Recent content by ChrisinNC

Looks like at least 5-6 balls were involved in some series of both caroms and combos which allowed him to make this shot. When initially looking at it, I thought he hit the striped ball directly in front, but after looking at it again, it appears he hit the ball located to the left of the...

The thing about banks - you need to know you cushions as the accuracy of making the bank are so sensitive to speed and spin - all cushions bank differently.

Brass Tap is a legit pool room that has numerous tournaments, big and small. Rail bolts can loosen up over time, but someone usually notices and reports a table with a dead rail or rails to the owner / manager. Any experienced room owner / manager who is a player will periodically check every...

Not that easy if shooting in rotation 1-6, as you have to leave an angle on every shot, but if you leave too much angle, the shots get too hard. Of course it depends on what size table it is and how tight the pockets are on the table. In rotation, I’m guessing on our 7 foot Diamond I might be...

Ernesto is indeed an 800+ table mechanic as well as still a formidable player in his 70s. Oscar however is a professional pool player and a successful room owner. Many years ago as a teen he and his brother helped their Dad out for a few years. He will be the first to admit the work was way...

I agree that if OD did discover loose rail bolts the day before their match, he should have had the courtesy to inform his opponent of his desire to tighten them. At that point, a decision could then be agreed on whether or not they could be tightened, and if so, it should be done by someone...

Quite unlikely that a newish Diamond table at Brass Tap would have loose not to mention missing rail bolts? Sounds to me it’s likely someone doctored the table before Oscar discovered it. Even if he tightened the loose bolts but didn’t replace the missing ones (as confirmed on his fb page)...

Could be a humidity issue wherever you store the chalk?

It depends completely on what the dimensions of the room are, how much room you want between each table, how much space for seating do you want to have, etc.

Placing coins under them is an easy fix. Also taking a razor blade and trimming the rubber/plastic chalk holder about an eighth of an inch will work also. On some premium chalks like Taom the paper around them already has a couple scored off lines about 1/8 inch apart, which allows you to peel...

I wouldn’t call fixing dead spots on the cushions by tightening loose rail bolts and replacing missing rail bolts as cheating. It’s not like he snuck in and did it in the middle of the night. It’s not hard for a professional level player to quickly see and hear the sound of dead spots on the...

Yes, the best feeling/sounding carbon fiber shaft on the market.

As it wasn’t Oscar’s poolroom, I’d be surprised if he had the proper tools with him and worked on tightening the rail bolts without the advanced consent of the owner/manager. If there were some missing rail bolts as he claimed there were, I would be even more surprised if he happened to have...

I’m a little confused - for a huge $ match like that, wouldn’t all the $ have to be posted up by both sides? How could someone get away without paying? If not, that’s just ignorance and negligent to assume gamblers and their backers can be trusted to pay up when losing, especially if you’ve...

Yeah, if some rail bolts were loose and Guama knew it, it was indeed a gaff table. The rail bolts should always be torqued tight so the rails play like they are supposed to play. If this is true, Oscar had every right to check the table out before the match and make sure the rail bolts were...