Bob Jewett said:

In the past, there has been a table in the VIP room and games with some of the players. I don't recall any table in the lobby or entry way. I think it's not worth bringing a cue unless you plan to go to a local hall.

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Thank you, sir.
I'm mildly terrified of flying with my cues anyway.

Whoops, wrong link.

sudocrushms said:

I have tickets for all 4 days and I'm staying at Caribe Royale.
Are there spectator events/tables there? Not sure if I should pack cues. I haven't seen anything about other stuff going on.

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In the past, there has been a table in the VIP room and games with some of the players. I don't recall any table in the lobby or entry way. I think it's not worth bringing a cue unless you plan to go to a local hall.

Buckle up, y'all! We're on the hill.

Jaden said:

I guess some people have reading comprehension problems, he said IF Shane played heyball. If Shane's focus was heyball from day 1, he'd play great heyball.

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I guess you do.

Re: the other post about the Ko brothers. Yes they may make the last 16 or last 8 in a Duya 9 ball, but alot of that has to do with their format of all "international" players on their own bracket, and all Chinese players on the other bracket, then combining them at final 64. The tournament where Kos played each other in the final was not a major tournament.
If they were all playing regular 9 ball on these Diamonds, the Chinese would be at a disadvantage until they learned the safety / tactical game needed. Wu is awesome at both games

Maxx said:

Funny stuff

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Just like baseball, this place suffers from the “dog days of August”, evidently.

loggerhead12 said:

Yeah, the top prize is going to end up being about $5 after taxes.

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Are pool players subject to the California jock tax? I see that most states have a jock tax and even some cities, but California leads the way at 13%.

If a player plays for a league team (baseball, football), the calculation seems more straight forward than for an independent operator, like a pool player. Also, football players are taxed whether or not their team wins the game in the taxing state. I doubt that California is going to tax every player in the pool tournament for having spent three days in the state. But they might.

Funny stuff

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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Definitely time to upgrade to the 7. You won't regret it. Do you stream your practice sessions?

I love your posts

vintagecollectibles831 said:

Really love the look of the Coos cue, but was the Jackpot not made by Schmelkie(?), lol. Really looks like a Schmelkie too, lol.

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Schmelke made them for Deano.

The top Jackpot has a Camphor Burl handle that was made and cored with Purple Heart by Larry Vigus.

Seems like I remember an old thread about something called the RAM method. I'll have to do a search. Some type of high intensity super productive break technique.

Badpenguin said:

Kind of bizarre that they slather Arizona and Yuma all over this and it is in California, not even the same time zone.

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This time of year Arizona and California are the same time, except the northeast corner of AZ is on Mountain Daylight Savings Time. Most of AZ is on standard time year round.