jay helfert said:

The kids all love Hoang! Reminds me of Efren in the Philippines. Hoang is a national hero.

Watch out. Some of these will become top players. More to come from Vietnam.

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Been hearing this for years now, Jay, but the emergence of a large contingent of world class players from Vietnam has yet to happen. Duong will be 40 in May, and nobody has emerged that seems ready to have the torch passed to them.

Fifteen years ago, many precicted that Taiwan would soon produce a lot of world championship level players, and they were right, with JL Chang and the Ko brothers leading the way. On the other hand, I recall how seven or eight years ago, many (including Jeremy Jones) were predicting that Poland, where pool was growing by leaps and bounds, might begin to dominate in 9ball, but to this point, no Polish player has ever won a Matchroom major or qualified for Team Europe at the Mosconi.

The road to the top of our sport is a very difficult one, and while it would make me happy to see a large contingent of world championship level Vietnamese players emerge, I am less confident than you that it will happen. Regardless, the Vietnamese players and fans are a credit to our sport and their limitless enthusiasm for the game of pool has impressed all of us. I wish every one of them well.

are you looking to get a table or your pool room might buy one?

Know what the real issue is? We as fans want big shows, high production values and giant pots for the players. For some reason the thought of medium sized level events turns off the hardcore pool fan. Am I wrong for having that thought?

Friend of mine sent a cue to Profecient for a refinish. Ended up being more than stated online. In their defense she sent it in without contacting them for a quote. I wouldn't count on getting a cue refinished for $250 at this time

Zerksies said:

I mentioned this a few years ago people that people are taller and the nerds came out with all these facts that people are not taller.

But oh well, A pool cue length should be as long and from the floor to your chin height. plus or minus an inch or so depending on your prefference.

You really expect a 6'6" person to use a 58 or 59 inch cue?

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"Floor to chin" is a good rule of thumb, a big improvement on what we have now.

Adopting floor-to-chin would be an even bigger aid for women. Standard pool cues are too short for many men, but too long for most women. Why not have pool cues that fit?

Patrick Johnson said:

1. draw a line from the CB straight to the upper rail (side pocket)
2. draw a line from the OB straight to the upper rail (your red line)
3. draw the "x":
- a line from the CB to the top of the red line
- a line from the OB to the upper side pocket
4. draw a line from where those two lines cross (the “x”) straight up to the upper rail - that's your equal angle rail target

pj
chgo

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thanks patrick
the diagram below i hope is correct