5-0, that was a robbery

SeniorTom said:

Tbh, I don't see the advantage of playing with a synthetic tip , at least not the soft one . I have been playing with the bulletproof synthetic soft tip for about a year now , and it still mushrooms like a leather tip . I don't have any complaints about this synthetic tip, but it does mushroom . I have had even others tell me the same thing when I showed it to them. I haven't tried anything but the soft , and wonder how the medium and hard hold up as far as mushrooming .

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I have the hard on my "trunk cue". It sits in the trunk of the car "just in case". As such it gets played very infrequently but leather tips tended to get dry and hard in that environment, which is why I decided to try the synthetic.

So far it's worked well, but the infrequent use hasn't tested mushrooming at all so far... it doesn't play quite like my favorite leather tip, but so far it has worked well for this purpose...

Sad to hear about your loss Lou.
It is easy to tell you admired this lady.
Beautiful and heartfelt send off.

condolences lou for the loss of your friend and to her loved ones
R.I.P. Lisa

for me the magnitude and historic importance is that an American style trained player and former world champ
has just won a form of Chinese pool and even dominated the finals

the fact that it is Wu with his story makes it even more remarkable, plus the payout of course

truly a special and historic victory

and yeah the pace in general needs to speed up and the ball cleaning was ridiculous but it is far more exciting than 8 ball

Woodshaft said:

Slow down. Take more time between and over shots.
Pool is relatively easy after 40+ years, and I do quite well now that I've slowed my overall pace and am routinely consistent.

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This applies magnitudes at the RnD level. That's where your actual 10,000 hrs happens.

I think climbing Fargo is not the best idea. It's all resistance, gar-niched with whatever your dumbrain makes of it.

Learn the pool. Those you beat is just waste product.

skor said:

I use three, one for playing, one for breaking and one for jumping.
I will sometimes have an extra playing cue in my bag, usually if I want to test something but I'll never keep them both out and play with them both. Not a crime, just sound silly, if you need to switch cues or shafts for different shots than you still haven't found the right cue or shaft for you, or you just need to work on your game and stroke.

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It's not really silly if you read my posts previously. But for the benefit of sharing, I use the other one as a longer cue with the butt extension. since I don't like using the extension bridge. To each his own. It's my cues. I'm the one thats using them. You maybe thinking about why I use the cue/shaft for certain shots. Well it's not that I can't execute the same shot with one cue, I can. But I find using the other with lesser effort. Thanks for listening and being mature about it.

you dont start out trying to become a top pro. only after you get a high rating and decide pool is your future.

and few if any just get good hitting balls for days hours on end trying to get better playing for fun or by themselves.

the pool rooms i go to, all the better players are gambling when they play. those that aren't are all mediocre at best.