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Unaware of mismatched ball sets in upcoming tournament.

hang-the-9
I always find it funny how if you just gather up the balls, you can match them into full sets of the same brand, but people just don't.
I have played in over 100 pool halls, I would say no more than 20% of them have actually been good as far as taking care of the equipment and 10% have been excellent. There is usually something off on the 80%, bad ball sets, cloth well past replacing time, house cues in horrible shape, tables without enough space around them, tables not level, etc...
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Man, pool halls are dangerous

DynoDan
white1 said:
Pool rooms been dangerous since they were born. Adds to their mystique
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Where I grew up playing, the greatest danger was from the room manager. He kept a sawed-off baseball bat (center drilled/filled with lead) behind the counter, and very actively encouraged the ‘library’ atmosphere of the place. Which explains my lack of sympathy for those Ecuadorian victims patronizing any room with a loud jukebox 😎.
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The CARBON FIBER Shaft With the LEAST Cue Ball DEFLECTION

hang-the-9
JF SMO and the REVO, hands down are the lowest deflection. SMO actually wins out as my overall best CF shaft since it has a nicer hit feel than the Revo. Although I may rate CF shafts a bit differently than most, in my view, if you get a CF shaft it should be somewhat different in performance and feel than a wood shaft. I am not trying to find a CF shaft that acts like a wood shaft, I want something new and different with benefits more than just durability. I never had to replace a wood shaft due to warping or other damage, so I want my CF shafts to offer something else.
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dear diary: a 14.1 journey to nowhere

Straightpool_99
qolbrand said:
still havent tried the paper trick. maybe im afraid of watching it back. that probably says more about my issue here than anything.

getting through more end patterns lately. missing a lot of k2s trying to get perfect on my break ball though. even still, the end of one rack and beginning of another are seeming slightly more commonplace even if my run numbers show zero improvement.

heres a 23 from 5 days ago. i have no idea what happened on that 5 ball. i was trying to draw back to get straighter on the 8 frozen to the rail and used the 5 to bail me out so i guess i was still mentally thinking about my mistake maybe? like i said i dont know.

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There is a nice pattern in the second rack from this point. 12-4-14-5-3-7-2-13-11-8 That is in the minimum cueball movement school of 14.1. I'd set up the table and try this one and see if you like it. It's in the line of thinking of someone like Mike Sigel, who preferred to clean up one area at the time. The 4 and 14 are interchangeable.

There are multiple end patterns here, though. 14-5-8 is a nice one, also. Try to set that one up too, and see if you like that sort of end ball sequence. It comes up over and over again.
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