Rusty in Montana said:

If I had the opportunity to go I'd do it in a heart beat , sadly this time of year is crazy busy with family events with grandkids !

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Work on your priorities

I have shot with only a handful of custom cues. I own 3 Giuli cues, a BCovey, an AE, several high end production cues including Joss, McDermott, Pechaeur, Predator, etc. I’ve have tried to crossover to carbon several times without success because of the hit/feedback.
Giuli cues are without a doubt a top quality build with any extremely great hit and feedback when using his maple shafts. I have been able to fine tune my speed for shape better than any other cue except the AE which is very similar in balance. I’m looking forward to getting a kielwood shaft from Carl as soon as possible.
If you have doubts, find the time to shoot a Giuli Cue.
I have made the statement to several friends to purchase one now before they sell for what they are worth. I have never met this cue builder in person and I’m not prejudice to his work for any monetary reasons.
What drew me to take a chance on a cue was his artistic ability with striking features at a very reasonable price.
Sometimes marketing can be what makes the breakthrough into success. I truly believe his work belongs with the top 20 custom builders out there.
I ended up with 3 of his cues because I was not going to let them go for peanuts and I underpaid on the last two I purchased. I now have a local group of guys trying to talk me out of any one of them.
I hope my post does not push a special order of my ideas out of my price range but if it does then he will be making what he deserves.
Everyone enjoy the 2026 show. I may be able to get there someday and Mr. Giuli don’t sell the spalted with green veneers at the show…..

cesarmorales said:

I can not find much information about the us open other than hotel and tickets to the event on the WNT webpage. It has been over 30 years since I went to the US open in Virginia a number of times. Wondering about how the experience is now. Any feedback would be appreciated. What time do the matches start and end? When you buy a ticket, is it first come first serve on the day of the event as far as where you sit or are the seats assigned? Are players and non players able to mix together? I really enjoy the tournaments at Skinny bob's because the players and non players are mixed together in the pool room and you could be sitting next to a world champion and most of them are more than happy to have a conversation.

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The matches start at about 10AM and end about 8PM. Matchroom events generally do not have very late matches, unlike a lot of US tournaments. If you sign up for the live scoring (free, but requires email), you can look at the match scores and times from the 2025 Open. There were two matches that started at 8:45PM, which was the latest. There were only nine matches in that Open that started after 6PM (according to the published schedule, which is pretty accurate.)

When they are in the early rounds, there are 30 or so tables out on a big floor. There are aisles set up with chairs. There is an on-line schedule, so if there is a match you want to see, get there early. No assigned seating. When they are down to a few tables, I think it is still random seating.

There is a lot of player/spectator mingling at the big events. (It's much less at the Mosconi Cup.)

This is a new venue, so some things may be different.

Around here they usually come wrapped in a sock