lakeman77 said:

GC cushions can be changed but not the pocket shelves. Diamond shelves are deeper. And the height and shape of the rails are different. I tried it. It's a GC3 with Diamond rails
If you want a Diamond buy a Diamond.

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This.. nothing wrong with the way a gold crown plays butttt it is a lot easier and cheaper to find an old gold crown and change the pockets then it is to buy a diamond. Some people don’t have unlimited funds lol

as easy as it is to get patches why would anyone want patches they didn’t earn. . I got piles of them. I’ve had matches where I got as many as 5 in the same match

skor said:

Where did you get the 3 sec case?
That is more interesting as they are really hard to find

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This was the vendor in vegas that had a ton of them. I almost bought a jb case there but when they ordered the cases they had their name stitched into the case which I wasn’t a fan of paying that much to then advertise for their company lol

skor said:

I have a JB case.
I'm not a big fan of the insert, everything is too tight, I got a 3x6 to be used as a 2x4 / 2x5 so it won't be too tight.
There are pros and cons to JB cases just like to any other.
I'm thinking about a 3sec as it is lighter.
I so a video in which JB replaced the interior of the 3sec with his interior. He actually said that the 3sec i well built and the protection is OK, not as good as his but OK, I've never heard him say that on any other production cases with soft dividers.

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It looked like a quality case. I just wanted something customized exactly as I want it with colors and my name and such. These days I just play with predator cues so I’m not really worried about over the top protection anymore. The predator butterfly case I’ve used for the better part of maybe 10 years has been more then sufficient . I’ve thrown it in my luggage to goto Vegas multiple times lol

On another note I’m hoping the butterfly case I’m getting isn’t quite as tight. I had a jb mason style case and I loved it but it was just a little too tight for my liking.

slide13 said:

That's really nice! I LOVE my King case but I am a little jealous of that new pocket design, I would love having the full zip pockets on mine

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Might be worth asking him if he can modify your existing pockets.

Hey everyone,
I’ve seen a lot of players proudly showing off their APA patches — definitely a great way to celebrate achievements. It’s awesome that APA offers these patches for free. Do they still send them by mail, or is there a new process now?

All aiming is, is pattern matching your current "shot picture" to your subconscious prediction systems picture database. It doesn't necessarily have to appear 'straight' or 'aligned' (although that does help).
Building consistently is what matters most here. As long as you get your eyes in the same spot over and over and over again, (doesn't matter how wonky the shot looks, as long as it looks the same wonky every time), you will build up an internal mechanism to predict what will happen on the table based on that specific visual. That's all you really need to be able to 'aim' - or in other words - predict what is going to happen.

I only have an oversized 8' in the Centennial

tattoosbyjay said:

Any cues out there for sale with a szamboti forearm big Jim cue or Palmer bicentennial

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what's a "Big Jim" cue, who made them and apprx when?

Thanks in advance