Recent content by mdc

I had the same thought. What happened to TAR anyway? I disagree with the notion that pool needs to distance itself from gambling. Just look at the success of poker.

Scott Frost posted this challenge match announcement on Facebook today. He says this is just the beginning of a "king of the hill tour" where the winner will take on another challenger. He also says this will be streamed for free. Sounds exciting.

I do not interpret Fels’ advice as “slow roll” every shot. He’s saying stop hitting the balls too hard, if you are, which many do. They’re called “bangers” for a reason. There is a speed not so slow as to risk roll off and not too fast as to rattle the ball.

I don’t know, never played golf, unless you count miniature golf, but I’m sure pool would be much easier if we were allowed 3-5 strokes to get each ball in the hole.

I'll turn 52 this month, and I'm getting back into the game after playing only sparsely the past decade or so. It's been a couple of months now but I'm already seeing some improvement, shaking the rust off. The biggest difference I see is that when I started as a teenage and into my 20s I could...

I live in San Antonio and have been planning to go since I first heard about it coming to Texas. I signed up for an email alert before the tickets went on sale and never received one. Now that they’re out, Sunday is completely sold out. I might still get tickets for Saturday I guess, it’s only...

I see your point, and I do appreciate the automation. Just looking at the website for the smart cue ball, btw, impressive. Best of luck. I might be interested when they’re released.

True. If you want those features I still think this system could be improved by adding a delay to the automatic reset, say 5 seconds, to allow for everything on the table to come to rest. Otherwise, it’s possible to hit a stop shot where the cue ball motion ends almost instantly but other balls...

Cool. What about a remote the player holds or places on the rail while shooting? When all the balls stop rolling they press a button to stop or reset the clock. When their turn ends they can hand the remote to the incoming player or leave it at the table. There could even be a delay between...

Athletic shoes. Pool is a sport.

Haven’t tried carbon fiber shafts, but I would like to. I’m a believer in LD shafts as it makes compensating for English easier for me. Been using a Predator 314-2 for over 20 years now and I’m pretty happy with it. I own a few cues with standard maple shafts, but playing with them takes...

I cook, but I’m not sure I could tell the difference between an average professional chef and “one of America's best.” According to Mike Page, the median Fargo rating is 471, so 482 is right there, but I would bet that to the average person reading that article, this guy’s pool skills would...

Bought this Pechauer from Seybert's about 20 years ago, maybe more, can't remember exactly. I believe it was one of a few cues made exclusively for Seybert's, but I'm not sure of that either. Don't see it in any of the retired cues pages on their website. Anyone have any ideas about a model...

Played with a Joss for many years. Bought a Predator 314-2 shaft with the 5/16x14 joint for my Joss not long after I first got it and it fit like it was made for it.

I was explaining all this to my uncle, who knows nothing about pool but was with me when I sold the balls. He asked me, how are you gonna know that this guy gives you the same set of balls back? Maybe he’s trying to scam you, buy your good balls, pretend there’s this weight problem and then pull...