HawaiianEye said:

My opponent thought it was a bad dream.

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He was also part of your dream..?

HawaiianEye said:

Take your medications.

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What for..?

Tennesseejoe said:

Just to put this in perspective based on your questions. I am 83 and trying to maintain or better a 585 Fargo by playing in 2 eight ball leagues a week using a parallel aiming system. One pocket is my favorite game but I do not get a chance to play it much. My custom cue is Alex Brick/John Davis with an OB Classic shaft. Using a home table I practice several times a week trying to improve specific shots. I don't gamble except for chump change. Many years ago I ran over a 100 straight pool and 7 racks of 9 ball. So basically I'm trying to get a little better before 'gravitation' takes its final toll.

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If you've run 100 at any point in your life, you know the game inside and out. Full stop.
The OB Classic from what I recall is mildly low deflection, but not as low as the 314 series of Predators, or the current Predator Revo series.

Switching to a cue with a longer pivot point (which means less deflection), IDK if it will actually improve your game. But it's really easy to do, IMO, having done it myself. Your brain will re-adjust to the new aiming lines quite quickly.

On the other hand, and I'm contradicting myself here, I find it about impossible to adjust the other way, and go from a Predator cue to a normal house cue with high deflection.

straightline said:

These guys patently eschew big omelets (my new expression for BnR packs). All the guys on tour pass all kinds of bnrs. I think they'd rather stay in the game than blow it on glory. They will economize fuel and systematically work the opposition, picking off the inevitable gains.

Buddy Hall said he ran six (I heard one handed behind the back but that's not reliable info), ran six and who beat him?

Have no idea where this goes. I'd frankly rather string 50 racks every time I get up.

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What is it you're trying to say...?

Michael Webb said:

Amen
Just like building except you create and add an -A- joint.

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For that reason I think this is truely a "rebuild" case, not just repair.

Cosmetically it is a restoration, but the construction is a rebuild.

Lowell said:

I like the room itself to be dark but not the table itself

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That is what I am talking about.

Jaden said:

This is funny, you start with you weren't aware that members here are retarded and then proceed to state something that makes your OP moot... You can't make this $h17 up.

Yeah... makes sense, most special olympics contestants aren't aware that they're really special until it's pointed out.

All jokes aside, ya gotta have a thick skin around here buddy, trust me. This is over 20 years of regular posting talking.

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How very interesting...

I don't understand why people hate the shootout so much, it seems like the most fair way possible for a hill-hill match to be settled.

No lucky or unlucky rolls, just a pure test of mechanics under pressure.

HawaiianEye said:

I like over the table lighting.

I hate ceiling lighting.

Pool is supposed to be played in a dark setting.

Why?

Because I said so.

When I grew up, pool halls were dark and recreation centers were well lit.

Pool halls had beer, gambling, unsavory characters, etc.

Recreation centers had Dr. Peppers, no gambling, and unsupervised kids getting Cheeto dust on the tables.

I like pool halls.

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I like the room itself to be dark but not the table itself

WildWing said:

I imagine you had it repaired?

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This right here is what makes the incident a disaster.

muskyed said:

Ha Ha, that's the closest of the three about 26 miles, the others 33 mi and 38 mi ish. There is a cost to living away from the city, but so worth it.
There is zero glare to these lights, they are the best I have ever seen. Absolutely no spilling of light around the room.

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I like over the table lighting.

I hate ceiling lighting.

Pool is supposed to be played in a dark setting.

Why?

Because I said so.

When I grew up, pool halls were dark and recreation centers were well lit.

Pool halls had beer, gambling, unsavory characters, etc.

Recreation centers had Dr. Peppers, no gambling, and unsupervised kids getting Cheeto dust on the tables.

I like pool halls.

skogstokig said:

are you sure? the eurotour predator tables are tapped but these tables don't look it. i don't think they would be breaking from the side if they were

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I thought that I saw the referee racking without a triangle so I assumed that the table is tapped. But later I saw they use a triangle so probably not tapped.
Sorry for the confusion

Spot shot decider is stupid. But I did see old pro Ralf Souquet practicing it before a match in Las Vegas this year. Lo and behold the match came down to it and Ralf got by a much younger opponent. Age and cunning…

Jaden said:

A funny story about that. Most top players ensure they start off centered on the ball by starting with their tip placed at the base of the ball. For many years I did something similar but to make sure my tip started off, not only centered on the ball, but also the same distance from the ball everytime, I would line up over the top of the ball right in the center.

I've matched up and played with Scott Frost several times over the years and every time he would see me doing it, he would say "I know what you're doing there". lol

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In order to keep your "shot perspective" the same on every shot, you should try to distance yourself from the cue ball the same every shot.

If the table layout allows you to do that, you can align your eyes over the cue at the same downward "angle" into the shaft and shot picture. It is kind of like the glide scope view of an aircraft landing, you are looking downward and forward at the same view angle to the runway. Every airport, like a pool table, may have a different layout, but the main concern is lining up the aircraft with the runway and hitting it at the proper spot and angle. In pool, your cue tip is the aircraft and the cue ball is the spot on the runway. Following through causes the cue ball to become the aircraft because it is only going to go in the direction you hit it. Try to keep every landing the same.

This allows your mind to "picture" each shot the same way.

It becomes kind of like seeing and shooting "the same shot, over and over".

Rusty in Montana said:

Very nice pool hall ! I'm jealous that you have a pool hall close to home ! Ha ha

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Ha Ha, that's the closest of the three about 26 miles, the others 33 mi and 38 mi ish. There is a cost to living away from the city, but so worth it.
There is zero glare to these lights, they are the best I have ever seen. Absolutely no spilling of light around the room.