Mensabum said:

Maybe on the West Coast.
That didn't fly around here.

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You lived in Straight Pool country. Out west we played 9-Ball and One Pocket, never Straight Pool, except maybe one tournament a year.
I remember in New York watching two top players play 150 points for $100 (50 each). In Los Angeles we were playing 100 a game One Pocket at the same time. Big difference!

Side rail break even with kitchen rule is way easier to control balls than Matchroom break box break.
Take a look how Finnish Pros break from rail. Cueball not very close to side rail. Hit is very thick cut break. Lot of outside english and one ball comes 3 rail. Casper Matikainen is very good on that break and he won men´s European Champs 2025. He is very strong player but he mastered side rail break so he basically have ball in hand position on 1-ball after break 70% of time. I got 3rd on that tournament(Edit :where video is from lol. Not Eurochamps). lost 2 times to Casper and race to 5 he ran 4 run outs in row 2 times...
Login to view embedded media Try copy that break what these 2 pros are using (hint for practice try get cueball same position after break than they get. Then you notice how freaking thick cutbreak they are using...)
You have to watch video on youtube site. 5:23:40 final start time..

skogstokig said:

it also takes luck to get a shot on the 2-ball. josh got lucky in that regard with 7 BNR's, or whatever the number.

he definitely breaks hard. often made more than one ball on the break

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I think getting on the 2 is a combination of luck and skill. If you can leave your white near the centre of the table you have far more chance of getting on the 2.

Personally doing the Matchroom cut break I find it fairly easy to pot the 1 of the break when I put my cue ball towards the edge of the breaking box, but when I do that I always end up with the cue ball near the bottom right pocket and no shot on the 2.

Been putting my cue ball more central recently which solves my problem of where the cue ball ends up, but my success rate in pocketing the 9 has plummeted.

Kris_b1104 said:

Are you trying to make Wojo a thing? Lol

That seems very far from Voy-check. I think that's how you pronounce it. Idk how you get Wojo from that. Voy-check seems pretty simple to me.

Maybe there is a Polish here that can correct us.

Don't ask me to pronounce Quoc Hoang Duong

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That's easy, it's pronounced the martian

BilliardsAbout said:

Almost all strong players (think VERY strong) who pivot, do so in their mind's eye and then bring the cue straight down on their chosen stroke line.

I don't use CTE but on some cuts, I start by looking at ball "edges" then adjust.

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Same! I think the concept of looking for the ball edges is important, not the hidious idea of pivoting when your down on the shot.

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Quesports said:

Perhaps UPS has gotten better, ten or so years ago there was no comparison. Shipping costs now are ridiculous and cost more than the item at times.. It’s crazy!

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I just shipped 3 shafts to Bob DZ, via UPS w/ a few hundred dollars insurance. I weighed the package myself, and printed my own label via PayPal...The cost was under $20.00.

lunda has one of the best temperaments in the game, it's no wonder he's good at poker too. emotions showed through in this event though, visibly frustrated at times

Kris_b1104 said:

Are you trying to make Wojo a thing? Lol

That seems very far from Voy-check. I think that's how you pronounce it. Idk how you get Wojo from that. Voy-check seems pretty simple to me.

Maybe there is a Polish here that can correct us.

Don't ask me to pronounce Quoc Hoang Duong

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i call him woj. really can't be expected to write out polish names, that would take forever and still go wrong

I can't wait to get up to Phoenix and start some flames with the SHIFT. Once a player learns how this works they know it is a must for every single players to learn.

Right now there is not a single word anywhere how this works and how huge it is in improving ones pool game. And at any level.

Look out Phoenix. can't hardly wait.

jbart65 said:

I don’t understand the complaints about pocketing the one on the break. The breaker won the prior game. The breaker should have some advantage. Wojo screwed up early and late. That’s why he lost.

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it also takes luck to get a shot on the 2-ball. josh got lucky in that regard with 7 BNR's, or whatever the number.

he definitely breaks hard. often made more than one ball on the break

Man. It must be fun to be so good at pool that a $40k prize is "laughable."