About 10 years ago Larry Nevel won the Music City Open (he actually chopped with J. Archer) and he never missed a ball the entire tournament . He got out of line one time in the finals and was very upset. I loved watching him play. RIP Larry!

Bob Jewett said:

It's a soft masse shot. Those are pretty standard at the "small games" of carom billiards.

How do you feel he fouled?

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right. i meant if it's froze against the cushion, the tip would make double contact. like a push shot. no cierto?

Talking about cheating the pocket, Monday Night I left myself straight in on a object ball in a corner pocket,
had to cheat the pocket a little to have the cue ball follow the object ball and come off those two rails and
back out to center table. Brain said no and hit the object ball center pocket and the cue just followed the
object ball straight into the same pocket. Dang, was going to be so pretty, lol <--- on me.

Chopdoc said:

Edit: I just looked closer, those look like butted veneers, not mitered. All the Kao cues I have are mitered.

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Could you explain what this means?

JS858 said:

Mine arrived today. Quality for the price is pretty disappointing.

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Dang. You got yours quick and sad to hear the quality sucks. $700 showpiece might be a bit much.. wondering if I should cancel the order or just resell it once it arrives.

Did you get the SP1 or SP2?

Good idea. Spectators are more interested in watching matches streamed on TV/YouTube that have 2 strong players that’s why there is much more interest at the single elimination stage. I could not watch any match for the Hanoi Open streamed on YouTube, albeit I was speeding through looking for matches so I could have missed a good one.

I think a HFS based on 32 might be a better indicator, but you can also give the results for 16 and 64.

Just to understand the math, if you have 2 events with 2 players each where event 1, the players Fargos are 850 and 780 and event 2 with the Fargos being 830 and 820, what will be HFS for these events?

WildWing said:

Ebony sometimes has a grain, can be lighter than dark ebony. I'm not sure about this one though, I'd have to hold it to be sure.

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Yes. There are more than enough varieties of ebony to make that very true.

Much of what we think we see in pictures could be different in person.

All we can do it toss our impressions out there.

BigBoof said:

It is. You are possibly buying a clone. If the price isn't a substantial discount, you are better off buying from a reputable dealer.

I would stick to real either way, but that's me.

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Way too many expensive products have been expertly counterfeited. I recently discovered that some vitamin supplements I purchased on eBay were fakes. Copied label was so well done, I only found out for sure because the lot # was bogus. Difference in caplet size made me suspicious, so I contacted the name-brand U.S. manufacturer.

skogstokig said:

... what's he doing at 6:05? how is that not a foul? ...

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It's a soft masse shot. Those are pretty standard at the "small games" of carom billiards.

How do you feel he fouled?

Asia by 5

Texas Carom Club said:

for me its jpdb playing 1 cushion in brandenburg
marvelous display of cueing control and creativity

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that's a lot of nursing for me.. what's he doing at 6:05? how is that not a foul?

impressive run either way.

rexus31 said:

... Basically, Cyclop is now Dynaspheres as Dynaspheres are made by the same company (XinBiing Co.) as Cyclop and in the same factory. Dynaspheres even has the same story on their website about learning the process and technology from Bob Simpson, former Chairman of Hyatt as Cyclop did.

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All true, but the brand is gone. And the owner of the Dynaspheres brand is careful to do quality control.

eg9327 said:

My interest is in playing 1p and 8 ball. Not a lot of people are interested in 1p around here. If you play 1p you will find that your defensive skills in 8 ball improve dramatically. I've found it much easier to beat 8 ball players who are actually much better shooters than me.

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Exactly. I'm a certified Instructor and honestly if everyone learned to play one pocket,
it teaches you everything you need to learn to do beyond the fundamentals. I start
people playing one pocket early on and it keeps them interested until they've learned
enough to handle 8 and then 9 ball.