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couldnthinkof01
td873 said:
Silly response. Sponsorship is disconnected from any issue anyone raised. Taom has fewer kicks regardless of sponsorship opportunities. [put differently, your prior statement that the differences are minimal is still valid from a tip offset perspective but also still invalid from cleanliness and kick perspective.]

-td
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I don't experience any more or less skids or kicks between taom(green or blue) vs masters. The only time I seem to catch a skid is when the balls are freshly polished and/or when using a high cueball at slow speeds.

Do you experience something different or are you just regurgitating something you heard from a commentary or sponsored pro?

Taom still leaves marks on the cueball and cloth just like any other chalk.
Don't be silly
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Drop Pockets vs Ball Return Tables in Tournaments

fastone371
SSP said:
Remove some of the balls in the full pocket to a pocket that is empty or less full BEFORE the shot, ball return tables are harder on pool balls, they are running on bare wood in a return table.
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Not on GC's. not on Valley's, and not on Diamonds, I don't know about the others but I think that covers the majority of tables you are likely to find in the USA.
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What your prize 3C items? Whether Cue, Posters, or etc!!

mr3cushion
12squared said:
I know I'm living in the past, but during the 1993 nationals I miraculously won a preliminary match agaist Sang Lee to help propel me to the finals. I have the original score sheet from that match (below) and a set of 3c balls used during that tourney. These are my prize 3c memories and items. (Thank you to my friend Jake Jacobs for the score sheet)!

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I also cherish my Allen Gilbert book that Larry posted and Mister 100 that I got from mr3cushion.

Dave
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Very nice Dave!
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Push Foul Explanation

fastone371
Patrick Johnson said:
English is almost never applied with the cue parallel to the shot line - except for the rare case where swerve exactly cancels squirt at that exact distance & speed (i.e., almost never).

Even many noobs know this.

pj
chgo
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I believe parallel english was pretty common before BHE and FHE became a thing notv all that long ago.

Here is where Dr. Dave explains parallel english so that now you too can understand. https://drdavepoolinfo.com/faq/sidespin/parallel-english/
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What your prize 3C items? Whether Cue, Posters, or etc!!

12squared
I know I'm living in the past, but during the 1993 nationals I miraculously won a preliminary match agaist Sang Lee to help propel me to the finals. I have the original score sheet from that match (below) and a set of 3c balls used during that tourney. These are my prize 3c memories and items. (Thank you to my friend Jake Jacobs for the score sheet)!

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I also cherish my Allen Gilbert book that Larry posted and Mister 100 that I got from mr3cushion.

Dave
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GCIV Update

fastone371
DrCue'sProtege said:
FYI here,
Remember how I always complained about how I rarely ever got a decent spread after the 9B break on my GCIV? And how that sort of prompted me to go and purchase the new Diamond Professional?

For the first time in a few months I went downstairs and broke some racks of 9B on the Gold Crown IV today. After 17 break shots with not one chance of running out due to impossible spreads I just gave up. Just quit. Shut the lights out and came back upstairs.

Suddenly that Gold Crown VII is starting to seem more appealing.

r/DCP
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So you are saying after 17 breaks you had no look at the next ball after the break?? I find that beyond hard to believe. I suppose we have to take your word for it because you refuse to post a video to potentially work out the issue. I wonder how the rest of the world ever played rotation on the earlier GC's when never having a look at a ball after the break.
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Pool chalk

td873
couldnthinkof01 said:
Taom has a sponsorship deal with world snooker tour.
That's the reason they plug it.
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Silly response. Sponsorship is disconnected from any issue anyone raised. Taom has fewer kicks regardless of sponsorship opportunities. [put differently, your prior statement that the differences are minimal is still valid from a tip offset perspective but also still invalid from cleanliness and kick perspective.]

-td
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Help with thoughts on the price range that you might charge for this 8 Point (Thuya Burl, into Ebony) cue, if you were to build something similar?

Bishop
You're probably looking at a few grand to the sky's the limit depending on the cue maker. I imagine you could find a number of cue makers who can make something similar in the 3k range.

I would not refinish a "fairly straight" cue unless you're just in love with it. That is unless its just a warped shaft and the butt is straight. Then just have a new shaft made along with the refinish so it matches up nicely.
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Push Foul Explanation

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson said:
What's "parallel" english? Parallel to what?
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fastone371 said:
Parallel to the shot line, surely you know, even noobs know this.
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English is almost never applied with the cue parallel to the shot line - except for the rare case where swerve exactly cancels squirt at that exact distance & speed (i.e., almost never).

Even many noobs know this.

pj
chgo
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