Stopped ball

When we were kids, I think we counted it as ‘pocketed’ if it fell before the next player could shoot. Of course, that often led to arguments about bumping the table or stomping on the floor 😁. Personally, I believe that SHOULD be the rule, and your opponent, acting as ref, could legitimately then call a foul if he honestly thought you did try to interfere. The official rule would still apply though re: restoration, especially if a delayed drop effected outcome after the next shot.

How Do You Explain....

So tonight at dinner I mention to Gail that I was thinking about switching from my John Davis PDF blank conversion, mit ivory joint, to my Shelby, which I have given a several month respite.

And Gail looks at me from across the dinner table with dead eyes -- you know, the kind of eyes you'll sometimes see at a poker table when your two pair have been called by trips -- and she says, I quote: " What is your problem? You have two Gina cues -- the quintessential pool cue. Why haven't you been playing with those?"

Words fail.

Lou Figueroa
Your only response should have been, "Yes Dear."
😉👍

Keilwood shaft order

Just ordered a back up kielwood from Joss. I sent Stephen one of my extra wood shafts to duplicate the diameter and length of taper. Hopefully he picks out a nice piece of wood.
I love the kielwood hit and stiffness.
Tried carbon fiber but couldn't get used to the feel of it. It felt alien.
I have found at least one CF shaft that I finally like. The Kielwood shaft that I had was definitely stiffer than standard maple, but I don't know that I would say that the "hit" felt better than standard maple. I didn't think I would transition to CF, but I finally have.
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Grand Slam For Correia & Golds For Lysholm & Ullmann-Hybler

PORTUGAL’S HENRIQUE CORREIA achieved an unprecedented clean sweep of all four individual 56-plus tournaments at the 2026 PREDATOR European Seniors Pool Championships as he swept aside Norway’s Bjorn-Erik Bergh to claim the 9-ball title in Gandia, Spain. The Portuguese seniors GOAT had earlier cut a swathe through the straight pool, 10-ball, and 8-ball divisions and arrived at the venue this morning needing three wins to complete an historic monopoly. A fighting 8-7 win over Betrand De Loriel (France) in the last eight moved him into a semi-final match against Germany’s Reiner Wisbitzki. It was another hard-fought 8-7 victory that put him […]

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