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Steel Joint vs. non-steel Joint (Phenolic / Juma / Elforyn / Ivory) – Which Do You Prefer?

skor
skogstokig said:
tbh i think this is feedback not deflection. how it feels not how it is.
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I’ve compared 314-2 shafts and Rhino CF shafts between a cue with a 5/16x14 SS joint and a cue with a 3/8x10 joint with a non metallic joint and there is definitely a difference in deflection, of course it’s subtle but it’s there, more noticeable on longer shots and when more power is needed.
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Tournaments or Gambling...Which makes you a stronger player?

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Mensabum said:
2 diff mindsets. I never had the self discipline required to play tournament pool. I'm too impatient. Major character flaw. Waiting is something I can only tolerate if I'm in a ring game with 5 others waiting for my chance at the table. That's about all I've got in the tank.😉
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I think it's two different kinds of pool. Tournament players have a more rigid, "legit" gig on the stand. Gamblers have much freedom to improvise as well as "all the time in the world."

Gamblers can often muster more usable firepower than the tourney guy accustomed to 2nd and 3rd gear. gamblers have the one more option too, of simply betting before, during, and after the event.

Just generalizing. I'm to old to GAF. I like the pool - and as good as it can be brung.
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Dumping - caught

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BRKNRUN said:
It is the rest of the line they left out in the Color of Money movie......."Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.........Money fleeced is even sweeter"

I would say young and dumb is part of it...but that does not explain career fleecers......so I am going to go with...Lack of morals....Greed...and the lure of easy money....Oh....and of course the addiction of the dopamine hit. ;)
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I think, fundamentally, losing is not an option.
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Steel Joint vs. non-steel Joint (Phenolic / Juma / Elforyn / Ivory) – Which Do You Prefer?

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skor said:
I agree BUT I do feel from experience that the butt matters and change how the hit feels.
I too have SS jointed cues that feel softer than others. and as I mentioned, I have non metalic join that feels stiffer than SS.
That's why I say that it might be the whole butt and not just the joint that gives me that feedback.
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tbh i think this is feedback not deflection. how it feels not how it is.
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Tournaments or Gambling...Which makes you a stronger player?

jlrowe
Kind of been thinking about this. Do you think that Gambling or Tournaments make you a stronger player. Personally, I think that Gambling made me a stronger player than tournaments. I really never liked tournaments that well. I would rather gamble. I get in more table time and i can hit the gear that i rarely catch in a tournament. I dont like sitting around waiting. I think if i only played tournaments I would not have had the drive to put in the time to improve. I guess there are certain people that are wired different. I always had the mentality that hey ive only got 20 to say 100 bucks invested in this tournament so if i go out it is no big deal. But if i am playing for money it a whole other ball game. Seems like most of the greatest players were gamblers also or is that not true? Are there pro players that do not or have never gambled? If so, i bet it is a very small percentage like 10 percent or something. Are European players, UK snooker players big gamblers?
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