Quesports said:

Too much is made of a bit of wobble in cues no matter the age.

I started playing in the sixties with cues out of the rack on the wall. None of them were straight but a V lot of us shot some pretty good games with them. I was running 100 in straight pool with one when I was 18..

Used to love beating guys with a war club and they were great for hustling. Had a small piece of 120 grit sandpaper in my wallet to shape the tip and I was good to go…

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Belford said:

What joint pin is on the McDermott rear extension.View attachment 900484

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Badpenguin said:

In 2023 he lost to Jayson Shaw in round 5, Roland Garcia in round 6, at Derby. Maybe that is what you were thinking about.

In the 2024 US Open he lost first round to Lee Van Corteza 9-7, lost his next match in the loser round to Masato Yoshloka 8-3.

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Oze147 said:

I think whats interesting this year, is that it is not a century festival. A lot of grinding and fighting and a lot of that much more important 60 to 70 breaks.
And because of that my money is on Wu Yize. His win against Selby, who in my opinion is the toughest matchplayer on the tour, was very impressive. And while he had two or three high breaks against Vafei he is up 6:2 against Allen, again making those 70s at the right moment.

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Zerksies said:

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Lowell said:

Finding a good stance has been by far the most difficult thing in my pool journey.

For a while, I was just approaching the table in a way that just felt most natural, but unfortunately this seems to lead to crowding + flared out elbow.

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Paul Bell said:

I have Briggs one-piece cue sticks made sometime between 64 and 125 years ago. This was the period in which the O.L. Briggs & Son company was in business in Boston.

Can you tell me what kind of wood was used from looking at photos?

The wood at the butt is darker in the 18 and 19-ounce cues than that in the 16 and 17-ounce cues. See photos


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