Tony
For my money I would contact Tony Robles. I believe he only teaches out of NYC. It'll be worth the commute from Jersey. Here's a link to his site which has information about his pool school. I'm pretty sure Tony still gives private lessons.
http://www.tonyrobles.net/
3-piece Stealth AT-1 jump cue
I like the 3-piece Stealth AT-1. Gets up easy and is very accurate when all 3-pieces used.
https://www.stealthcues.com/stealthcues/productlist11.aspx?catid=3211&page=1
NYCGRIND.COM has several photo galleries of Predator events at Comet.
JT also has a nice video recap of the Predator Tour Stop #15 here..
http://nycgrind.com/?p=7396
Your comment almost slipped past me... you crack me up. worldison2 thinks you bring the condoms in case a water balloon fight breaks out, is that true?
I'm also interested in hearing what some of you do during these long days. I have the same problem. Twice this month I ran out of gas coming thru the B-side after playing 8-9 hours straight.