I always thought this was an objective measurement, and not subjective. Shooting long rail to long rail, one tip of english will bring the cue one diamond up the rail. Two tips of english will bring the cue two diamonds up the rail. Three tips of english would bring the cue three diamonds up the rail. That's a pretty objective measurement in my mind. At least that's what I was taught.

I wonder if Matchroom will pick Hoang for the Reyes again. There was no Hanoi Open this year and no word if it will be back. What is the business/revenue case for Hoang if Matchroom doesn’t go back to Vietnam?

I bet MR would like to add Januarta, but I don’t see two teens on the team. Manas will be on Team Asia again. Probably Yapp too.

If not Hoang, I’d like to see Naoyuki Oi.

Lowell said:

Are there any 800 + Fargo players with a fully sidearm delivery?

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I don't know about that, but I know there is a player that used to shoot right handed and now plays left handed that is 800+. Some people can adapt. Probably not all people though. I'm sure with some if you try to correct their bad mechanics you will ruin them.

maha said:

unless bob is still writing for it. or perhaps dave. i cant see anything worthwhile that could be in print that could justified buying.
unless you cant read and like pictures.

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Maybe you’ve seen it all, but I haven’t. Just $32 a year, and no, it’s not just pictures. Plenty of good information for people like me. Great story on Mika before he died.

maha said:

look back in the archives 60 or 70 years for some of bob's great informative articles.

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The archives are good too. Glad there is still one industry mag alive.

jax_joe said:

Last year here in JAX at both the International and the Predator event there were a number of Asian players including Capito using those inhalers. It didn't appear that any of them were sick/congested, anything like that.

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Many "decongestants" have stimulant properties.

When I saw him snorting that, I immediately wondered what WPA antidoping policy might have to say about whatever that was. The list of things you can't use is primarily normally prescribed medicines.

datnodude said:

Is there any remote evidence that it's working or do you all just love Rogan? If a celebrity is needed to help pool, cant they aim higher?

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Trump?

DrCue'sProtege said:

Ok, thanks for the info.

But I must ask - what shade of grey? Or is there only one shade of grey by CPBA cloth?

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Brah....go to their website.

No matter what color you play on....you won't be a rack runner.

lfigueroa said:

Just curious what the consensus was on racks.

I know there are the Diamond racks, the titanium racks, (way back the Sardo's), and the custom wood racks... so, do they really do the job better than your average house plastic/wood rack?

Lou Figueroa
don't care
about the templates

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I have a delta 13, and I think I prefer it to the plastic racks. I wonder if the wood racks would get indentations over time. I am choosing to not worry about it and use my delta-13.

Personally, I can't stand the noise of the delta-13 without some kind of insert (even a bad insert works wonders).

kollegedave

Plastic racks = junk

The Diamond wood racks are excellent, but previous comment about goop/crud brings it down a notch.

I’ve got a Delta 13 for home and never a bad rack, period.

Racks aren’t always the issue; good luck racking in commercial settings where balls are worn, mismatched, clingy/dirty, and where the cloth is deformed from dozens of people racking over hundreds of times in slightly different spots.