other than the Ultraskins, I have grown to like the Tiger Onyx tip a lot. I still love my Ultraskin Pro due to it's consistency and less likely to miscue with it, but I have been really impressed with the Onyx especially when I'm using it carefully to it's real potential and within it's limits. I would say that I like it better than the Fire Medium Ultraskins. the Onyx Medium comes close to the Pro tip in performance.

come on guys, anyone in nyc is welcome to test this is welcome. im looking to buy a big cue and need to move some items.

Bob Jewett said:

For some people, if you loan them a little money, you never see them again, and that's worth it.

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David in FL said:

Rules have to be written so there's no ambiguity or "judgement" necessary in every situation.

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The rules aren't in place to cause drama...They are in place to prevent it.

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Paul_#_ said:

Can you point us in the direction of them there nuggets of gold?

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I personally do not like using "pivot" methods any more than I have to....but here is an example of a specialty type shot that comes up and a "method" of CTE...(but not "Stan's" CTE) that can be applied......

I use this on really thin rail cut shots... say you are cutting the OB into the left corner pocket that is very near the end rail and is a super thin cut.

If you line up the (left) point on the cb where it first touches the cloth to the right point of the OB where it first touches the cloth....(these are two specific points that are easy to line up in a straight line.....place your cue on a straight line point to point and then (keeping your bridge hand solid) pivot to center CB you have "effectively" lined up edge to edge and will slice in the ball and people will think you are some kind of eagle eye....

The reality is that I am far from an eagle eye but am easily able to see and line up those two points...the pivot to center effectively removes the extra thickness of the cut and as long as I can stroke through center CB the shot cuts in....

Now mathematically I can't tell you this process is exactly correct edge to edge...so it may depend on your visual interpretation of where the ball touches the cloth and how much pivot to center......but the process is repetitive and once you have it down it becomes automatic.

Does not mean you are going to make every super thin shot you see because the thinner the shot is the more precise the hit needs to be to pocket the ball and my stroke is.....ahem.......not always straight......but I make more with this method than any other method (for this specific shot) so this is the "nugget" I use to make them.

A similar shot that really gets the OMG! who the "F" is this guy is when the ball is "frozen" to the end rail.....line up the same points (but don't pivot) just keeping the cue straight up from where the CB touches the cloth lined up straight to where the OB touches the cloth apply a touch of low (left)...speed is important but the resulting deflection/swerve barely rail first spin will send the OB down the rail in the pocket.....You will get asked to show how you made it.

Bob Jewett said:

For some people, if you loan them a little money, you never see them again, and that's worth it.

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I learned that one the hard way. Lost a close friend that I had known 15 plus years over money. Nowadays, I almost never lend money without collateral unless I don't expect to get it back.

maha said:

him- "hey can you loan me some money"
me - "sure what have you got to put up"

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I've ended up with a few cues that way. I've even "sold" a few of them back to the original owner later on when they had the cash.

DynoDan said:

It may have something to do with my playing 14.1 exclusively. The corner shots are starting to bobble, but the rails don’t get much wear.

Polished balls seem to spread the pack better, and cut at the correct angle without using any outside.

I assumed banks were supposed to follow a geometric angle, and not go progressively over-long as the angle widens (?). On the 9’ tables where I learned. a ball in the pocket throat hit centerball at the 2nd diamond across/downtable, alway went 3 rails into the opposite corner, though ball & cloth conditions WERE quite different back then. That shot can never go here, even hitting just short of the side pocket, and regardless of any english used.

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The ball bends every time it hits and leaves a cushion. The ball rolls into the cushion, cushion bounces it away, ball wants to keep rolling in the initial direction.
Mathematically you get incidence = reflection. Poolthetically, you get pretty lines caused by friction and inertia.

iusedtoberich said:

Kenny's a bum. Always has been. Always will be. AND I LIKE THE GUY, HAHA. I've known him for about 25 years. He's always been broke. Anytime he gets a dollar he loses it. He's funny to be around. He's great for action. He's a legit decent player. But never lend him a dollar unless it's a pure gift from you to him. Everyone in Philly has known this since 1999, but he didn't get known nationally as a bum until he started going to the DCC. That's how he got over on a bunch of guys that loaned him money at DCC and far-from-home tournaments over the years.

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That and he is a cocky prick who knows MMA. He will screw over the wrong guy someday.

He got me for $100... I called him and told him to take his wife to dinner, then buy his kid a pair of shoes. Every time I see him since he don't even try to act tough with me. World class loser.

Spoiler alert . . . MaCauley Culkin makes a buzzer beater to take it down for the kids.