FeltyFran said:

Uh...do you like that our sport is third world status?

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The world championship pays 250k to the winner. The US Open 100k. Several other tournaments 10s of 1000s. The top players are now getting 6 figure sponsorships. They can earn more in exhibitions in a day than many people in the first world earn in 2 weeks. It's hardly third world status - maybe not yet a "minor major" sport like its bedfellows snooker and darts, but it's doing all right for itself.

Maniac said:

This answered your question. Right?

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His brain would be a helluva study, right?

If you're hooked and the 9 is in the jaws, you better be hitting it off the table with the push. Not a foul.

Island Drive said:

Rules say No.

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This answered your question. Right?

j2pac said:

In my line of work, we teach the youngins, if you don't know what happens when you press the button...don't press the button.
If you were unsure of the construction on the business end of your shaft, and you didn't have an experienced repair person immediately available...in my opinion you should have either contacted Predator to obtain the information you needed, or reached out to an authorized/qualified repair person, prior to moving forward.
Just my two cents.

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Total Agreement
I got that fuzzy feeling when the cue tech told me that he couldn’t burnish the ferrule. I looked at him like “what are you scared of?”
Look - From one who shattered a couple of OB shafts (defective) maybe I should have looked first. I made the call, and they knew that it was a Predator shaft. I’m calling BS on all of you who thought that brand does not matter.

maybe the kids or someone plays when he isnt around.
or you got a counterfeit ball from wherever you ordered it from.

but it is easily remedied just buy another cue ball.

and why would you buy a low line set of balls in the first place.

Island Drive said:

It's difficult to compare women vs men in pool. There's millions more men playing.
The worlds best rotation women players are likely from China.

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I'd imagine the ratio to female to male players playing would be similar between pool and snooker. If anything I'd imagine there are more female pool players than female snooker players. So the argument is pretty relevant to me. If the top female snooker players move to pool for financial reasons and end up being the top players I reckon the top snooker players would also likely dominate if pool ended up having more money than snooker.

Steve Davis has a Mosconi cup win and can say he's beaten Earl Strickland and Effren Reyes. He's said as much as he loved 9 ball his focus was always snooker and he'd only practice 9 ball for a day or 2 before a tournament. He was also way past his prime at snooker when he started playing pool. I think if he'd had pool as his main focus he would have been considered 1 of the greats.

Rodney said:

What are you hoping to gain by posting here?

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I’m not qualified to comment on a person’s actions. I can ask for help in making a decision.
In one word - Clarity

sell and buy the table you want. you will be much better off. and may save more money as well.

measureman was a very good player when he was younger. not just a decent pool room player, he played well.

so he knows the game. its just the other guy plays as well as he does.

scratchnsniff said:

I’ve got one that I’m about to post for sale here. PURE X FUZE KIELWOOD CARBON FIBER INFUZED RADIAL. Savanah Easton still uses I believe. It’s got a brand new kamui clear super soft tip that was chalked and hit maybe 10 times. I can get some photos if you are interested before I post it.

Thanks -Tim

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Hi, Can you weight it? And diameter? Thanks

who is the best.

take them all over to a strange pool room and have them play each other different games till one comes on top.

maybe some play better in just tournaments
some might not play well sleeping in a hotel room
some may need perfect tables and new cloth as in tournaments
the best will be able to adapt to whatever they play on or with.

i know that isn't the best way either but just something to consider when saying someone is best.
best on what conditions. or all conditions.

It's difficult to compare women vs men in pool. There's millions more men playing.
The worlds best rotation women players are likely from China.

Inferno said:

I bet you think that was clever. Says so much about you.

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Dude, get some thicker skin...

Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher, and Karen Corr were all world number one snooker players, who all started their careers in snooker. As SJM mentioned, they started playing pool for the money.

So they are examples of world number one snooker players that became dominant world number one pool players.

good for him. he was always a fair hustler and a decent guy.