I know this subject has been beat to death but here is my personal take on it.
I have been using solid tips for many years.
Recently I decided to give a layered tip a try.
I had an Everest installed and can not tell the difference from a solid tip.
The layered tip was $40 installed vs a solid...
Screw black Friday.
About 15 years ago I stood in line with a lot of people at 5 in the morning in the awful cold just to buy a new TV at a killer price.
The doors opened and the mob surged in and it was a nightmare.
I did get the TV.
Never again.
Back in Jersey as a kid in the early '60's I would give lesser players the break in 6 ball.
Most of them had not figured out that breaking in a ball was almost impossible.
Got this idea about short rack 11 ball from Mike Massey. He said put the 11th ball in line with the head ball.
The 11th ball is racked in the back in line with the head ball per the flyer.
yes sometimes an inning passes then we see a ball that should spot and it gets spotted.
The kitchen is the kitchen right?
We are a couple of old guys well past 70 and we bet $5 a game so rules are kind of loose.
I knew Brian and his backer .
His backer told me that Brian played the Miz getting the 7 and broke even.
I've played pool with Brian and he could play and getting the 7 from the Miz and breaking even tells me the Miz was as good as anyone.