Looks fantastic. Every time I click one of your threads I know I’m going to see something unique and innovative.

Classy and professional response from Kristina:

Another cue I've truly enjoyed playing with is a old Dufferin Sneaky Pete bar cue a friend of mine turned into a 2 piece cue that's over length and even with a bit of a lift in the shaft when rolled across a pool table it still hits a ball very !

The down side of it besides the lift is the length it's a challenge to shoot some shots with a wall or some other obstruction near the table but when there's a lot of space around the table it still plays lights out !

Patrick Johnson said:

Like this...
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If visualizing a pocket's mirrored position is difficult for you, you can "triangulate" it - where the relevant lines intersect...

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Yep this is the idea, thanks! I think there was a poster with a matrix of tables... another matrix might even be in the they who shall not be named book.

It takes a bit to understand how to visualize the shots, but once you get onto it, it becomes second nature. Everyone learns and does different things in this game. I personally find it way easier than trying to divide angles the normal way. I can divide them the normal way but it seems a "far away" target with the ghost table is easier to aim. Between this and fly on the wall type shots you can make a lot of stuff easily that seems like it would be difficult to visualize. It would take some admittedly easy diamond calculations, but it works nice if you just see it and don't have to calculate or pick between systems.

I can do this with Z shots, but to be honest I can't put into words what I'm looking at but it's this type of system. I think I visualize a pocket as if it were in between the pockets and out at a table width (at second diamond maybe), but don't quote me on that, I'd have to be at a table and pay attention to what I actually do.

Thanks again for posting the diagram.

measureman said:

Obsessive chalking is a sign of a player that's very nervous, I pay attention to this.

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You also wipe the rails down on the table before you have a match.
I always respected that.

The only way to share is to 1) pay for the app. 2) turn on the share option. The share option is not available in the free version. One caveat to this is if you are part of a BCAPL (or a 3rd party league that uses the BCAPL app), the yearly dues pays for the FargoRate app.

To answer your question, I think it's because players usually stay in their own wheelhouse of competition. During the IPT days, we had super good stats. Busty had the highest win percentage and I believe it was about 60% from memory.