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Coincidentally, Samm Diep uploaded this video this week explaining exactly what I mean:

There are also plenty of pros that play with a shorter than standard cue. You just can't tell because unlike with an extension there's no visual indicator that it's shorter. I played Mika Immonen yesterday and noticed his cue was ~2 inches shorter than standard with a short wrap as well.

Plenty of sports don't have the Olympics as the pinnacle of their sport. I think that's actually the sign that a sport is healthy and financially viable. It also makes sense to me that there would be a limited set of participants in the Olympics. This should be a showcase of the best each...

Much worse for shorter players. The cue length should be relative to your height. A longer cue won't help much with reaching shots because the extra length goes to the back of the cue, not the front, because you can't magically start playing with a 24" bridge. All it does is cause the cue to be...

32% seems higher than normal for Match room events on 4" pockets right? Anecdotally, I feel like I heard about longer packages than usual during this tournament and the tables looked more generous based on the eye test. If that's true, I wonder what was different this time around.

Looks like he's using reference lines that all point to the corner pocket, which is how I'd kick at this. The reference lines are as follows in short rail to long rail format: second diamond to second diamond (lots of running), third diamond to third diamond (natural running), pocket to 3.5...

The short rail -> center pocket scratches are always a tough pill to swallow because they seem so unlikely, especially on tighter tables. Unless I'm on a table with 5.5"+ side pockets, I'd probably just focus on making the bank and accept that scratch as a risk.

Something tells me Kaci isn't going to get the same "nice and hospitable" treatment everyone else gets.

I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that it's very reasonable for him not to want to play near the Philippines 😂

Confirmed!

Bump - don't see many of these CCs for sale, especially in new condition!

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In an FB comment, Aloysius Yapp claimed the ball started acting funny after Ignacio changed gloves and rubbed the cue ball during two of his subsequent breaks.

You can send him a Z3 blank and have him add the rings and leave off the logo. Or send him an existing shaft and do the same. Or have another cue maker do the same, some are able to replicate the rings.

Fwiw, I play with Z3 and Ob pro+ shafts and I haven't played with anything lower deflection. I tried a 12.2 Ignite that deflected way more. I think at this point, it's pretty clear that CF has plenty of benefits vs wood and vice versa, but lower deflection is definitely not one of them. Again...