loggerhead12 said:

I'd like to double-bank the 8 to win this game. I know it's a moonshot, but there aren't a lot of other options. How would you go about trying it? ...

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Whether it can be made or not depends a lot on the table. On many tables you will never get the correct angle off the second rail. Maybe your table is one of those.

Mark the balls very carefully and repeat the shot. Try nothing, left, and right. I think the best speed is just a little harder than to get the ball to the pocket. Shoot with each option until you get the cue ball to land within half a ball of the 15 on the second rail. If none of those work

The Old Jaybird said:

middle diamond of the near short rail, and hard, hard enough to go the length of the table 3 times, even though you only need 2, banking for the near right pocket.

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Interesting thought, similar to SBC's. You don't think the 9 is blocking that bank?

middle diamond of the near short rail, and hard, hard enough to go the length of the table 3 times, even though you only need 2, banking for the near right pocket.

Island Drive said:

My only retort, since most players are not 6'6'' like myself, I don't think the OP can comfortably reach the shot.

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Thanks. No issues reaching it.

Dang, that table's gotta be way down there for you.

skor said:

By the way, this whole CF vs wood debate just reminds me the debates from 25 years ago of LD vs standard shafts.
Eventually the top players adapted to LD shafts and enjoyed their advantages.

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Top players get sponsored. Sponsored players use the equipment their sponsors are trying to sell, or at the very least, equipment that looks, on camera, like it is the equipment their sponsors are trying to sell. That's the whole point of sponsorship. Very few players are good enough to pick and choose their sponsors so that they only have to use their own preferred gear. Free gear is generally better than gear they have to pay for, because as good players, they can play well with anything. To keep getting that free gear, they sing the praises of their sponsors' products, whether that gear is deserving of praise or not.

It is marketing hype that lower deflection is inherently better than higher deflection. They're just different. A certain amount of deflection is expected with any shaft. As long a a player consistently uses the same gear, they'll get used to playing with whatever amount of deflection that cue has.

Rusty in Montana said:

Wait a minute ........... that is Joe Montana !!!!! Ha ha

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Joe did turn 70 last month…

Patrick Johnson said:

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looks like @Zerksies ...

lejon1 said:

Hi all — I'm a retired engineer and billiards player, and I've built a training tool I'd like to share. Completely free, no account, runs right in the browser on desktop or tablet.

It's called CaromSim:

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The physics is based on Han (2005) and Alciatore. I made it as a teaching tool for my club and would love feedback — does the cushion and spin behaviour feel realistic, what's missing, what would help you practice?

Looking forward to all feedback.

Link: https://lennovation.neocities.org

Thanks for taking a look!

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Where are the pockets? How am I going to make a ball??

skip100 said:

People are talking Bergman up for Mosconi Cup on a big table but he can't even win on a barbox, his supposed specialty, against a guy AZB says has about $30k in career earnings. No thanks.

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Tom's a great player. Acting like he's not makes no sense.

Hard Knock Cues said:

I have Italian ancestry so during family picnics we always played bocce growing up. I'll be giving them a try tonight.

I'm looking forward to your website. I've used a site called namecheap for a domain and it only cost a few bucks a year to keep it.

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I might be able to do it on our company server, so I only have to register a domain. I have a name, but it is quite long, so I am not sure if it is a good idea. But all the good short ones are taken, and I want it to be descriptive as well.

So my idea so far was:
Billiard Games Library

Not sure if this might be too long for people to remember, but I think it is an easy name

couldnthinkof01 said:

Bank it into the 15 and hope for good luck

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And try to park Whitey up tight and under the 14...

David in FL said:

Why not designed for the home?

Assuming someone cares about the actual playability of their table, what do you think makes a Rasson or Brunswick "better for the home", than a Diamond?

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Patiently waiting to hear an answer to this question.

Island Drive said:

This is doable for two reasons.
1. 8 ball is dark has picked up more dirt, contacting with spin it will grab more unless you hit it too hard.
2. Use a horizontal 9 o'clock cueing with your goal to hit straight at the short rail with a speed that allows the spin you've transferred to the object ball to grab having 8 ball rotation applied.

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My only retort, since most players are not 6'6'' like myself, I don't think the OP can comfortably reach the shot.

gregcantrall said:

Well if you are want to bank it foot rail to head rail to bottom right pocket, I Don't like it. The second rail normally shortens from the angle of the first rail so that 9 ball looks to be blocking it.(Well for me) Well I don't see anything that I like. My hail Mary would be banking foot rail to top right past the 9 ball. Blocking the pocket would be hoped for as the foot rail side rail brush the 9 would be my goal. If a tad short and friendly table roll it might just drop but blocker gives at least a slight hope.

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if you had to bank
i would try to bank pocket speed to block that pocket or maybe slop it in
the double bank to the pocket you intended i think the 10 ball is very close to the path the 8 has to take