2026 Billard Beckmann Men’s Open

The sequence begins at 2:01:00 in this video, with a scratch on the 3 ball:
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After Wu's safe on the 4, Felix intentionally fouls the 5 to freeze it on the 10. Felix on 2.

Wu can't make the 4 usefully, and shoots it down-table leaving the cue ball stuck behind the 9.

Felix fails to hit the 4, on three fouls now (?!?).

Wu pockets the 4, gets position on the 5 to shoot it up-table, leaving the cue ball frozen to the back of the 10.

As Wu approaches his seat, he seems to warn Felix that he is on two. The railbirds pipe up, saying WTF, or the equivalent in Chinese, and Wu says something to Felix and the ref gets involved. Felix hits the ball but Wu wins the rack. The commentators say WTF to each other after realizing what happened. They had a scorekeeper counting the three fouls.

The ref said something to Wu after the rack, but it's not clear what. The ref clearly missed giving the warning twice. Wu also missed the warning after Felix's intentional foul on the 5. But....

It may be that even though this was the final, and there was a time keeper, the referee was still acting in "area referee" mode and was supposed to approach the table only when called over. I saw Felix call her over a couple of times from her position off-camera. Other than that, she only appeared around the table to rack. Assuming she was an area referee:

Wu failed to notify Felix that he was on two fouls for the intentional on the 5 as Felix came to the table, shooting from the back of the nine. When Felix failed to hit the 4 from there, he was again on two fouls, as he had not been warned.

The railbirds shouldn't have started chirping, but they did no real harm.

It is not part of the job of an area referee to keep track of the foul count.

Fortunately, the whole sequence had no apparent effect on the outcome of the match.

ref said just that to wu, "you did not warn him that he was on 2 fouls". but it was my impression that he shouldn't need to in a reffed final?

either way, well played final. glad to see felix win

Need some help

I just received my new Mid-American pool cue lathe. I set it up and was cutting the tip off of an old house cue to practice. Two issues. First the cutting tool is wanting to back off a little from the tip unless I hold the wheel that moves it forwards and backwards. Second it is leaving a small tit in the center of the tip instead of cutting clean. I watched a bunch of videos before receiving this and I seem to remember one of them mentioning something about this tit but I can't find it now.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.
You should ask the mods to move this to the Ask the cuemaker section. You're going to have experienced cuemakers there. Asking us railbirds is probably not the best option.

🎈Jim Buss 4 Points Cocobolo🎈

Jim Buss!

The cue was built in 2011 and is unplayed.
Cocobolo into Birdseye Maple with 4 veneers in black, green, brown, maple and lizard wrap!😉
I am a big fun of Jim Buss and have a lots of appreciation in his work. Not just that his cues are flawlessly built but they play great and his work had big impact on some younger cue makers among whom Josh Treadway stands out the most. Josh learned grom Jim and kept working in Jim's shop while he went in retirement.
Beside, Jim is ver, very smart guy who used to work for Boeing company.

Enjoy the pics!😁

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🎈Billy Webb 12 Points Cocobolo & Maple🎈

Billy Webb 12 points and 2 shafts
Cocobolo, Figured Maple, with Yellow, Orange, Green veneers. Matching ring work.
Signed 06/05
Butt 14.9 oz.
Shaft 1- 3.7 oz.
Shaft 2- 4 oz.

Enjoy the pictures and some information!😃😀😀

I guess that most of you never heard of Bill so here you are an opportunity to learn something and to get some insides.
I always liked and appreciated his work, workmanship but the way his cues play.
They are one of the best playing cues you can come across.
I was lucky enough to buy all collection and all cues except the 4 pointer are in test hit condition.
Enjoy the photos and here you are an introduction to Bill's work!😀
Better and more close up photos are coming soon!

Well Billy Webb, known on AZ Billiards as Spiderweb has finally received the recognition for his work that he deserves. The July-August edition of inside pool magazine has featured Billy Webb as the Cue maker of the month in their Cue Makers Corner, Written By AZ Member Fred Agnir.

Billy Webb, has worked for many years on perfecting his cue making abilities. Billy is a very humble individual who rarely tut-es his own horn, and this more than anything has prevented him from receiving the recognition he greatly deserves. Billy builds his cues along the lines and using the parabolic taper developed by David Paul Kersenbrock and also used in South West and bender Custom Cues.

Billy mostly built cues that have six points three high and three low with Veneers in most cases. However, over the years Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy Builds are very unique and include a combination of standard points in conjunction with Butterfly points. Very few cue makers can make cues that are even similar to these Butterfly cues due to the overlapping veneers form Butterfly Splice to Butterfly splice. As I have stated above Billy is very humble and plainly states that Paul Fanellli and Kyle Van Den Bosch (Mariposa Cue Company) make theb best around. Here is a direct quote made by Billy in another post concerning the two previous mentioned cue maker.

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🎈Billy Webb Ebony & Snakewood🎈

Bill Webb

Billy Webb Combination butterfly and cut points and 2 shafts.
Ivory joint, and ferrules on both shafts
Ebony, Snakewood, with Brown, White, Blue, Red veneers.
Signed 12/07
Butt 15.4 oz,
Shaft 1- 3.8 oz.
Shaft 2- 3.9 oz
Condition: new

Enjoy the pictures and some information!😃😀😀

I guess that most of you never heard of Bill so here you are an opportunity to learn something and to get some insides.
I always liked and appreciated his work, workmanship but the way his cues play.
They are one of the best playing cues you can come across.
I was lucky enough to buy all collection and all cues except the 4 pointer are in test hit condition.
Enjoy the photos and here you are an introduction to Bill's work!😀
Better and more close up photos are coming soon!

Well Billy Webb, known on AZ Billiards as Spiderweb has finally received the recognition for his work that he deserves. The July-August edition of inside pool magazine has featured Billy Webb as the Cue maker of the month in their Cue Makers Corner, Written By AZ Member Fred Agnir.

Billy Webb, has worked for many years on perfecting his cue making abilities. Billy is a very humble individual who rarely tut-es his own horn, and this more than anything has prevented him from receiving the recognition he greatly deserves. Billy builds his cues along the lines and using the parabolic taper developed by David Paul Kersenbrock and also used in South West and bender Custom Cues.

Billy mostly built cues that have six points three high and three low with Veneers in most cases. However, over the years Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy Builds are very unique and include a combination of standard points in conjunction with Butterfly points. Very few cue makers can make cues that are even similar to these Butterfly cues due to the overlapping veneers form Butterfly Splice to Butterfly splice. As I have stated above Billy is very humble and plainly states that Paul Fanellli and Kyle Van Den Bosch (Mariposa Cue Company) make the best around. Here is a direct quote made by Billy in another post concerning the two previous mentioned cue maker.

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🎈Billy Webb Osage Orange & Checken Burl🎈

♦️Billy Webb♦️

Forearm is Osage Orange with Checken Burl and black, yellow, orange, blue veneers.
Suspended butterflies at the joint and between the prongs.
Butt is Osage Orange with Checken Burl and same design and the same veneers and design as the above, from below the wrap.
Ivory Joint
Ivory butt cap
Wrap: Black with yellow spec linen
Shafts: 2 13 mm
Joint: 3/8x10 flat faced
Weight: 19.2 oz

Enjoy the pics!😃

Enjoy the pictures and some information!😃😀😀

About Bill Webb

I guess that most of you never heard of Bill so here you are an opportunity to learn something and to get some insides.
I always liked and appreciated his work, workmanship but the way his cues play.
They are one of the best playing cues you can come across.
I was lucky enough to buy all collection and all cues except the 4 pointer are in test hit condition.
Enjoy the photos and here you are an introduction to Bill's work!😀
Better and more close up photos are coming soon!

Well Billy Webb, known on AZ Billiards as Spiderweb has finally received the recognition for his work that he deserves. The July-August edition of inside pool magazine has featured Billy Webb as the Cue maker of the month in their Cue Makers Corner, Written By AZ Member Fred Agnir.

Billy Webb, has worked for many years on perfecting his cue making abilities. Billy is a very humble individual who rarely tut-es his own horn, and this more than anything has prevented him from receiving the recognition he greatly deserves. Billy builds his cues along the lines and using the parabolic taper developed by David Paul Kersenbrock and also used in South West and bender Custom Cues.

Billy mostly built cues that have six points three high and three low with Veneers in most cases. However, over the years Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy has been perfecting Butterfly Spliced cues in addition to his six point cues. The Butterfly Spliced cues that Billy Builds are very unique and include a combination of standard points in conjunction with Butterfly points. Very few cue makers can make cues that are even similar to these Butterfly cues due to the overlapping veneers form Butterfly Splice to Butterfly splice. As I have stated above Billy is very humble and plainly states that Paul Fanellli and Kyle Van Den Bosch (Mariposa Cue Company) make theb best around. Here is a direct quote made by Billy in another post concerning the two previous mentioned cue maker.

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