Two points.

#1. Correct me if I’m wrong. (I have no concerns you will follow through on that.) I believe Dennis Hatch is undefeated in his MC matches. This says something about the kind of personality you need to have in order to perform at your top speed at Alexandra Palace. Do you think Jack Breit or Johnny Ervolino would have missed those nine balls?

#2. Matchroom wants to make pool more popular. As I studied the videos of the gray felt against the gray frame of the table, both in the grim, joyless Brutalist/Industrial style so popular now in design, I had an image in my mind but could not pin it down. Some object that was as far from billiards and mass appeal as it could be. After two days of trying to identify that image it came to me. A catafalque.

jokers_wild96 said:

Professional Series Large Bore Cue Lathe​

You can build cues on this lathe. Only thing you would probably not do is shafts because I don't know if they make taper bars for this. But with the right attachments you can make multi point cues on this.

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I've built cues on this lathe and added a taper attachment from ebay to do butts and shaft.m it mounts in the tailsstock and you dial the taper you want , once you have your gantry dialed in. This pictures shows a tapered shank maybe m3, however they sell the 10mm straight shank which works nicely in the tailsstock

Cool they don't even charge for admission. No interest in the doubles event but will be there for the rest. The men's tournament has a nice field too.

Is it also a fridge magnet? I lose things if I don’t stick them to the fridge

gregcantrall said:

Well I borked the joke. The punch line is "he didn't shoot."

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Sure.

june-bug said:

I agree with you Biloxi. I received #76 from Anton some time ago. While its not my main player, I do find myself picking it up often and shooting a few racks. Its a great hitting cue for sure. Wish I knew what tip was on it.

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Now I need to grab mine. I Iron-Cheffed mine (Brandon Jacoby did) into something spectacular.

jasonlaus said:

maybe.

It's hard to explain to people that a losing player cannot help you win, they just don't understand math

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It's actually really easy to understand: SVB has a better chance of beating the Euros than anyone else in the US. Let's be real: there's only 2 world class players in the US and as soon as you get past the top 8-10 they get shut out. Shane may not be winning, it may not be a good event for him, but there's literally no one else that can do better.

Trying to build a new team from established players outside the current group is just going to result in a shutout. It's a fundamental lack of talent. Getting rid of the talent you do have solves nothing.

There is no "next year" fix for Team USA. If anyone with money and connections actually cares, they'll grab a bunch of young talent and start working towards winning 5 years from now. But you need depth of talent before you can start splitting the historical performance and environment hairs.

Samiel said:

I was watching this video...

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Both had great strokes, with The Miz seemingly a bit less smooth here (to me). This is on a Senior tour, so definitely not in their prime.

For those who've seen them both play in their prime, who had the nicer stroke?

The Miz is always mentioned when stroke is involved, but Buddy is definitely always mentioned among the greats.

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You guess they don't show it clearly? From my screen.
The pics are great!
I'd like to see a drop test on the cloth with a corner edge to prove you point.
If it didn't cut that great.
No room owner ever wants to replace cloth till it wears out.
Divots in Simonis or any cloth, speak loudly $$$$$$$$$$$

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gregcantrall said:

I recall the story of Efren's first appearance as Ceasar Morales. Including playing all challenges back to back to back. Buddy was the only one to win a set.
Definitely a smooth stroke and operator as well.

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Operator indeed