Twist that bank in cross side and hold your cue ball right there. Easy peasy!

Drop them in a bowl of water.
The ones that float are no good.
The ones that sink are the good ones.

Chopdoc said:

Kao Kao. 98.639% sure.

Similar to Lishan and Ada Chi (Adachi).

Many of these for sale on eBay in the last few years. Some very nice.

If you search their B2B catalog you might find it...or not...and there are something like 1,200 cues in that catalog.

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I couldn't find the exact model here, but you've pointed me in the right direction. Thank you so much!

sjm said:

Whether you're staying there or not, you may want to eat at the Gordon Ramsay Steakhouse at Caesar's, the one solid restaurant in a hotel where the food choices are not very good. Getting reservations there can be quite difficult and you must move quickly to get them. Some of the Derby dates are now bookable using the Open Table app. If you want a reservation, I wouldn't wait at all as you may find yourself unable to get a reservation there later on.

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Expect to pay something over $100 for dinner at Gordon Ramsay''s. The menu is available on-line here:


I can recommend the Exchange Pub, about the closest good restaurant in New Albany -- a 15-minute drive. Steak and fries is $32, fish and chips is $18.

I think any serious player needs to go to Derby City at least once. There are ways to make it less expensive. It really helps to have a car.

that gets the big guys to show up and of course the little guys get little or nothing anyway. they are there to just pay to play in it, and usually don't expect to win anything so they get what they want.

not fair, or course not fair. so if smart go but dont donate. play someone on the side for that money where you can have the best of the bet.
and double or even much more your money by only beating one person.

dhansen said:

Ricky Carranco is also on the schedule for the PPPQ

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For those who are puzzled by PPPQ, that's the first round of play and is the 48 lowest-ranked players who have entered. (PPPQ stands for pre-pre-pre-qualification) They play in 16 groups of three and the best player in each group advances to PPQ.

The 32 next highest-ranked entries now enter PPQ, joining the winners from PPPQ, forming another 16 groups of three. The highest in each group advances to PQ.

In PQ, 32 more higher ranked players join the 16 from PPQ and they produce 16 winners who advance to Q -- the Qualification Round.

In the qualification round, the 16 from PQ join only 20 new, ranked players to form 12 groups of three. The 12 winners advance to the first round of the main tournament where they are joined by the 20 top seeds for a 32-man tournament

PPPQ 48 -> 16
PPQ 16+32 -> 16
PQ 16+32 -> 16
Q 16+20 -> 12
12+20 = main tournament

Sooo... a PPPQ player has to win 4 3-man round robins to get into the main event.

In the Qualification round, you have players like Blomdahl, Forthomme, Polychronopoulos, and Peter Ceulemans.

This format allows lower-level players to get tournament experience. As I count it, there are 152 players entered.

Sensation said:

I know about poolbilliards.co and chalkysticks.com, but I was wondering if there was anything new or even better under the sun? Thanks!

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Sensation said:

I know about poolbilliards.co and chalkysticks.com, but I was wondering if there was anything new or even better under the sun? Thanks!

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If you are really primarily looking to draw table diagrams like your title said, then check this out and see what you think of it.

It's not a game or play simulator, if that's what you're looking for.

I came across it on a Reddit post by the person who built this very easy to use table diagramming web app. And I believe an iPhone app is either available now or coming soon, and Android coming later.

It is super easy to place, move and remove balls, including a ghost ball, draw solid or dotted lines, and mark position areas. The lines can show with an arrowhead or not. By default, lines automatically connect from one to the next.

You can also save multiple diagrams within the web page, and you can do a screenshot to share or save the diagram. (on mine, the in-app image download option currently brings up an error message).

It's very helpful when I have questions about a layout or a shot situation that I want to explain, or to ask my instructor about.

I don't know anything about the safety of the site, but Malwarebytes didn't complain when I opened it and used it. The developer has other apps and seems legitimate. There's no login required to use this one.

It's a little glitchy at this point, but very usable. I think it's in development still.

The developer is requesting suggestions within the Reddit post. Below is the web page and the link to the Reddit post.

Even without instructions, it's pretty easy to figure out.

However, here are a few things I discovered when first using it, that aren't readily apparent:

If you click the "select line" command for a previously drawn line, you have to HOLD the left click down on the line and drag it a little one way or the other to activate/select the line. Then you can bend and manipulate the previously drawn line.

To MOVE a ball that you have already placed on the table, select "Place ball" from the menu and then left click , hold and drag the ball to move it.

To REMOVE a ball from the table: Hold the left click on a ball for a few seconds to get an option to delete that ball. (The erase ball command in the tools menu does not seem to allow you to remove a ball, other than by also just holding the left click on the ball to get the option to delete it).

Also, regarding the lines. If you do not want the next line to automatically connect to where you left off on the previous line, (while still in the draw lines command), then click out of the "draw lines" option in the menu, and then go back into it. Then you can start lines from a new position.

Here's the (Windows) app web page:

And here's the Reddit post by the developer: