CocoboloCowboy said:

Your observation is a good one, I would be willing to bet Diamond has a Deal with Cesars to get some of the Room & Food Revenue. So it is win win for Diamond.

For year people have been complaining about the venue, food availability, price of restaurants. But until Pool Player & Spectators do not come, business will be as usual.

Never had to decide to go to DCC after it moved out of Lexington KY. Lexington has restaurants & lodging close to DCC location, but that was how it was before moving to middle of nowhere

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When was it in Lexington?

It all works for Diamond -- they make a boatload of money and tons of players enter from all over the world.

BUT

It is not for everyone. Maybe if you just go to spectate, or you're champion, or you just want to go and see what all the hullabaloo is about.

But it has long lost it's charm for myself and many other players that I know of. I wish them every success.

Lou Figueroa
their scheduling and
1pocket rules blow

I really like Fedor’s stuff. Works with one or two spritzes on the whole set.

-td

Chopdoc said:

More than ten years later I have an update.

This cue was made by Harry Sims for Charles "Cicero Chuck" Buban, the "CB" initials on the cue.

As it happens, I bought it from the original owner himself.

@mr3cushion do you know him?

How did I find out? I should have known all along, it was in our original communications about the sale, and I have those records. Somehow I missed his name!

This is part of what I have from those communications in March 2013:

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I know Chuck. Haven't seen him for a few years. Hope he's OK!

Side Bar: Maybe once a year I pick my Sims cue and play for an hour or so.

Harry's cues weren't a known for elite construction/science. He had in his mind (contrary to others) on geometry of a finished cue should be.
Screw the others.

He took a lot of grief from the elite cue owners/buyers.

When I pull that cue off my rack I see nothing wrong with how I feel with it. Sometimes I wonder why I went away from it. My answer for that is that Harry told me himself, it was time to move on. He suggested Longoni.

I played with My Longoni for 10 years? Thank you again Deno.

OK so here's why I wrote so much history.

I decided I couldn't live without a Dieckman cue. I found his phone number and called him to order a cue. Dennis didn't work that way. He had his own way with nearly everything. To make a very long story short, Dennis asked me to measure my shafts diameter inch by inch.

Dennis said that's very close to my modified European/universal shaft taper.

Great cue, price was lowered

Bump

maha said:

sjm that why i like vegas as the preferred choice.

all can find cheaper rates in the winter at least nearby. and the big plus is you can bring others with you who can find lots to do not pool related in town.
and winter weather isnt bad.

although the venue might not get as good of deals, but may at some of the smaller casinos, but maybe entry fees need to go up with the times.

100 bucks is the price of dinner out for two or breakfast out with the family. that isn't an entry fee but a ticket to a show.

and this way a major tournament can be a vacation as well and some may stay on after its over rather than ditching the joint as soon as they are out.

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I love Las Vegas, too, and I was there earlier this month.

Still, Matchroom tried Las Vegas, having the US Open 9ball there in 2019 and the Mosconi Cup there several times. I think it is probable that they moved these events out of Las Vegas because better deals were available to them elsewhere. Production costs must be managed aggressively if we are to continue to enjoy the wide array of major events that pro pool is now offering.

Worked in the same pool hall for 20 years. We always used rubbing alcohol in the ball polisher.

Just the Aramith cleaner. Good for the machine and also by hand

My wife spilled a glass of wine on the table last night . New felt already in transit.

SSP said:

+1 for Renaissance Wax, I learned about it here on this site and then researched the product, they use it in museums to clean priceless paintings and items, my thought was how bad could it be? I have a cue that has a CF butt with a leather wrap and CF shaft, I have been using Renaissance Wax for a couple of years and see no reason to change, works great, I even use it on the leather wrap, you won’t be disappointed.

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Thanks…..posts like you just created are objectively informative and also very persuasive.

JasonATX said:

It sounds like a black dyed ceramic coating. Not sure I'd pay $30 to find out though.

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Yeah, that price does seem pretty high. They make a lot of claims about how good it cleans and how it removes white spots on the shaft (I’ve not experienced that issue with my carbon fiber shafts, so I’m not 100% sure what they mean by that). I’m just curious if anyone on this site has tried this stuff.

Id find it funny if they are back wearing those Tuxedo attire.