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Biloxi Boy said:
I was solving an old NYT puzzle and ran into the clue "Bank". The answer, as all good cueists know, was "carom". Even as a pool player, it took me a minute or so to come up with it. I then realized that, while not an everyday occurrence, I run into pool references all of the time as I wrestle with the fiendish grids.
I considered that many pool players might also be crossword puzzle fans but concluded "naw". But, I am now compelled to ask -- how many are out there? Do we have any pool players who do the crosswords, or vice versa? If so, are you occasional perusers or daily fiends?
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you do know that in carom games what we as pool players call a kick is bank shot to them
so that clue was biased to carom audience
anyone know what we call a kick is called in snooker?
i am asking because i dont
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EUROPEAN OPEN 2026, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 10-15

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jbart65 said:
Much was made by Jeremy Jones about Moritz struggling because of an equipment change. Clearly it's what Neuhausen told him. It's impossible for fans to know how much it really affected him, though.

Moritz switched his cue sponsor from Cuetec to Triple Sixty in mid-January. Triple Sixty produces the Whyte Carbon shafts. It's also the sponsor of Fedor Gorst.

The way Jones told it, Moritz wasn't happy with the shaft he was using. Triple Sixty sent him some new ones right before the European Open, and Mortiz claims it made a big difference. We'll see if his consistency improves going forward.
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Thanks for this. It's certainly possible that equipment issues were holding him back. I didn't see that much of the PLP, but I attended both Turning Stone and the World Teams Championship and saw his play up close. I only reacted to what I witnessed firsthand. I think you and I will both be pleased if the European Open proves the launching point for Neuhausen's rise to super-elite level. He's a quality guy who could represent our sport well.

I've gotten to know Moritz fairly well and can attest to the fact that he is not only dedicated to the development and refinement of his skill set but that he enjoys studying the play of the most elite. He is a very serious student of the game with an unswerving commitment to becoming a complete player. In short, he is exactly the kind of guy you WANT to see succeed.

Go, Moritz, go!
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Biloxi Boy
garczar said:
. . . those are tuff but nothing like the london times. you need a few degrees to do that one.
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There's a bunch of them that I study for a minute and then go on to something else. With those, I just have to shake my head and wonder -- it must take Jeopardy Champions, but how many of them can there be? Thousands? Hundreds of Thousands? Can't be a million or we would have done cured every disease, eliminated world hunger, and established world peace.
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More counterfeit balls

Bob Jewett
garczar said:
Technically those are not 'counterfeit' balls just cheap copies. If they were CF the box/ all logos/etc would all be exactly like orig. Aramith. They aren't. BTW, they offer these in phenolic as well for around 200bux. wouldn't buy them either.
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But they can become counterfeit when someone who has bought Aramith Black balls puts the Dongzhou Feima balls into the box and sells them for $250 as a slightly used set. That happened to a local room. Beyond that, I hope that Aramith has design patents on both the black caps and the broken-circle eye design. That would make the balls counterfeit without lying packaging.

The ad says resin. I wonder what they actually are.

According to our AI overlords:

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A design patent protects the unique, non-functional, and ornamental visual appearance of a manufactured item (35 U.S.C. §171). It covers shape, configuration, or surface ornamentation, providing 15 years of protection from the grant date. Applications require detailed drawings (figures) and a single claim, with total costs often ranging from ...
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2026 AZB Ghost Challenge - Official Thread

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Ernesto Dominguez just redid all the 9’ diamonds at my local to have 4” flat pockets (at my request actually to try to get some more 1 pocket players in there). It’s been a couple weeks and the cloth has broken in so I decided to play 1 single race to 7 against the ghost, assuming I would lose badly and probably not even finish as I get frustrated easily playing the ghost these days and just quit if it’s not going well. Wooden rack with a random ball set almost ensured I would be losing, but I played ok and got pretty lucky with some layouts and somehow won 7-3. I’ll post the vid soon. Fargo is 680 with 403 robustness
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Pool Ball Collecting.

Rubik's Cube
Hard Knock Cues said:
Looks like the guy buys estate stuff so he must have been in the right place at the right time.
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Ain’t that the truth, sir.

The fellow who sold me my Romanique I set paid $25 as part of a much larger bundle that he didn’t really want but took purely as a favour. My friend bought his set for $1,000 from a gentleman who had paid $2 for them at a yard sale.

Having said all that I must confess that I have also been blessed by similar good fortune many, many times so wish everyone else well, too.
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Peter Vitalie Table

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I recently purchased a pretty old {I Think) Vitalie table. The frame is really plain. but the legs are kind of fancy. There was the number 29 stamped
into the wood on the top of the frame. See picture. Does anyone have a clue what this meant. Was it the 29th table they made. There are no other markings
on the frame. It has Ardesia Biggio slate. Any insight would be appreciated

Thanks
Kev
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