Mensabum said:

I can see how a weight forward cue would help on the snap.

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How?

pj
chgo

skogstokig said:

i think you're being way too positive today, maha

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im working on it see above post. oh wait not that one.

most sports have top players that fans idolize and follow their lives and such.

pool has a bunch of drips, robots, no character players, no one wants to relate to or follow their lives and be envious.

until you get characters pool is stagnate.

who wants to watch a manikin in a store window.

JPB2 said:

I wouldn’t know the details of working on them, but there are several places in my area that have Globals or the Brunswick Globals. Some is the maintenance some is the terrible balls on some, but I have never liked them. I’m not a room owner or bar owner, but if I opened a bar with tables it would be Diamond or Valley. Valley has parts and cushions available and they are durable. Prefer playing on Diamonds but as I have posted I don’t sneer at a well maintained Valley.

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The Global replacement pockets are basically impossible to find also...

Kamui soft tip.

Chris said:

True

Taxpayers also have this option, which is typically the better option to take.

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you pay tax on your net profit.
gross minus all deductible costs.

newer players should never be thinking about equipment changes just improving. every change upsets what they have learned.
only reason to change is if you are good enough to know what is wrong or what is going to be better for you. and that is only from a good player that can judge it.

jay helfert said:

Great recap here. Why not Race to 100? That's dann sure long enough.

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Apparently 90 was also long enough for Shaw.

15k for four days is too small a bet but whatever.

when in a gambling game or for any i dont see a reason for telling someone how hard they can hit the break. if the rack is a problem fix that before the bet and start.
and sort out your parameters before such as chalk use or whatever if that is going to bother you.

but complaining and arguing may be part of the strategy to upset your opponent. most wont like that and think gambling like a tournament should be marcus of queensberry rules but in real life it isn't.

and a good reason not to play sets as its too hard to control what happens when the loser is breaking rules or customs. your only recourse is to call the match off.

but now they play long sets streaming so they are not really gambling as such as they both are getting some kind of pay to play.
you never really know what the true stakes are. or if the outcome has been predetermined.

GideonF said:

I was stating what I think Shaw believed.

Whether Hoang’s breaks were “too soft” is inherently subjective.

In WNT events Shaw breaks harder than most and feels many players break too soft and don’t get warned. So Hoang’s “too soft” breaks were probably consistent with what is allowed by some referees on WNT. And it’s possible that Shaw’s response of his own soft breaks were actually softer than Hoang’s.

But I do think Jayson legitimately believed Hoang was breaking too soft and wasn’t getting warned. And of course if Jayson was winning he wouldn’t have probably cared.

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The guy was making 3 or 4 balls many times. Had 3 balls above the side.

Shaw is a crybaby. Literally checked out on day 4 losing 40 to 9. Who wants to back or sponsor this?

Aah, thanks. I already have a Road Agent.