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Book is $old!

Hey everyone, long time no post! I'm selling my second edition copy of Winning One Pocket. I haven't been playing much these days, and I need to buy a suit for a friend's wedding, so some cash needs to be freed up. The binding and pages are in great shape, some wear on the covers and...

This thread reminds me of the 2011 ACUI Nationals 9-ball tournament I shot in. It was the third round winners side, and I was playing last year's champion in a race to 8. I was able to capitalize on some good play and started the set out strong leading 5-1. My opponent takes his bathroom...

The second you said this, a concept popped into my head. I'm at work, so I can't really develop on this too much, but it's a cool idea to base a bar off of a pool table. Could look pretty sporty!

Without reading any other posts and just off of my gut feeling, I would probably feel good with the 6-ball and 3 on the wire.

Red Shoes in the south suburbs of Chicago gets my vote. Not too keen on Detroit, though...

I don't believe Mike Eck shoots with a steel-joined cue, though. I would say pass on this one.

I know Gil Castillo does (or did, it's been a while) work like this traveling around. I thought I had his card in my wallet, but I must have given it away to someone else. I PM'd you his number, give him a try.

Oh man, my face when I finally got it... :grin-square:

Here, ladies and gentleman, is a poster who I will be following for a good long time.

In the show's first season (haven't watched the second yet), Arnold Rothstein is seen several times shooting pool at his New York residence. The cue he plays with is far from period: it looks like a steel half-jointed production cue with a low-deflection shaft of some kind, judging by the logo...

I found a guy on Reddit a few months ago who said he has an office in a warehouse that has "1000s" of pool balls sitting around. I asked him for a few pictures before he did anything with them, and here's what he showed me: Can anyone help us figure out what he has his hands on here?

I'm not sure of the chronology here, but I envisioned a cue made around 1918-19, right at the pool boom. Following the cue and its story from the first peak, first decline, second small peak/decline, and recent history, with the conversion after the second peak. It sounds so dry typing the...

I have the movie playing in my head right now... I wish I could translate those thoughts to photochemical right now.

I recommend this recommendation of a recommendation.