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I was actually going to say this as well! Sigel was a hustler, too. And getting that IPT cash was a grifter’s paradise.

I just read this so my apologies for being six months late. It literally was Mike’s business! Of course it was a monetary gift from his buddy Kevin, Trudeau, and it was Mike that brought Kevin Trudeau into the Pool world. The whole IPT was Mike’s idea and of course he was gonna get paid. I’m...

Yep. Rotation 8-ball. Sometimes as a spot. Saratoga is a short rack version.

I became an APA 7 in 8-ball with both of those balls in the early 90’s. My local bar still uses the mud ball. On free pool Tuesdays, I’ll bring out the Meucci to the bar and wow the regulars. And recently I was at a bar that had the oversized ball. I still have one somewhere in my collection.

I have partial facial blindness (diagnosed last year!), but I assume that is Sydney Sweeney?

Yes, got with Josephine Balabushka and the sons Greg and George in 1987 to secure the rights to the Balbushka cue name.

Japan. That’s the Japanese pin. But if the bumper isn’t the brown, then I’d go with a later year. So, not 80’s. There was the transition when they first went to China. They brought all their equipment and presumably a lot of the material over to China. That didn’t last more than a year or...

Show the pin and joint. It takes seconds.

Sigel won a couple of pro one-pocket tournaments when one pocket wasn’t much a tournament game. One pocket was not unknown to him, and had it been a primary pro tournament discipline, there is no doubt he would have been one of the top players considering: - One of the greatest 14.1 players in...

I’d have to really see better profile photos of the pins. The domed pins all look slightly different.

Assuming you mean these two, the photos aren’t clear. If the silver rings are the same thickness, then both are built in China for Adam Japan as far as I can tell. I assume neither signature have an (R) . How many HoFs were made? I really don’t know. I assume in the hundreds. The Mosconi...

I’m glad you were able to get to the food! Post in thread 'U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30' https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/u-s-open-2026-frisco-texas-august-25-30.589474/post-8502986

The velvety touch with control The absorption of the stroke into the hands, like a feather easily catching a boulder Dropping the hammer to kill the shot with no rebound

Great to know!

The question was about live televised events. I don’t recall one before the doubles Brunswick tournament that was live on TV.