that's the tournament mentality. unfortunately it follows into the pool room. even the bars.

Cartune said:

I hope everyone gets the irony in my previous post.....the emojis are CRYING



Now give me my Boob

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I tried it last night and this morning.

Didn't work.

with so many good players using so many different pieces of equipment. it seems almost a waste of effort to figure out what is better or not.
as it has to lean towards just personal preference.
yet there seems to be some kind of fascination on finding the perfect for all, tips, chalk, shaft etc.

will what kind of shoe laces be next.

Funny thing is that I've also seen charts showing half a dozen different snooker tip shape variations: almost flat, semi-flat, rounded, domed, cone (believe it or not), and various amounts of mushrooming.

One other interesting thing is the ferules that John Parris uses for his cues -- some kind of propriety titanium.

Lou Figueroa

Kris_b1104 said:

Filler just made a sick escape to prevent a 3-foul by Capito. Current score is Filler 3-1.

Robbie runs out with ball-in-hand due to another great safety. Trailing 2-3 now.

On another note, in one of Filler's previous matches, someone in the comments or live chat asked if Filler is rewearing the same shirt as yesterday.

But they have no issue with Robbie wearing the same black polo his entire career At least now he has one with a Nike checkmark on the back instead of a plain one lol

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the pink panther vs the dark knight

Are all of the matches alternate break?

harry played a lot better than most thought. but in the end he seemed as if he wanted to lose. as he hardly ever was in a good game for himself.

Here's an unusual Holmes cue from 2006, and had two laminated shafts to go with it.

or maybe it just doesnt matter about the tip.

lfigueroa said:

hmmm, not exactly.

I have had a ton of snooker stuff come across my computer lately (probably because I signed Gail and I to go to the Crucible for the World Snooker Championships next year -- told Gail it was on my bucket list : -) and different snooker cue tip profiles are all over the place.

Here's a link that takes a look at what some of the top snooker player's tips look like:

Snooker Tip Shapes

Snooker Tip - What type of snooker tip shape have you got on your cue? Here are a few of the tips used by the world's top professional snooker players.

www.snookercrazy.com

Lou Figueroa
it's nuts

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Interesting that they intentionally play with generous mushrooming of the tips. I wonder if this is because...
- They want a larger striking area without increasing the shaft diameter, or
- The unsupported tip edges have "give" that somehow improves the tip-CB interaction
- They just don't think maintainance is warranted (I do not favor this, as O'Sullivan's cue maker says he changes tips for every tourney, so the shape of the tip is likely to be intentional rather than resulting from excessive wear).

I had never heard of waxing the ball until the topic came up. The poolhall(s) i go to clean the balls with some product that has to be silicone based. The balls are slippery as hell and the CB slides too much. I sprayed some silicone on a rag and rubbed it on my CB and got the same effect.