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skip100 · Mar 23, 2026

Bump... can we unsticky some threads that have had no engagement in years?

15 threads are stickied and only 4 have posts in 2026.

I mean, obviously it's a tragedy that Mike Surber was murdered but we really don't need that thread pinned to the top of the forum forever. The "New forum rules regarding posting of links" are no longer new or informative. And so on for most of the stickied threads.

3kushn · Mar 23, 2026

maha said:
yes that wasnt the current game of one foul ball in hand. as garczar said it was,, two-foul/two shot 9ball,, also called push out, and shoot out.

and was played almost anywhere they gambled except bars until the 70's sometimes it slowly started going to ball in hand as other tournaments picked that up.

the old bar rules and still some places are,, try to make a hit or get hit.

The rule was collecually called "Roll Out"

A player that didn't have a shot could roll the CB to a position that presented half a chance.
The oppoent took a look and decided to take that chance or give it back.

boogieman · Mar 23, 2026

uk_9_ball_convert said:
Deciding frame and the Kaiser manages to draw the ball into the side pocket.
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Thought it was an interesting layout, wasn't an easy shot to be fair to Ralf and was interesting seeing/hearing him and Eklent discussing it after the frame finished.

That scratch was there since the beginning of time.

Jaden · Mar 23, 2026

ShipwreckSteve said:
Was having a conversation with a couple of friends after one hit a kick shot from long rail to the corner pocket. He put right hand English on the shot, shortened up the angle and made the 3 ball, and he referred to it as “inside English” and I said no that’s outside English. I was always told that inside or outside English (when kicking into a rail) refers to relationship of where you’re aiming the cue ball and essentially we will say the nearest pocket that you’re shooting into. We all kind of went back and forth, in circles about inside/outside or running/check side and object balls etc., and unfortunately we could not anything definitive as to definitions etc. could any of you provide any sort of insight to this argument?

Well, when you're talking about applying side spin for an object ball, it will be the reverse of the spin you're putting on the cb. So right spin would impart some left spin on the ob and left spin would impart right spin on the object ball. Inside becomes outside, and outside inside.

maha · Mar 23, 2026

nothing to do with effects just the way you hit it.

as if you are hitting an object ball and going to the long cushion say to the right, left english is inside as you are aiming inside and the cue ball goes and hits the side cushion and goes around left the table 3 rails faster than if you hit outside it wouldn't likely go around at all.

if you moved the cueball over and went the other way around the table you would use outside.

inside and outside are clear when aiming the shot. what the ball does, starting to call gearing or whatever is beyond what the simple definition of english is.

it is left or right english and becomes inside or outside depending on what you are first aiming at. not what the ball does or goes.

Cleveland_Rocks · Mar 23, 2026

Cornerman said:
I never wanna answer this freaking question again.

And I don’t wanna answer to all the excuses.

Efren beat Ronnie. The Ronnie was a teenager. He was still one of the best snooker players on the planet of the time. They were on a snooker table. Efren was using a pool queue. In that tournament, Efren had several century breaks. Ronnie was giving Efren 25 points per frame, which sounds substantial against another snooker player, but the going word is always been that a top snooker player in full tournament mode should beat any nine ball player spot or no spot. Not only did Efren beat Ronnie, but they continued by playing 7-ball on the snooker table. Efren won that set as well. This is a pretty well known story retold by Efren himself as well as Darryl Peach and Ronnie himself. Efren was record by Mark Griffin, and Efren told me the story himself.

Here’s the kicker… Efren has never been known to be the greatest pure shot maker in the pool world.

Thank you for this story. This is a good example of the context that I was hoping to gain.

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