TroyBTN said:

Buddy Hall was the best pool player of all time. There was one year when He won like 15 major tournaments in a row.

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wrldpro said:

I appreciate the interest in any high runs. At this time 4 inch pockets wouldn’t have much interest because the numbers would be to low. It could work but it’s never been done. Certainly anybody else is welcome to run an event with 3.5 or 4 inch or whatever size pockets and even a bar table or a 10ft. Table.

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BarenbruggeCues said:

Good catch on the veneer. I missed that. easy to fill and blend in IF the new owner would feel necessary to do so. I would need to hold the cue in my hand before I could make a determination on that one.
As far as the phenolic, I can 99.99 percent guarantee that it looks that way because the finish has been partially rubbed off in spots and the actual bare old style phenolic is showing thru.
Someone along it's journey probably had a shaft made for it with someone that was not qualified or just didn't care to match ring work and collars.

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JAM said:

While $85,000 does seem like a good amount in 1982, the cost-benefit ratio of professional pool is brutal when it comes to profit. Back then, most traveled the American pool tournament trail, but lodging, airfare, gas, food, living out of a suitcase, it adds up. Cost of gas was $1.28 a gallon in 1982. Average cost of a hotel room was $58 a night. A pack of cigarettes cost $1.20 in 1982. If a player got sick, however, most did not have medical insurance, an unknown cost.

Today's professional pro must travel an international pool trail to turn a profit. I cannot imagine the expenses involved to attend two, three, and four tournaments around the world on a regular basis.

My personal opinion is 50 percent of earnings per annum in professional pool cover expenses for that year because only a minute few—Shane, Joshua, Kaci, Fedor come to mind—are capable to win, place, and show in all tournaments. For an aspiring pro to keep up with the "regulars" on the professional tournament trail, the costs are heavy.

I'd be interested to hear other views on this topic.

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straightline said:

Oh well.

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West Point 1987 said:

This is my Rauenzahn...and daily player--although I use a cynergy shaft with it these days. He signed this one.

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wrldpro said:

That’s a great idea but not in our future. I won’t be discussing our future events in this posting. We will start new postings for those.

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garczar said:

There's a lot of Pred addicts out there. What some of their cues sell for is kinda nuts to me. That cue has a $500 shaft, you tellin me that butt is worth 1k+????? Please.

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straightline said:

Please add a high run jackpot challenge on sub 4" pockets.

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dquarasr said:

A stationary CB is exactly why I don’t drink alcohol until after I am done playing pool.

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