A top player could make a decent living {both Tourneys and gambling}

Likely (60%-80%) more fun to watch because the top players were not mechanical machines.

skip100 said:

It definitely had the look of Oscar laying down so they could raise the stakes for the third set.

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maybe Raulito was the one laying down!

jasonlaus said:

Last I saw him he was playing Hatch at the Expo.

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That was many years ago I suspect.

Familiarity breeds contempt. No longer fanboy though still a fan. Takes a stiffer fix is all.

Lesson learned the hard way: Don't lend what you can't afford to lose! That applies to the house cues you are letting people play with. If their expensive cue is at home you might loan them an equal cue. However, if they are used to playing with one piece house cues in bars they are going to use yours the same way.

Being nice cost me the shaft I gambled with six or seven nights a week. Tapped a ball with the tip. Not something to cause a problem about 999 times out of a thousand but this time the last two inches of the shaft snapped off!

Hu

I think very few tips have a single "radius". I think nearly all of them are flatter in the center and more curved towards the edge. That means you can have a tip that is flatter than a quarter and more round than a dime at the same time. I think my tip is like that. I don't pay any attention to it except when I put it on and if I'm miscuing more than usual.

Towelito. lol...

Thank you! I saw Leave button, but wasn't sure ... didn't want to delete all PM by mistake.

Stupid me ... Right in front of my eyes.... Thank Bob and garczar