Scrunge19 said:

5 grand more for a GC7 over a diamond is insane.

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Yes and no. Like it want it can afford it… no so insane. Better value is a Diamond.

Rocket354 said:

Not to nit pick, but would the deadline be Oct 1 or Sep 30?

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See Item 11 under Rules and Instructions at the bottom of the Challenge page:

11. Your video must be online for public viewing (e.g., on YouTube, Facebook, or Vimeo) by midnight (MDT) on September 30, 2026 (the month of the BU Boot Camps), and you must e-mail the video link to Dr. Dave along with your full name and accurate Exam score, also by September 30, 2026.

mr3cushion said:

Here's 3 examples of the cue/cue tip moving, 'Fast/Short/Quick' but not Hard'!

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These are excellent shots, and appreciate the examples of short stroke excellent draw.

But help me understand how exactly one is hitting the ball “fast but not hard”. I mentioned earlier that I understand how thinking of it as fast stops a player from tensing and actually slowing the cue, but are you saying something else? If so, what do you say is happening?

Frosty said:

I was never a tournament player, preferring action. Point is it may be different playing competitively in tournaments, I don’t have a personal reference point for it, but I found that once I was at a certain level and in action all the time, there was no real practicing anymore. For me, nothing hones your game like competing. It may be different for tournament players, again I have no reference point for that

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The thing about what you say though is that being an action and gambling is not sudden death. I played a zillion times and I end up starting off kind of slow don't seem to have it and then eventually grind the guy to pieces. In tournaments its not like that. You got to be 100% from the first time you come to the table. No time to get into the groove.

In tournament play that often is the problem even with champions. I've have beaten top players many times in tournaments cuz I just happened to get out of the box quicker on them in that match. Would I have ever gambled with them? Im not nuts. For the same reason, gambling it makes no difference how the session starts I can tell you how it would end against a better player.

I was at a tournament with Big Bob one time, and he was a terrible tournament player. He's playing this local guy and Bob loses raised to 11. The guys all excited, him and his friends high-five and going on and on. I guess it just got on Bob's nerves because he walked over to the guy and says "Would you like to play some for real now"?
Of course the guy can't say yes and it was probably a little rude of Bob to have done that but I guess it just got on his nerves and he was a little embarrassed.

At least with pool, there will always be cheap dive bars, sometimes with great tables even.

While with bowling, you're fully at mercy of whatever the alleys charge (and there is a decreasing amount of them).

I think pool also has more potential as a spectator sport, since at least there's some level of back forth between the players (even in KPC's famous washing of Aloysius Yapp). While bowling is like darts, where they're playing against themselves basically.

Bob Jewett said:

I first went to Las Vegas for the US Open in 1969 at the Sahara. It was cheap and I felt welcome. The recent low point was the 2022 Mosconi Cup at Bally's. It's a desert but there are no water fountains. You can't bring water into the venue. A 10-ounce plain bottled water -- yes, they make it that small -- was $8.

I guess I helped pay for their $2.5 billion Sphere.

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Bob I feel you're pain ! Talk about price gouging in the highest order ! All the bars have a strict no outside drinking containers policy that applies to everyone but me thankfully !
On the pool league days u walk in carrying a cue case , my oxygen machine and a stainless steel tumbler with ice water in it ha ha !
All the bar owners or bartenders know that I'm a wateraholic and I'll get it refilled up to 4 times per league match .

Every blue moon I may have a Dr Pepper but as a afterward treat if I played rather well !

So in other works I'd be broke before the first day of the Mosconi Cup would be done !

Scrunge19 said:

5 grand more for a GC7 over a diamond is insane.

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There is no 9’ new diamond on the planet that is 8000 USD MSRP. (To be 5k under the GC7 13,000). 10 years ago, yes. Not today. DCP just bought one 3 months ago. Maybe he will write what he paid.

The New/Unused Joss Northeast 9 Ball Tour cue and the New/Unused Joss Gel Style Case are still available at great prices.

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I'd say pool cue, but you could do snooker or carom too.

I think it sounds like a different and potentially fun game , if it brings in new players to the game that's a good thing in my way of thinking .

Rusty in Montana said:

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iusedtoberich said:

First discount I've seen of the GC6. I guess they are clearing out whatever inventory remains. I played on 2 of them in Greece in 2024 and liked them a lot. Drop pocket is $10,125, ball return is $10,725.
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Today's GC7 price. Ball return only.
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5 grand more for a GC7 over a diamond is insane.