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in pool rooms it was a strategy shot and never a foul. you regularly knocked a ball near his hole and onto the floor.
or knocked it in and jumped the cueball off the table which was a foul. especially when that was his winning ball.
and cue ball fouls only. all object ball fouls no matter how many moved or where, the opponent just put them back where they were as best he could and without giving you any advantage.

they arbitrarily changed pool room rules and standardized their rules a few years back on one pocket .org. which most tournaments follow now.
which probably is good.
but each pool room uses its own rules which you decide before the game and before a shot if there is any issues.

In my opinion, snooker was never evolved as pool when it comes to equipment and cue tips are not different.
For years when pool players were already all over layered tips and finding tips that do not mushroom, hold shape and more consist, snooker player just kept using the good old Elk Master which is a soft tip that mushrooms a lot so they stopped bothering with grooming it every five minutes like a pool player would and accept it as it is. getting used to it is a lot less fuss over the tip, just like snooker players fuss less about equipment in general.
These days with new young players, you see more players care about what they play with and more tips options that mushroom less.

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Let me add something to this.
Idk if this is what they were looking for when they developed these shafts, but it played more like a wooden shaft than any other CF I've tried. Perhaps due to the density of the foam.
Y'all know I'm not partial to CF shafts, so if I say it plays well, nuff said.

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my guess is that the CF shafts market is heading into two directions:
1. The custom made route - for those who seek "wooden feel" and used to play with standard solid wooden shafts, so higher deflection is not a big issue, these guys look for feel over performance, they fall into the category of "can't teach new tricks to old dogs"

2. The performance route - here you'll find the big manufacturers, it all about performance, power delivery and deflection reduction, you just get used to the feel with time and practice.

Pretty much like the world of pool was 30 years ago when Predator came out with the 314 shaft, it gave performance yet many old timers didn't like how it felt... few years later and other companies jumped the low deflection and performance wagon and most serious players adapted to performance shafts. Same today, the serious players will go with performance shafts, old dogs and collectors will go with the "feel" route.

I'm disregarding the 3rd route - the cheap crap that doesn't give performance or feel...

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fastone371 said:

Flipping thru screens in a digital format just isn't the same as turning pages of a magazine. Searching thru digital catalogs is also much more time consuming than flipping thru a catalog. Its pretty easy to bookmark a few pages for reference when searching or comparing items vs flipping thru screens.

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True. But I can read the magazine digitally at night with the light off and my wife asleep without disturbing her.

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sjm said:

Of these, only Chua would be considered a top 9ball player. Cannot blame any of them. If they can make a good living at home, why travel? Where's the problem?

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Agreed. More players from Taipei and the Philippines will go there because the money is good, but so far only the Ko brothers and Chua were major contenders for a WPA-WNT title.

I don’t think Chua is entirely done with traditional 9-ball. He was messaging FB supporters to watch the U.S. Open on ESPN. I would be surprised if he doesn’t play in the Philippines Open. Doesn’t look like there’s a competing Duya event.

Very few Westerners will defect to Duya, though.

It will be interesting to see what young Asian stars do, namely Januarta and Manas. Pool variants in China don’t the same historical prestige as the U.S. Open and WPC. Someday it will if it maintains popularity and big prizes, but that day is far off.

In any case, the WNT and WPA tours will be fine, even if their prize funds pale in comparison.

Meantime, Duya should make their tour super easy for Westerners to access via YouTube and FB, in English. I’d definitely be interested in watching Chua play.

I think this 'Drill/Test' is an example of using 'Soft Hands'!

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