, just look at the cueball and from a mile away you can see if its a foul or not (That goes for any two closely balls, or also a ball & rail very closely together) check the cueball reaction and you would know.
In a million years if he hit the 8ball first the cueball would NEVER follow the 8ball in its direction, literally you can see the whity going after the 8ball which indicates he hit the pueple first, if you hit the 8ball first then the purple 2nd then the cueball would react differently either going in between both balls (direction wise) or following the purple in its direction.
No need to zoom in, no need to squint, and for viewers with no knowledge about pool please dont try to zoom in, thats not how you determine this.
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(I don't know if i stamped it correctly, its the last shot of the match).
P.S. I love Yapp please don't get me wrong. Grats to him for winning the tournament, very well deserved, this time it's the ref fault. I know i mentioned this but look at his face when the 8ball was going to the pocket, he was waiting for the foul call he stared at the ref....also FSR knew its a fault but he's such a gentelmen and followed by what the ref called & went on with it as the crowd kept cheering, he didn't want to ruin the moment for Yapp, FSR is such a nice guy.
The owner of 5000 is an avid billiard player and they used to have a 3 cushion tournament on Saturday nights. Every time I've been there there has been players on the billiard tables.
That's great, it has been years since I have played 3C.
I do remember most of what SJM showed me.
It seems every time I go to Chicago area I find pool rooms. Certainly not like it used to be but not a pool desert either.
And yet, for years, Kamui was really the only premium chalk. Now you have Taom, DrV, Pagulayan, Predator, Turning Point, Navigator, Molinari, Mezz. Gorst is going to come out with his own.
The owner of 5000 is an avid billiard player and they used to have (mights still?) a 3 cushion tournament on Saturday nights. Every time I've been there there has been players on the billiard tables.
Also, don't sleep on 5000 years Carom billiards on Dempster in Morton Grove. Maps has it at 17 minutes from O'hare.
Several billiards tables and a lot of pool tables. It's a great practice room and the equipment is in great condition. Diamond bar tables and several 9' tables.
ive had lots of different tips but one thing ive found on all of them, the ball seems to go in the direction the tip hits it.
and almost all of the 700 plus players i know have no idea what brand of tip is on their multiple shafts. so i cant find out what a good tip is that makes you play well.
Also, don't sleep on 5000 years Carom billiards on Dempster in Morton Grove. Maps has it at 17 minutes from O'hare.
Several billiards tables and a lot of pool tables. It's a great practice room and the equipment is in great condition. Diamond bar tables and several 9' tables.
Looking for a POS 3/8x10 sneaky or Plain Jane butt to bring into a
few of the no-account bars I sometimes find myself at.
Preferably straight, dings and scars ok. I've got the POS shaft already.
PS ~ no McDermott Lucky or Star butts.
I have a Chris Whitaker butt I'd let go. Pretty much fits what you are looking for. Has a few scars and a 3/8-10" pin. It’s 29.5” and weighs 13.7oz. There is room for weight to be added but not sure how much. Looks to have been some sort of house cue conversion that he added a little dashed ring and butt cap to. I can get more details if you’re interested.
