This has happened to my new table too.
Has anyone used this "method" to create either Grid Lines or the interior box on their table vs, drawing them?

By far the best performance by Lucas Fracasso-Verner. He beat Emil Gangflot, Szymon Kural and Naoyuki Oi in his final three matches.
His win over Oi is imo his best ever.

I watched LFV a lot last year and, frankly, didn't think he was ready for prime time. No real big wins in his career. This event had a dozen top players, however, and to win the whole event is very impressive. I plan to watch his wins over Kural and Oi later to see how he did it.

Hard to find prize distribution, but it looks like Lukas won $5,000, which is 5,000 Mosconi points. He still trails Fedor, SVB, Tyler, Woodward, Thorpe and Dominguez in WNT rankings, but he is very close. Some of the others will see some points drop out later in the year.

HawaiianEye said:

I have played for so long and hit so many balls that I don't even think about it when I shoot.

It is programmed into my head before I ever lean over to shoot.

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This is the case for most top players. You don’t need a system for aiming with sidespin if you put in enough time and smart practice and have enough successful experience to have solid intuition and feel for how to adjust your aim for all shot distances and speeds, for all spin types and amount, and for all conditions. I never got to that point. That’s why I developed SAWS. It made me better instantly by taking all the guesswork out and giving me more trust and confidence in my aim.

With Boston Public Library’s Malana's help, we discovered that the Oliver L. Briggs company was in business between 1870 and 1962.

It was originally the Oliver L. Briggs company and changed to the Oliver L. Briggs & Son company in 1901. My cue sticks with O.L.Briggs & Son engraved on them, therefore, are between 64 and 125 years old.

Briggs' Boston address was 6 over Boylston Street between 1870 and 1888 whereupon it moved to 970 Washington. A 1929 advertisement had its address at Washington Street and Avery Street. Its address in 1962 was 128 Washington Street.

Proof of the business age determined by presuming the following: i) Briggs was a Boston company; ii) Briggs stayed in Boston; and iii) the business was entered into The Boston Directory.

The Boston Directory entries:

1869 Briggs, Oliver L. & Co. (A.H. Briggs), booksellers and stationers, 573 Wash. House at Dorchester

1870 Briggs Oliver L. & Co. billiard tables and walnut goods, 6 over Boylston market, h. School, near Harvard, ward 16

1962 Oliver L. Briggs & Son, 128 Washington, 4th fl; Oliver L. Briggs & Son (Harold E. Donovan) billiard table mfrs 128 Wash

1963 No entry

Find The Boston Directory cited above at this link.

Went to St Louis in 2002 and 2003 for journalism conventions and found it to be a very underrated town.

GideonF said:

Thanks for this. The sound on the Rhino would bug me.

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I do not notice a high pitched sound with my Rhino shafts, especially the Must shaft. The Must shaft I have is very dead sounding, even after just putting a slightly harder tip on after viewing DR Daves video. I cut off the Ultraskin Pro black, and put on a Ultraskin Med red. I shot about 200 shots yesterday to break in that tip and did not get any unpredictable object ball hits, where with the very soft pro tip I did have an occasional unexpected object ball. I will say that with the stock tip that the Must shaft came with, it had a much more klinky sound when hit that I didn't like and I immediately took that off.
A big disclaimer here though. I did replace the Rhino ferrule/vault plate on the Rhino Must shaft with a custom Tomahawk one I made.
Rhinos vault plate only extends .3" into the shaft, the Tomahawk one I made extends .450"-.5" into the shaft, don't really remember now the actual length. Also the Rhino one is not hollowed out, just a simple cheap plug, where mine is not only hollowed out but also the part that sticks in the shaft has two cross drilled holes to create an improved glue lock. So while mine sticks further in the shaft compared to Rhinos, it actually is lighter in weight and a much better material.
Could this be why my Rhino shaft has a quieter hit than what others describe? Who knows, but it is quieter than when I got it with it's factory tip.

Bump up price down $250

lfigueroa said:

No... way.

For those that don't know: IMO's, a local favorite -- is a cracker thin pizza covered with provel cheese which is a processed blend of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone. To say the least, it is an acquired taste and if you're not from STL and been eating it since birth it's a tough swallow. If you must seek out a midwest specialty go to White Castle, lol.

Lou Figueroa

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I would hold off on the White Castle until after you have any firm commitments, you need to set aside a clear block of "potty" time.