2" Exceed extender is available. Exceed just updated the design, they are now called EXC-2K. That's black in colour, you can also get them in red, blue, gunmetal and silver.

There are two types of slate shape. One with cut corners is nice and i can stretch cloth tight. Second one is without cut corners and when you stretch cloth tight corners overstretch it and leaving those lines. So loose cloth without stretch marks or tight cloth with them. Or cut them off of slate. I have not figured out how to get tight stretch for slate without cut corners.

DC1317 said:

Very pretty. Thank you. A little out of my price range.

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What is your price range then?

fish2 said:

You have the "best" players playing for a team, do you even need a captain? It is not like basketball where you have 5 players on the field with several more on rotation, it is either singles or doubles matches, which in turn provides 3-4 players not playing and can actually coach the players

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At the very least you need someone to pick who is playing.

Europe haven't had the same team each year either so do think its important to have someone take responsibility for making sure they meet up in advance and bond properly.

Also think the fact everyone just expects Europe to win it actually adds a lot of pressure to the team, especially new players. Europe have won 6 in a row, I'm sure every debutant and Neils must have it on the back of their mind they don't want to be the change to the team that was responsible for that run ending.

kazakis without a shot clock..

Grab these will you can, most will be gone next week

muskyed said:

If you use Pledge, it's not wax you feel or getting on the balls, basically silicone, and some versions of itadd a bit of mineral oil.

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Exactly the point. It won't build up and maybe more important, yellow the ball.

Dana Bufalo said:

The 25-26 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Cue can be viewed here: https://josscues.com/product/joss-tour-25-26/

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26-27 tournament cue @garczar

snatch said:

Hi,

Just curious when you guys (Mechanic) level a table would you use a machinists level (link below) or is this to sensitive? If not what is recommended?

Amazon.com

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Dont buy it! 0.4(something)mm/m thats a scam. regular home depo is 0.5mm/m I use 0.01m/m for tables like 40x + more accurate then this one in amazon. Standart for 12ft pyramid table is 0.01 in one direction and 0.015 in other. Pool is 0.02mm/m and snooker is same 0.01mm/m

This is a strong field, but not nearly comparable to what we used to get at the China Open 9ball. Go back about 10 years and this title was every bit as hard, possibly even harder, to win than the US Open 9ball. The reason was that many of the top Asians always skipped the US Open 9ball, but they all played in the China Open 9ball (as well as the other two Asian based majors, the World 9ball and the All-Japan).

Browsing the list of China Open 9ball winners, the last eight champions were, in order, Albin Ouschan, ,Wu Jia-qing, Joshua Filler, Ko Pin-Yi, Wu Jia-qing, Joshua Filler, Joshua Filler and Wojciech Szewczyk. The first seven of them were WPA World 9ball Champions and the eighth was a World 10ball Champion. Some of the game's greatest superstars never got over the finish line at this very stiff test of cueing.

This title was always the domain of the game's super-elite and it's a shame to see it has lost some of its shine. Since Matchroom took it over in 2019, which led to a much more comprehensive internationally balanced field, the US Open 9ball has, slowly but surely, left the China Open 9ball in the dust in terms of prestige.

The China Open is still a major title for sure, but not quite what it was. Nonetheless, good luck to all the fine players who remain in the draw.

You have the "best" players playing for a team, do you even need a captain? It is not like basketball where you have 5 players on the field with several more on rotation, it is either singles or doubles matches, which in turn provides 3-4 players not playing and can actually coach the players