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Turning Stone Classic XLI Title to be Determined Today

azhousepro
The winner of the Turning Stone Classic XLI will be determined today, and it will be one of only eight players. On the winner’s side, 9 time winner Jayson Shaw will face another former winner, Moritz Neuhausen on one table, with John Morra facing Martin Dangle on the other. Meanwhile, the one loss side will see Joey Cicero taking on Jesus Atencio and Jeremy Sossei playing Waleed Hashem. All four of those matches kick off at 11am EST, with matches running every two hours until the finals at 7pm. Live streaming of the feature table is available, courtesy of Upstate […]

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2026 WNT Ranking event- Chinese Taipei Open, 8-11 Jan2026, Winner $30K

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skogstokig said:
yea, good point and i agree, but that's only one small part of the production.
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What the big part of the production other than catering to the viewers so they can enjoy the match?

By the way, I agree on the soft breaks you mentioned before. Seems like a lot of players were getting away with soft breaks.

However, these soft breaks were not the Corey Duel type where all the balls were in the same half table. The ball were spreading well all over the table so I don’t think the soft breaks were that bad, but I am not an expert on this subject.
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Funny Things Said to You at the Pool Room

Biloxi Boy
Several old boys playing in Wednesday afternoon ring game had been sitting way too long, watching as one player steadily raked in the cheese. Finally, after the player made a particularly impressive out, punctuated by a very strong final shot, and collected, one of the old boys was breaking down his cue and the following exchange occurred:
"I'm gone."
"Why's that?"
"This guy's game is like a burnt weenie."
"How's that?"
"You can't beat it."
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Solid vs layered tips

YOLO
I just got some Ultraskin Fire Mediums and replace my tip yesterday. It's really quite easy if you take your time.

I am a half decent causal player that played off the wall for years until my wife got me a Joss cue a year ago or so. I don't know what tip it came with but I never like the way it hit. I really like the change of to Ultraskin but it is like I like to relearn this cue :)
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New Pet Peeve in Pool

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George the Greek said:
The slow play locals here drive me crazy and they have no clue for the most part. They walk around and around looking at every shot like it's their life on the line and they have all the expensive equipment and paraphernalia. They have their names on the back of their jerseys/t-shirts like I give a shit what their name is lol.
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it's a monkey see monkey do thing. same with the air cueing. can't really blame any one pro in particular, but obviously the successful methodical players have had an impact
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2026 WNT Ranking event- Chinese Taipei Open, 8-11 Jan2026, Winner $30K

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VVP said:
Everyone can have their opinion. Many, many, many times Matchroom, Predator and Accu Stats cut away from a rolling CB to show the player's face or audience or some crap like that. If you are into those things, I understand.
Also, sometimes their close ups are so tight that you can't even see where the CB is going. Didn't see this happening in this production.
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yea, good point and i agree, but that's only one small part of the production.
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Turning Stone

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jeephawk said:
A guy Shaw was playing yesterday did a lot of racking for Shaw and was almost obsessing over it, no doubt nervous, and then Shaw giving the racks very careful inspection and suggestions. LOL, then when he'd apparently had enough input and had it the way he wanted it, he'd give a little wave like that's as good as it will get and off he went to break (and that's just reading into it with a little bias, but boy, that poor guy he was playing looked really nervous and took forever to rack 'em).
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Jason played a guy named Denys Zbikowski in the 2:00pm round. We watched that, as it was almost next to the table where Moritz was playing Grayson Vaughn, and we could watch both. That might be what you're talking about, but Jason was also the same way with the 16 year old at 8:00pm. Both Jason and Moritz won those matches 9-1, and both dominated in both matches. Have to say, none of the racking discussions seemed contentious, and lots were having difficulty giving a good, tight rack, and people playing Jason are racking way more often anyway. I also thought people seemed nervous, and played tighter against these top two guys, than in their other matches.
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2025 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

bpeacock
qolbrand said:
@iusedtoberich

time for the 2026 thread.

another year goes by without a new high run for me. i do feel like i understand the game a little better, but i was running more 20+s when i played “wrong”

i think with most things they get worse before they get better.

i dont mind hard work but after 3 years i am actually getting worse, and i’m forced to ask myself if maybe theres something else i should be putting my time in to.

i play this game for the process and not the results but at what point do i just kind of realize that this game is not for me?

maybe i need to use straight pool as more of a tune up tool or something. i think the years of beatdowns and defeats are just finally catching up to me where being terrible at the game is starting to outweigh the joy of learning from it.

thoughts?
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I know that feeling well. I switched to the Cueist App for the foundation for my training and I have found that it is challenging and rewarding. I started back in March. I know that I have learned shots that I wouldn't have. The part that I like the most is that I when I spend time in practice, I can see progress even though it is slow. Also, it adapts to your level, if you have a dip in performance, it will feed you less challenging shots.
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Predicting and Controlling Cue Ball Direction off a Rail with Follow Shots

gregcantrall
dr_dave said:
I would instead encourage them to try to improve their stroke mechanics and draw shot technique. I certainly wouldn’t want them to lose the benefits that OB-last focus provides. 🤓
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Oh gosh I had forgotten your your video justifying object ball last. The foundation comes first.(Well IMHO 😉) THEN the mechanical. Until those are perfected the aim is of little consequence.
Oh and by the by.... the Snooker coverage is offering some high definition looks at all aspects of the competitors methods. The list of top players that look at whitey last is growing. Stephen Hendry says that Ronnie O'Sullivan does the same as he does. Cueball last of course. It is not universal.....yet. 😉 Shot making is the strength of object ball last. Cueball control is the strength of whitey at impact.
An incredible hard shot might impress but simple shots over and over puts money in the pocket.
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