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WNT Florida Open 2026, August 4-9, Orlando, Caribe Royale

sjm
This was an excellent event last year and rates to be excellent again. The Caribe Royale is a superb hotel that is just two miles from Disney World.

The field looks rock solid, although Fedor Gorst is not presently listed as being among the participants. He played in the 2025 edition and is presently in Florida at the Vice City Classic. Seems odd.
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Classic Billiards - FL Open prep

J
Bergman’s break was awful, but good Styer gave way to bad Styer mid match to keep it competitive. Big Mosconi statement for Tyler in the end.

Look at the stats of Filler-Duong. You’d never guess Duong won.

Still, goes to show how thin the margin for error is thin among the top players. Duong has come a long way in five years. Fargo up to 830-ish.
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Fast cloth recommendation

N
I want a fast cloth for my newly acquired 9 foot GC at home.

Last time I had a table, I had the Championship Tour Edition which is pretty darn fast. I heard it gets even faster over time with wear though, not sure I want that.

Which of the faster cloths keep consistent speed over time and show the least wear? The ones I am considering (among any others) are:

- Simonis 760
- Champ Tour Edition (30/30)
- Andy 988
- Gorina Tournament 2000

Thank you.
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Justin Bergman vs Tom Cousins

M
yes with the top pros who shoot at more shots the games go faster. but the old time top pros ran out very frequently also.

it was the b players that were scared of selling out that would bunt balls up table rather than take any shot that was less than 50 per cent to make not knowing it was still the best shot.

still the b players dont shoot often enough as they play shot by shot and not shot related to game winning. two different things.

i still see the b players breaking softly scared of selling out a ball or two on the break. as the pros break conservatively and now the break is not worth as much to them. mostly because of the faster table making an easy second shot. where as in a slow table you dont have the luxury of many return shots as you can get balls to move enough.
but the b player should be breaking very aggressively to get his big advantage on the break. selling out is less often to another of his speed and they also are not able to hit a complicated return shot that is both effective and safe.

and few still do not understand the score and put balls in or out of play at the wrong time. and the wrong position of the current balls.
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Historic Cues. Do you have any?

WildWing
Chopdoc said:
Well, I don't own this one, so I felt funny about posting it. But, I have posted about it elsewhere before and was encouraged by someone to put it in this thread.

I will always number this among the ones that got away.

It came up on my radar in 2013, when I was in communication with the original owner. We spoke for several hours on the phone after several email exchanges. He said he was a neighbor of McDermott and watched him build this cue in his garage. There was another, this is the second one. The other one is lost to history, sold long ago, it was his father that owned the other one. The cue I am posting has changed hands at least a couple times since 2013 as far as I know. I wanted it but the price was way too high for me. Honestly I should have just bought it.

This is said to be the second McDermott branded cue ever made. Circa 1973/74. Before the clover logo, and before he settled on his 3/8x10 pin.
As you can see, it was clearly made with parts from Viking. I have many more detailed pictures of this cue, as well as records of the emails with the original owner and the stories that go with the cue.

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Here you can see it in the original Viking Tiger Deluxe case that it was kept in since new.

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Very nice addition to the thread, thanks. Although he's not with us anymore, Jim McDermott was instrumental in American cuemaking for decades. This is the earliest and fanciest one that I've seen.

All the best,
WW
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