still rolls em great!

lfigueroa said:

er, because it would drop in a neutral up table pocket?

Lou Figueroa
I hate trick questions

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Not if you shot it from underneath. Could also cross it from either side.

For me, it's tournaments. Knowing that you could be out all that time with one bad shot adds pressure that gambling just doesn't. I've been a poker player for a long time, and do not have the same attachment to money that a lot of people do.

My best playing for money performance had me break and win (not always run ) At 9 ball, Had me doing 5 at 5 then 5 at 10 then 7 at 20, then he quit. He got to the table a few times but was in handcuffs each. I was Hittin Em Pretty Good, back then.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

I take it this isn't going to be broadcast in the UK? In the past Sky Sports have broadcast it, but can't see anything saying they'll be showing it this year.

Was considering paying for a months WNT TV but noticed their FAQs said:
"Most the content on the platform is available worldwide, however all events are subject to broadcast rights deals (which are subject to change) which may require the livestreams and/or video content to be geo-restricted in certain countries"

which has made me a bit wary in case I've missed some UK broadcast agreement.

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i use a VPN. set to canada or US

Well the cold weather has me sitting in the easy chair, so much history behind this old fart. The fact is I made an average of 250 a week playing 5 dollar tournaments every night. When my weekly pay was double that. So an after work hobbyist that studied the game. Had the Dan Louie lessons local. Had Efren at the Reno Sands the first year he hit the USA. Cole was walking with phone to ear and booking bets at a thousand increments. I was seated behind Efren's handlers that had 2 brief cases of money.
I budgeted one day a week to go to the 211 in Seattle and get a cheap lesson in the 25 dollars range. As I was a Bar Box Banger.....most considered it a slur. I wore it with pride.
Enjoyed a couple of name players grumbles after I won a big bar box tournament match.

Things like this are the reason why I never bothered with the gambling side of pool. I've seen plenty of people get punched, stabbed, yelling matches start, etc literally right next to me as I'm just playing minding my own business. Unfortunately, it's one of those things that is so engrained to the game that it feels, specially from the people in this forum who have shared stories of their interactions at the pool hall, that you never actually played pool unless you partook in these activities.

In a weird way, and I'm not saying this as if it's a fact, some of you probably look down upon players who never placed a bet at the table.

My feeling is that blind test done years ago is somewhat meaningless if all the cues had their own shafts on them.
It just would show who's cue you like the feel of, not what joint was better.
Not sure it's actually possible to say one joint is better than another with all the other variables.
The only possible way might be for a carbon cue maker to make a full carbon cue in different joints, but even then there would be different weight ballances and feel.
Then again top cue makers have their preferences, but that still doesn't mean one is better.
I have Schons in 5/16x14, Jacobys in radial, Mcdermots in 3/8x10, and a DZ in 3/8x10 modified and am just getting started in making cues and will probably do 3/8x10 modified but really like my Schons and Jacobys. The only joint I won't use to make a cue is a standard 3/8x10.
Also the hardest hitting cue by far that I have is a bar cue that I made into a two piece cue just to try doing it. I just put a triangle tip on it, as that was what I was using to fix about ten or so of their other cues. The owner told me to keep a couple for my troubles and I kept one to try and make a two piece out of it. Really shoots good and makes me wonder what all this fuss is about layered tips when these triangles work so good.

easy-e said:

I tend to feel more pressure in tournaments. One "dumb shot" can cost you the match. I play dumb shots all the time when I'm gambling just to see if I can do it! I believe you improve most when you play under the most pressure, so whatever that is for you is the answer! I am one of the weirdos that wants the trophy and the title more than the cash...

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Funny you should talk about trophy’s vs cash. I used to race mountain bikes, we only got trophies. One day at a pool tournament, one of the guys there was asking how much it cost to enter the MTB race's and how much money you win. I just laughed, $30 and it’s only trophy’s you win. He said screw that the only trophy I kept is the one at the end of the year when I won the race series in my category. I do prefer cash