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Kris_b1104 said:

Agreed, he's a shell of his former self. Hard to fault him though, with his previous medical issues and age.

I give him a pass on the missed 3 in the side pocket in the final rack. And Patsura's miss on the 8 ball. That table plays super TOUGH, seems way tougher than the Diamond at PLP.

This miss in the last rack was completely unacceptable at his level though. This is a lay-up, you don't even have to do anything fancy with the cueball. Surprised he won honestly.

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I saw a YouTube video Darren did a few days ago. Sounded like he was having a hard go of it but really wanted to just get out and compete again. To be fair, he played better than a young touring pro. Both struggling in that match.

Darren is/was not just a good pro but an elite pro. Obviously surviving and coming back from a massive heart attack is going to have a huge impact. I'm glad he's playing and getting out there.

Brain71 said:

I believe those are original. He's gone to shorter ferrules lately.

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Never know those be out until last 3 4 years, always the 5/8 for years, great players.

Texas Carom Club said:

Maybe if she didn’t hit it like a girl ,,,,,

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That reminded me of something. I was practicing at edit:College, not on cue billiards back when Mark Griffin still owned it and on the table next to me two female pros were playing $500 sets. At the time I broke nineball from the center. It was because I broke so hard that it didn't matter, I'd still break in 2 or 3 balls. Well anyways one of the female pros who I believe had come up from LA for this match up came over and said, "You break like a girl". I proceeded to put down a 3 pack and asked her if she wanted to match up. Silence.

GBCues said:

No, I just sanded down the outside skin to show the red color underneath.

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Be careful what you put it near on your cue it's bleeding crimson heavy in contact with anything resembling a solvent including epoxy.