Chopdoc said:

It could have a Predator shaft on it no matter who made the butt.

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It didn't have a Predator shaft when I saw the cue, and that would have been about 2000, give or take one or two. Bear in mind, at that period of time, guys hadn't largely gone to Predator shafts just yet, but that was to change shortly.

A bit of memory, the very first well-known tournament player I saw with a Predator shaft was Mike Davis, probably a little after that, playing in a tournament in Rockville, Maryland. That was the first-generation Predator shaft, which had a longer ferrule that later generations, but I could tell it was just a bit shorter than the standard one inch, so it did look different. The rest of course, is history, as a lot of guys went with Predator soon.

Doc, when I pass away, you may want to section my brain to see what kind of cue memories can be extracted.

TheGrandWazoo said:

Aramith ball cleaner MSDS
Aramith ball Restorer MSDS

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Can you translate for the non-technical? All I can tell is it has mineral oil and orange peel cleaner?

fastone371 said:

If there was no advantage to competing in women sports as a male I would think we would see trans males competing in male sporting events.

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I don't believe any gender-based physical advantages apply to pool. As has been discussed, the male "advantage" is just the difference in how many take the game seriously, especially at a younger age.

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OK, good luck in your search-

-dj

Bump

The wildcards have all been determined. The list in the first post has been updated. (I didn't check on late changes to names already listed.)

Edit: Here are the changes from the initial list...

Old ------------------------- New

< Franklin Hernandez --- > Jose Ramon Diaz
< Hai Long Le --- > Sbander Paulino
< Matchroom Wildcard 2 --- > Sharik Sayed
< Lu Hui Chan --- > Roberto Gomez
< Kuo Hsuan Wei --- > Amauris Duran
< Mike Castronova --- > Konnor McFadyen
< Matchroom Wildcard 3 --- > Carmon Caudell
< Đan Nguyễn Giá Lắm --- > Dang Nguyen Gia Lam
< Cody Booth --- > Pascal Dufresne
< Erica Worsdell --- > Erica Pennington
< Ali Bivehgani --- > Carlos Gomez
< Matchroom Wildcard 1 --- > Rodney Carpenter
< Del Sim --- > Yohan Sanchez
< Carlos Nurinda --- > Tyler Little
< Matchroom Wildcard 4 --- > Mark Muir
< Andrew Shultz --- > Brent Worth
< Ricky Evans --- > Manuel Velez
< Andri Januarta --- > Jinsop Suqui
< Martin Daigle --- > Miguel Salvilla
< Hsieh Chia Chen --- > Carlos Dominguez

Here's a thread about the tournament including a list of players...

Nick B said:

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Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fattest of them all?

Denver boy here. Wow. Danny Medina. What a star. What a talent. And a good dude too. I was young and used to just watch him. I learned a lot about speed control and position from him. If alive today, I’d put him in nearly any mix. RIP

garczar said:

Yrs ago a friend bought a local guy in one of the Tulsa Billiard Pace monthly opens for next to nothing. These events drew TOP grade talent b ecause of the 24hr action. Well, this local cat doesn't buy half himself and ends up in SECOND. My buddy went to jelly him and he thought he deserved half. WTF??? The guy made no attempt to buy himself but still wanted half. He stormed off like the delusional nit he was.

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Unfortunately this is fairly common. Jeanette Lee tried to buy half of herself after the fact. The bidder quiet reasonably refused. I think she has a history of that but I will stick to the one time I recall the details fairly well.

A player thinking they should get half with no risk is being ridiculous. Indeed, even ten or fifteen percent can be ridiculous depending on the real costs the bidder spent to win. Many players see this jelly as a requirement, it isn't as players find more and more when outside bidders win. The bidder might have bet tens of thousands that weekend on that calcutta, other calcuttas, horses, dogs, poker, on and on. Plus any smart gambler is keeping a running tally of where they are at for the year or longer. If they are having a great year they might be inclined to toss a little jelly but I can't picture them tossing more than a few thousand regardless of what ten or fifteen percent is.

While on the subject, unless specified in the rules for the event, the buyer isn't under obligation to sell the player 50%. Many players get out of joint about this but have no problem not buying fifty percent if they don't like the odds or don't have the cash. Seems like players wanting to have everything their own way! If I were a bidder it would depend on the way I planned things when I was buying the calcutta.

Hu