Recent content by fjk

Nick had a confidence aura that once he got in line, you were screwed and had no chance. Even when he was way down in the score, he still looked like he was going win!

I've owned a few SW cues and always considered them soft hitting cues. On the other side of the spectrum, JW cues are the stiffest I've ever played with. Of course, I'm just one opinion based on a handful of cues.

I just stopped back at the thrift store to check on it. Bidding is currently at $60 and in $10 increments. So If I bid and won I'd be into it for ~$75 after tax. She also needs the ferrule re-glued and a new tip. I'm thinking that's another $40-50. Is it even worth $125?

This is at my local thrift store on a silent auction. Appears pretty straight. Anyone know what kind of cue it is?

I'll take it. Please PM me payment info.

Ha, this same guy did something similar. I have no idea is this is legal or not: when he needed to take an intentional in one pocket or straight pool but pushing a tad too far would give something up, he put the tip right down on the felt and then slowly pushed in to tap the cueball. He told...

When I first started playing (early 80s), there was an old war horse road hustler in our room that played really strong even in his mid 60s (still could run 80-100 balls). When the cueball was frozen to a ball and he needed it to not be frozen, he would bridge very close to the cueball...

Agreed. It wouldn't be hard to subtly change your style of play a little to minimize weird cue ball reactions. If I had to bet, I would say someone did manipulate some cueballs somewhere. If several of the best players in the world all say something was off, ya gotta believe there's something...

No doubt most social media stories are nothing more than unsubstantiated gossip. And I'm also throwing my challenge flag on him having a "legal team".

To whoever bought this: please contact me if/when you get bored with her and decide to let her go.

Crazy Frank (RIP) got kicked out of a pool room because they kept finding needles in the rails. Apparently, they are pretty invisible. Frank would put them in by holding the rail while pretending to get down to view the balls. The needle would be in between his fingers. I guess it made rails...

Call me a dinosaur, but I equate old-skool cues and shafts to classic muscle cars. Those cars don't handle as well, aren't as fast, aren't as efficient, aren't as safe, and aren't as reliable. But, I still love them and will be paying a premium over the technologically superior Tesla. My...

hmmm...does anyone here know what I was referring to making reference to a 50K BB cue is? How is having status at a pool hall any less than having status anywhere else? Does wearing a Rolex at the yacht club yield any tangible benefits? "Status" is subjective and contextual. In the "context"...

Wait. You don't think a pool cue could be a status symbol? Do you think people pay 50K for a BB because they play better than everything else? Do you believe everyone purchases luxury items only because they are status symbols? Nobody purchases luxury items simply because they have an...

I don't believe that will ever be the case. For example, I have a smart watch that besides keeping PERFECT time, it also monitors my biometrics, sleep cycles, checks my emails, make phone calls, has GPS, and can stream music to my earbuds. All for about $400 bucks. By your logic, nobody in...