and the billions of dollars that are being bet on legal sports books and illegal ones. lotteries, horse races, poker, blackjack and all the casino games.

yet some say betting gives pool a black eye. hogwash. its just they don't bet on things they can win at. yet bet at lots of things through insurance where they have way the worst of the bets. but foolishly justify that.

bbb said:

and any other way you see how to connect pool balls to pockets
thanks in advance

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You calling me out for what? May I ask?

The geometry just assigns finite and "immutable" metrics to those round things. You know like maybe you've watched a carpenter work?
RKC - hope he doesn't mind being thrown into this conversation but this is the best reason for CPG. He has a video for covering a pool table. In it he includes all the details including _ruling for stretch compensation_.
Please don't try and draw a literal analogy to table recovering. (I wonder how many of these you can get away with?) Please read on...

bbb said:

How do you know what to aim at?

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I took this one outta turn. Sorry You and Lou.

straightline said:

Holgraphic sense. Golfers prolly have it along with all encompassing egos. Shots will always sit the same in your awareness. They become a language and just are. Cosmic Transversal Existentialism without the book and silly instructions.

In my not so humble thinkage.

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boogieman said:

I know certain shots til the point I don't have to think about them. It might take a player 100+ intentional shots to learn how 2 rail shape works, where it breaks down, etc., but once you understand that you can just let your subconscious extrapolate. Just look at the shot, it looks good or it don't. I'm not bashing systems or physics either, knowing what to expect, where the author says the system breaks down, and testing your limits against what you read, etc. is a great way too.

That said, I still don't know the price of tea in China.

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I'm pretty sure you are stable in career and poolage so I'll add this:
Purely holographic/Zen/natural systems are prone to normal drift as well as failure by deliberate and calculated interference (sharking, say...) Because of this, the practitioners may require extra ego - ingrained by privilege maybe - IDK, to compete comfortably at championship levels. Many fall anyway; drugs, other vices, debt's big... The high life is real expensive. End obvious|

iusedtoberich said:

If the OP doesn't have any idea of their value, I'm curious what he paid and when. Wouldn't that be a good starting point of their present value? Then go up or down from there.

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That is a valid point but he already knows those figures. Sharing them with others has no-zero-zip-nada to do with what they are worth.

Tooler said:

Searings are $10 (min of 2)
Throughbreds are $10
Hows are $28
Triangles are $38 for 50....... I drop them in water. If they sink, keep em. If they float, shit can them.

I have a hard time justifying the cost of the How tips, but they are a great tip.

Triangles just rock. Never been a big LePro guy.
You may have gotten a bad one. If it was me, I would try at least one more LePro, if that was my tip of choice..


Searings---- http://precisiontip.com/
Thoroughbred---- https://www.thoroughbredtips.com/
How tips ---- https://www.amazon.com/Professional...rds-Accessories/dp/B0831CMVBY?ref_=ast_sto_dp
Triangles --- https://www.amazon.com/TRIANGLE-CUE-Tips-14mm-Box/dp/B07GNTMDLP/ref=sr_1_3?wcrid=37FRVCJMQAOCJ&keywords=Triangle+cue+tip&qid=1647896228&sprefix=triangle+cue+t,aps,1095&sr=3

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A cuemaker friend said he water tests elk masters as you do Triangles...and he said only 3 or 4 are good out of a box of 50. How many Triangles would you say are good from a box?

2 shots:

Sheldon said:

I couldn't help but be reminded of TAR. (The Action Report)
This could be a great thing for the fans.
Scott is a really good commentator, with him and Carl in the booth it should be a great match.

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I had the same thought. What happened to TAR anyway? I disagree with the notion that pool needs to distance itself from gambling. Just look at the success of poker.

dendweller said:

I think one good comparison between the two is the process of starting either. With pool, a beginner will normally get the hang of stroking the cue and sending the cue ball toward the object ball. Success is when the ball goes in the intended pocket. With golf, success for a beginner is getting decent contact on the ball regardless of where it goes. That goal, solid contact with the ball stays with you as long as you golf. You'll often hear golfers say, I scored well, hit the ball like crap.
Funny thing is, you can hit the ball like crap most of the round but the couple times you flush it have you coming back the next day.

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Hitting the cueball maybe, but actually having even an amateur stroke.......probably not.