boogieman said:

I don't think the green hard mushrooms at all. It's not ungodly hard, something like a good le-pro after it's well broken in. It's not in the realm of break tip hard, just like a hard leather.

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I think LePro is a pretty hard tip and the Bulletproof Recoil is harder than that in my opinion but has the best chalk retention of any tip I've ever used, I was not a hard tip guy until I tried the Recoil tip so you may be the better judge there, I am still using the 1st one installed on my cue and I am a long way from needing to replace it.

Rusty in Montana said:

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Witches work in mysterious ways.

kingwang said:

... I found this part very interesting
45 Days of Silence Before 2026, Wu trained for 45 days in secrecy with Xue Zhenqi.

I feel like you don't often hear about direct competitors training like this together (outside of practicing for doubles), especially in the US.

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For snooker, I think all of the Chinese players who stay in the UK train together. You frequently hear of others, like the Scots, practicing together.

For US pool, it seems rare.

Considering the payout structure in this event, it would have made sense for two top players to combine forces and maybe share proceeds.

Patrick Johnson said:

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Van Gogh's Angst

That's a shop though.

Chapman tim said:

Here is my pair. I got these second hand around 05.

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Those have some really nice grains.