Bob Jewett said:

You must have missed the tournaments in the early 2000s when all the pros were breaking soft and making the wing ball every time. Bustamante was breaking about 10mph ... I think I saw that in the world championship.

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I didn't realize it was that widespread- perhaps with the 9 ball racked on the spot it wouldn't happen as frequently.

I know that Match Room is totally opposed to 10 ball, but perhaps that would be partial solution. I also know that guys have perfected the 10 ball break, but they usually don't break soft in 10 ball.

Not to add another wrinkle to this stuff, but my opinion many of the jump shots they do are not legal. When I learned to jump balls you hit about a third of a cue ball causing the cue ball to bounce. Those guys are practically hitting the table. The ferrule of that cue is almost certain to come in contact with the cue ball.

iusedtoberich said:

Can anyone figure out what this rack area is? Looks almost like two spots? I'm lost what I'm seeing.

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The far spot looks like it's the foot spot. The nearer heavy spot is a mystery. It's too close to the foot spot for a second spotted ball. You can see all of the positions of the nine ball rack. I wonder if they were tapping/training the table.

Simar4115 said:

Acquired a sweet Bob Owen rosewood full splice with flame veneers, made in 2014. It looks like it the original tips are on there which need to be changed. Still hit like a dream. Does anybody know what tips comes standard on a Bob Owen Cue so I can replace them? Thank you in advance.
- Simmons Martin

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Maybe just install your preferred tip....
If the tip is 14 years old,
Actual replacement not perform the same anyway.
shurtzcue.com is Bob's site-
You can email Bob there.

loggerhead12 said:

It wasn't magic, or digital artifacts, or seismic activity, or ghosts. Occam's razor. His cue hit the 9.

Why are we even questioning this? I predict a @dr_dave video by Tuesday at the latest.

For everyone else, maybe next year.

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JFTR, I mean Vegas show magic. IOW anything fakeable will be faked. It's cheaper for one thing...