Recent content by lakeman77

Talking about two completely different things. Winning vs watching. Very few have "automatic talent" to play fast and win, especially at the amateur level.

CueTec Avid and pop for the Cynergy shaft. $700 give or take a bit.

If you can connect with him you deserve the pool gold medal. I had one of his cues and tried for months to reach him. good luck.

GC cushions can be changed but not the pocket shelves. Diamond shelves are deeper. And the height and shape of the rails are different. I tried it. It's a GC3 with Diamond rails :-) If you want a Diamond buy a Diamond.

Almost no correlation between how much a cue costs or how "well made" it is and how well it will play, IMO.

he hit's 'em nice for sure

I believe Tony in no longer with us.

In 8 ball, amateur players break and make a ball much less than 50% of the time. So winning the flip, if winner must break, is loosing the flip.

I noticed my HR at 120 just sitting during a match. I solved the problem, stopped wearing the Apple watch. Timex for me :-)

If tipping the tournament director carries the implication you will be treated better, or worse if you don't tip, in Chicago we call that a "shake down"

if you are supposed to tip him if you win, is he supposed to give part of your money back if you loose? gotta be a two way street.

I played Chinese 8 ball at Hustler's in Bangkok. I LOVED it. If you prefer 9 ft tables over 7 ft, then I think you would love Chinese 8 ball tables. If SVB didn't like it, he might not have liked getting shellacked by a 20 year old Chinese kid and not getting cheese..

How much money does Gareth Potts make playing Heyball/Chinese 8 ball? If the rest of these guys were so good they would be playing Heyball for the big $$$, or so it would seem. Like pro snooker, where the real money is, American plays have tried and can't make the pro tour.

I've been working with TOI for a few weeks and realize it's super important to accelerate through the cue ball. I believe it helps "push" the cue ball over to facilitate the cue. I'm only in the learning phase so I could be wrong.