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9 Ball Heaven is your best bet. People smoke outside but not inside. 8 and 9 foot tables in reasonable condition. Bring your own cue, they charge a small amount to rent house cues. Food isn’t bad, typical bar fair. Lots of tables but be careful of league night as they take a lot of real estate...

What about a game (for example) with two 800+ players who are deliberately playing very careful and deliberate safeties back and forth? This happens a lot and is an enjoyable competition of skills to watch.

I like this idea. Opposing player-initiated shot clock? Violations don’t automatically lose turn but after some number of violations it’s a foul? The time doesn’t have to be time to cue ball struck, but return to seat. Small variations can be accommodated by a grace of a few shots. The goal is...

That’s a valid point. The chess clock was just one idea floated. We’re discussing options, but many agree the slow play is a problem. Do you have other ideas?

Agreed and I’m all for it. I think it’s a great idea. There would need to be some details worked out, which aren’t easy and would be a new model that lots of people disagree about on the details. For example, how long do you give players? Is it by rack, match, or event? How do you determine...

I’m well aware that the livelihood of many of these players depends on the outcome of maybe one or two shots. I’m also well aware that many of them flew over-the-pole, for many hours, at great personal expense, to play. I wish they were better supported and better compensated. The only way...

I’m live at the event and I couldn’t keep my focus on either of those slow matches. Clearly there aren’t resources for a timekeeper at every table, hence the player-activated chess clock suggestion by someone earlier. Although that has implementation problems too. Like baseball, I’m not sure...

Agree something has to be done about the pace. Chess clock is a good idea. Something. 2.5 hour races to 10, running hours behind…. They played 2 full matches including setup and warm up on Table 1 while SVB watched Jung-Lin walk around the table, stare off into space, pick up little bits of...

There was an interesting discussion about this on the Cue it Up podcast recently. The trust of it was, why would Fedor have any interest in joining a USA team that’s a severe underdog at the Mosconi? With him on Team Europe, they basically have it locked up for now and for the immediate future...

I remember when I was in high school in the 90s my friends and I played pool at the bowling alley every day. Owning a table at home was like dating a cheerleader… an fantasy but unimaginably out of reach for any of us. I had a friend who lived in a, shall we say, less desirable part of town...

That is a truly captivating house. I especially appreciate the garden. I'm interested to hear the story of how you came to live in rural Japan. You say you speak broken Japanese, where are you from?

I've got a couple cue buts I would like to replace the Irish linen wrap on. I really prefer the feel of Irish linen, but.my thinking is to replace with leather because linen is so hard to clean. I know many skilled players like wrapless but that's not my preference. So a couple questions...

I used a Heavy Hitter for a while. It's a good cue. I agree with the above though, I found that my break improved tremendously when I switched to a lighter cue. I had read that on-line and didn't believe it.. But it really is true. More power, more control. Probably any cue would work fine for...

Anyone have a set of the Cyclop skilttles balls gathering dust on the shelf they'd like to let go of? Ideally I'd like the hyperion set I think but any will do. Thanks!

That was probably me. I'll pm you.