Recent content by Mark V

Chattanooga Billiards Club. I’ve been going there for 15 years. The gciv I’ve played on every time I’m there plays perfect. It always plays perfect. It is always clean. All the tables look like that. It’s classy, but not too much. It is the perfect blend of date night and being a players room...

My first cue was a birthday present when I was 19, so probably around 1997. Bubinga Merry Widow USA made McDermott (think they were all USA back then). Black Irish linen wrap with white spots with a wood to wood joint. eBay purchase from no one other than Joe Rackem (his real early days). I...

Grew up in NC, now living in Georgia (the state) since 2009. I kind of like it here.

Middle diamond on the head rail shooting a spot shot with inside English, playing to lag within 6” of where you shot from. Anyone who can make that 2 or more times out of 10 can play. … edit: on dirty equipment. You make that shot 3x in a row, The answer will be, ‘no, we can’t play a little.’

Pretty much spot on. Hood is an understatement. I definitely watched my back walking to my car.

I went to Archers enough to see the unfortunate decline. It had promise. The location wasn’t bad. Price was very reasonable. I played one of the first games on the gc6. Johnny came over and introduced himself. Rodney was there as well. He gave me his personal number and was just a regular guy...

I really value your civil response. It’s rare these days to disagree cordially. Our viewpoints just differ. What you call nostalgia is what I call real pool. What you saw as a problem in the game, I saw as good. It’s an interesting dichotomy of thought, which is why this thread is what it is...

So what could we expect to see under the conditions I proposed and why would the results be problematic? What I’m getting at is this. The solution to the perceived problem completely changed the game, and in its current state, it barely resembles the once beautiful, charismatic, almost poetic...

I’ll ask the question: What would happen in a pro tournament if tables were 4.5” on GCIV’s with slow cloth, no jump sticks allowed (ok to jump with full length cue), and let’s just say for giggles no break cues allowed either. Winner breaks. First to 18 games wins (since it’s so easy, people...

Pool became the thing I enjoyed the most when I saw what real pool looked like back in the 90s on ESPN. I grew up in Raleigh, NC. Pool central at the time. On tv: earl, Johnny, Reyes, bustamante, Parica. These dudes ran balls. They rifled in shots, the cue ball did ish I didn’t know was...

Rack running is good for pool. Fair is the thing that comes to town once a year. Learn to lag and break better if you don’t like the electric chair. Bigger pockets make for faster games and more entertaining play. It seems the ardent fans and sweaters are the loudest voices for tighter pockets...

Slow………….plaaaaay

Get it, and write redrum in big letters with a whiteout brush down the length of the handle. Make it barely legible. Carry it in a ripped vinyl case with the name Delbert Grady drawn on the side. Feminine problem solved. It may ‘kill’ your action, though.

With distance on that shot, for me, much less can go wrong. Table conditions and opponent weaknesses factor in big as well. If they can’t hit a long shot to save their life… easy choice. Slow and dirty table in a humid room, I take the short shot. Fast and clean table, I’m going long.

My safety play is pretty atrocious so if anything I choose distance.