jazznpool said:

I have played in many Golf games at Hardtimes Belleflower with EVERYBODY and NOBODY dominated because the majority of players in the game were at a high enough skill level on THAT table. Super weak players were simply not allowed to play in the games that were $20/2 or more. In a different setting or room with weaker players the stronger players do have an edge. It helps considerably to follow a weaker player. The HTB rules were the best golf rules I have played under--they eliminate a lot of nitty baloney. Bad hits (or poceting someone's ball cost you the price of the game and you could hit more than one person's ball on a bad hit! If you don't hit your ball, you're coming off the table--no parking yourself in your hole and camping out there. And, if you let your man out, you are paying double including your scratches. Around 2007-2008, Archie followed me on the break in a 6 or 7 handed game. He proceeded to make all 6 holes on the Big Bertha table! This was the only time anyone could recall this had happened. The owner Ken had a plaque made which was hin near the table to honor the occasion.

2 everyday players were barred for a few years from Hardtimes Bellflower for cutting up the golf game. The daily liability (citation), payball and golf games that were happening around the East side Detroit area in the 70s and early 80s were loads of fun. Good memories and I won more than my fair share.

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jay helfert said:

In that case, what material are Implex and Micarta actually made of? Are they phenolic derivatives?

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Chopdoc said:

Implex is a brand name, like Micarta was a brand name.

But I don't know if the implementation we know from pool cues was always that brand as the term seems to have been applied to others. Like Kleenex is to tissues.

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jay helfert said:

FYI, Januarta beat Yapp twice in recent money games. I watched the last one and he simply outplayed Yapp!

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sjm said:

Agreed 100%.

I think in a scotch doubles match, a team of Yapp/Roda would wipe the floor with a team of Manas/Januarta, but that's not what matters. It has been a strange year, one in which Yapp only found his very best game at the World 8ball, and that doesn't count any more than Szewczyk's World 10ball title counts toward inclusion on Team ROW. Similarly, Roda was absolutely superhuman in winning gold at the World Team Championship in February, but that doesn't count either as it was 10ball.

Bringing back Manas, last year's MVP, and adding a rising young star in Januarta makes perfect sense. Nice job by Matchroom here.

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