Okay Sooooo back on topic, kinda
The skill set is to have them believe that it's luck.
I never stalled but had different gears.shrug.

Mensabum said:

Had a big one about some Kennedy guy...

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I was a Boy Scout that helped create a walking path to the grandstands when he gave this dedication.
Login to view embedded media The security included snipers at the tree lines. Several choppers came in as part of security procedures.
I was 12 years old. A pretty big deal for a kid from Douglas City.

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Common sense —we refer to some past players such as Greenleaf, Hoppe, Mosconi, Lassiter as “greats” - they used tips made from one piece leather and I guess they worked “ great”
Equipment is far over rated if you don’t have the stroke under pressure and if your stroke delivery is not consistently correct for each and every shot.
Tip hardness is probably 75% of the feel of your cue’s hit. Other than that my opinion is the rest is all in your head - maple, carbon, steel, ivory, layered , not layered- does anyone think it really makes you better- after many years I say - not really - all just personal preference as we add options.

Funny that this thread has this timing. My wife and are are in the tail end of our trip to Japan. We went to Kobayashi Billiard Club today, our last day. I played a couple matches with different people...poorly I might add...bought some shirts. It was very fun to see the history.

Sorry, no pics

GideonF said:

For what it’s worth, here is a video capture with me moving forward slowly through the frame. I think I see the OB move before the CB hits the rail. ...

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I think that the first frame in which the four has moved is after the cue ball has hit the rail.

jaybee sucal to start against sean malayan. i wonder how this kind of social media notoriety affects a player's progression? especially in a poor country. he probably makes decent money doing what he's doing with the selfies and stuff. (i'm social media illiterate)

edit: gemini estimates 30–80k / year revenue just from social media for the kid. good money in the philippines.

Well how much chalk do you have? Get about a dozen cubes. smash it up to it is a powder. Put it in a baby powder bottle. Squeeze it out all over the table and rails. Use a table brush and brush the table and rails good to even out the chalk dust. That should do it pretty quick or you could use a cleaning brush with stiff nylon bristles that way it will nap the fibers up some.

looks like a bad hit to me

jay helfert said:

If it depends upon his showing in the PI Open good luck. This field is stacked with Pinoy killers.

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bergman has last year's runner up arseni sevastyanov in his next match today, likely on the tv table. after that it's probable he will face recent ranking event winner aleksa pecelj. then maybe chua or aranas. i don't think he's gonna make the MC team on points, but as a captains pick.

fish2 said:

In a 9 ball tournament, if you touch the CB while in motion after pocketing the 9 ball, it is considered a foul. Same scenario if you remove pocketed ball from the pocket to assist spotter for the next rack. In one tournament, Cheska Centeno, pockets the 9 ball and while she was about to remove some of the pocketed balls, Rubilen Amit rushes to her to stop her from touching the other ball as the CB was still moving. What happens if Cheska, touches the pocketed balls puts it on the table and at the same time her opponent does the same all while the CB is still moving?

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Just to clear up some potential confusion, unless one of the balls touches the CB, it is only a foul to clear the pockets while the CB is moving if you are playing an event in which the refs are using the stupid and officious EPBF rules - such as those put on by Predator Pro Billiard Series and their related events.

It’s not a foul on the WNT or any other reasonably run tournament. Nor has it been for decades (go watch any old Accu-Stats matches).

I confess a wee bit of bias.

heater451 said:

I was talking to someone about dealing with the safety where the object ball (like a final 8 ball, or next ball in a 9-ball game) is close to the cushion but not frozen, and the opponent gently rolls the cue ball against it, pretty much perpendicular to the rail. I told him that there is a video on the web--I think by Darren Appleton--showing different ways to deal with it, but while I found it immediately a few months ago, I cannot find it now.

Anyone familiar with that video?

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This one?

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GideonF said:

If you’re going to mention them, then maybe you could actually talk about them. What are they like? How do they compare to other break tips?

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Gator tips are made by Andy Gilbert.. Excellent hard leather tips good grips, chalk stays on well and they need very little maintenance.
These are denser and have a different quality leather than Kamui SAI, wich is a very popular break tip. Gator is much more similar to Zan Double Face. These are all layered leather tips and they are all very consistent.
If you want synthetic tips there's a lot to choose from, but generally chalk adhesion suffers, you may get a little more power from say a Horo black storm or Tiger icebreaker, but today with so many players using CF shafts, power is seldom the issue, most players are looking for control, especially on those 9 ball cut breaks.

Chopdoc said:

Thank you!

It works, but it's sideways. Do you know what year that is?

Fixed it. Rotated it.

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Converted PDF to PNG for those who would prefer it, plus it will display in the forum. The PDF is excellent, very high resolution. Reduced file size of .png to post.

xntriq said:

Here is a picture with a tape measure. Hopefully this helps. Thanks everyone!

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It is definitely a Mali.

It is missing the weights that came with it. I thought I had pictures of the weights but they must be on my other drive.

jtompilot said:

Build you own to match your table

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The Lord Nelson!

Cates82 said:

Looking for wrapped JMW with an ebony forearm.

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Buddy of mine has a Gorgeous one $6800

Kris_b1104 said:

Tyler needs to train in the Phillipines for 6 months straight, then quit.

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I swear I want to train there

Cheap perfume and cigarette smoke too.

Not quite sure what you are looking for. Spray starch and a warm iron may do it.