Jaden said:

Looks like either corn or hominy, spinach and cheese.

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I think that the entire shrimp and sauce topping is sitting upon some kind of fish, maybe cod...

spinninit said:

Is that sarcasm?

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No I just meant GL finding a FS Blank with sharp points for less than $500
So yeah maybe alittle sarcasm I guess

9 on the spot isnt traditional. better way to find a solution is to do something else and keep the rack traditional.
and hopefully the break shot as well.

jimmyg said:

Not sure exactly what's under the shrimp...doesn't really matter...

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Looks like either corn or hominy, spinach and cheese.

garczar said:

we're talking about magnetic barbox cueballs. D'sphere balls won't work in a magnetic ball return table.

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You only need a magnetic cueball for mag tables is my understanding.

Rusty in Montana said:

You must live in a large city to consider a pool room of that size . I hope you can make it happen some day !

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I would have to have a limited ability to play, it would be a retirement thing for me. I know what it takes to successfully run a business and I won't have the time as long as I can play still.

its a wish list

Baby Huey said:

Many an estate did not have records which would have cleared up financial situations. Siblings often face the same struggles with their parents estate. Who gets what and mom and dad intended me to get the “China.” Ok now what? Joe was a good guy but he didn’t hand out receipts/documentation etc on his consignments. If Joe wasn’t sophisticated enough to cover the potential issues that could arise, why would anyone think his wife would have the answers? Some of the cuemakers keep records on who owns their goods. This may end up taking years to resolve if it ever does. Very sad.

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Doesn't matter how difficult...estate has the legal and moral obligation to try and do it's best to return other people's property.

and have a giant budget. and lots of expertise in running a hands on business.

with food and other things like machines to make it work. along with a bar business.

vintagecollectibles831 said:

Gosh, I would not even know of a good source to buy one. Even this $50 option has a few bad reviews, saying that the cue ball does not work right.

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$25 for a fantastic phenolic Dynasphere cue ball from a reputable source.

Seyberts

Not sure exactly what's under the shrimp...doesn't really matter...

sjm said:

WNT has been 100% successful in its mission. The goal was never to eliminate the players' ability to make a ball on the break, but instead to make it more difficult to run the table after a successful break.

Ask any pro and they will tell you that the cut break makes getting a good shot on the two ball after making the one in the side less likely than in the past. In 2022, when Matchroom both tightened the pockets and implemented the new break rules (9 on the spot, narrow break box), they announced that their purpose was to "get more back and forth" in the play.

Players rarely string many racks anymore in WNT play. Only a few players run more than a three pack even once in a given WNT season. They'd all figure out how to make a ball consistently even if required to break from the head spot, and just as is the case now, they would find it harder to get a decent shot on the two than it was before the changes that were made in 2022.

Whether the tougher break that came with the 2022 changes is what's best for the entertainment value of the game is arguable, but Matchroom got exactly what it wanted.

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For those interested: I grabbed all of the tourneys reported here on AZB by AtLarge, assembled the data, and created some summaries. The data is all out there an knowable if anyone else wants to look into it. It's pretty interesting.

Overall, 1-on-the-spot vs 9-on-the-spot is a 1.7% difference for make-a-ball percentage. And the B&R percentage is even closer at .4%.

If you just look at the template rack numbers, the pros used to make a ball 87.6% of the time and ran out 39.2% of the time (1-on-the-spot). Now, they make a ball 74.1% of the time, but only run out 26.5% of the time. This is down more than 10% for each. I think the stacked benefit of the being able to control the cue ball, make a ball, and having cleaner layouts had a stacking effect on these numbers making the 1-on-the-spot way more breaker friendly.

Punchline: in the modern 9-on-the-spot era, pros are breaking and running 13% fewer racks (at ~1/4 of the games).

I was actually more surprised by the packages for both 1 / 9 on the spot. The pros still get 4/5 packs regardless of the racking method.

All that said, on the original question, I don't think putting the cue ball on the spot will meaningfully change the game.

-td

Jaden said:

If I were to open a bar/poolhall, It would have multiple rooms, the only bar boxes I would get would be diamond blue label; however, I would be promoting league, probably have league 4 nights a week, a barbox tourney one night a week and a bigger one once a month and a big table tourney one day a week, maybe two depending on business and a big table tourney once a month. The bar boxes and dart boards would be in one room and the ninefooters in another.

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You must live in a large city to consider a pool room of that size . I hope you can make it happen some day !