KINGSCOURT905 said:

lol that says it all, i keep reaching for the masters at end pocket too even after trying the fancy stuff. how long does a cube usually last you if you are chalking pretty much every shot

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They last for awhile. As long as my tip has a fair amount of chalk or covered, that is more than enough. If you were that guy that keeps on chalk drilling 10 times on every shot, that chalk might be toast in 1 day.

BobbyD963 said:

Possibly, but without it you can forget about getting position on 90% of your shots. Its still a crucial component to a players game. If a beginner picked up a pool cue for the first time and wanted to learn, im certain there would be an effective way to teach them.

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I've watched a lot of beginners, I spent a few years hanging out with instructors at my university.

Most beginners want to jerk the cue back, completely avoiding any follow through. This is obviously horrible.

When you teach those beginners to 'concentrate' on following through, they start adding a push after the ball. This is almost as horrible.

So, what I am saying is that it is better to tell beginners to 'allow' their stroke to finish. Don't teach it as an action that is desired because that makes them try to force a follow through. Explain that the deceleration after the stroke is natural, and that they only need to let their body and their cue dictate how long it should be. Don't fight it, don't force it. The easiest thing about pool, just don't do anything.

I think this is a very good result for Glenn Hofman. I don't recall him being in a finals before.

sam74 said:

I messaged the guy and and he said he thought it was the clear coming off from sitting in a case. Maybe he saw that post above? Says it doesn't look as bad as the pics and the "wood looks fine".

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The pics are close-up. I don't doubt it does not look so bad from farther away, but it definitely is damaged. A refinish might risk the F logo, which would destroy the value from that perspective.

Lowell said:

the cue ball doesn't make contact with the 8

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What part of the country is that? Lol.

Lowell said:

Most pool bars I go to have sign up boards to challenge the winner

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Fancy

So, I went to the pool hall in the early afternoon yesterday.

Several people playing/practicing. They all had CF cues and used gloves.

There were some guys at a table, seemed to be league players. One of them had the CF cues, glove, and even a pool shirt. Looked like he was going to enter the Tour De France. He had a pretty sporty looking colorful cue case too, I think many naugas died to make it. It was...colorful.

I was playing with my Joss, wearing a T Shirt, jeans, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat. Why do I feel out of place?

KINGSCOURT905 said:

nice, one dime out on the right side, i am mostly breaking from the same kind of spot too. do you move it much when it goes dry or do you stick with that spot and just change the speed

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Same spot, just aim for ball 2 on the right side.

KINGSCOURT905 said:

haha that makes a lot of sense philly, i am the same way with the little stroke across the tip lol, i think i do it more out of habit than need most shots. do you find you stay down better when you slow that stroke down a bit or is it just automatic for you now

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I wish it were automatic. I think about too many things.

336Robin said:

I've helped clean tables using a gallon of clean water and a cap full of woolite.

The tables were vacuumed and cleaned really well x 2 or 3 before the scrubbing like you described.

It was amazing how the tables turned out. This was at Chandleys in Statesville which is no longer there
but it worked so well it extended the life of the cloth and no one complained.

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When you say a gallon of water and the woolite can you explain a little more how you got that water/woolite on the cloth? With a soaking wet cloth doused in it just one small section of the table at a time, or just poured directly on the cloth?

KINGSCOURT905 said:

haha that is a great story, i love that the young guy just went over and challenged them anyway lol. do you still get out with that saturday group much or is it mostly you on your own at the small halls now

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I've just started going Saturday's during the day time (which is when they play). I'll change work shirt to street clothes, then go shoot. I went once in uniform, it was confusing for introductions. The bar and grill owner works day shift, so I got to finally meet him. **Work shirt has my nickname from the Army, Popeye. My id and debit card have my legal name. I am a Jr. and grew up being called by a nickname for my middle name.** I will probably go again this Saturday afternoon and see if they want to play, once I get off work.

Thank you everyone for the kind words. I appreciate my pool playing/cuemaker family!

Bavafongoul said:

I really like the Pagulayan chalk cube shape and what’s not to like about TAOM Chalk. So it is the best combination, IMO.
However, when it comes to pool balls, Pagulayan really blew it. This design rates a F along with some Dynasphere designs.

Centennials are admittedly my favorite but Aramith Tournament is a great design and I could tolerate the Rhodium design too.
However, these are just ugly, worse than Predator’s Black design. I posted so that I could get feedback from forum members.

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Unattractive to the point of downright ugly. Why do all these manufacturers keep trying to improve on something which was considered the norm, and perfectly fine, for so very long?

This makes me want to buy a second set of Centennials just in case the colors and design suddenly changes, and I'm someday stuck with something this hideous.