Recent content by mick hodapp

I,personally, being a short left hander, prefer breaking from the right side of the table & taking the left pocket & the way I figure it, at my speed, I am going to be spending more time taking my opponets balls out of his pocket than shooting balls in my pocket & for a short, left hander it is...

My thoughts & experinces with Schmelke also !

Why is no one mentioning Schmelke Cues here ? As far as I am concerned David Schmelke in Rice Lake, WI. makes as good of a hitting hitting cue as any of the other cues that I have owned & played with since 1964 including a Brunswick Titleist, 2 Hueblers,a Joss West. a Richard Black, a Jerry...

Can you please tell me what the end of nutt diameter is on your Hoppe cue ? I owned one a long time ago & would like to duplicate it on a cue that I am having built. Thank you 1

I cut my "pool teeth" on 2 Gandy 4x8 coin ops in a hot dog joint in Toledo, Ohio in the 60'S & 70'S that had constant action & don't remember ever having any problems with either of them other than they had noisy ball returns & you could shoot a ball into a side pocket & it would go down but...

It' amazing that I don't see one Gina or one Richard Black cue on any of these lists, Jus' Sayn' !

I do remember Tadd's break & it was Awesome

Who is OOP ?

Now that I think about it, why is nobody mentioning the late "Surfer" Rod Curry ? I always thought he played "jam up" on a bar box.

Walter Glass from Las Vegas,nv was one of the top 8-ball players on a bar box for the money for quite some time back in the 8o's & 90's. He did win a couple of major tournaments but he was mostly a road player who hustled all over the country got the cash more times than not. Another real strong...

Mike is an acquaintance of mine & although I have never seen him do this personally, I definitely believe that he could do it,even one handed,he is an incredibly talented human being ! I am also sure that he could also do it on a bar box,which is somewhat tougher than a 8 or 9 footer.Jus' Sayn'

We used to call it "Snap pool" because of the sound your fingers would make when you did it right !

In my mind, making a spot shot from anywhere behind the line on a 3 1/2 x 7 ft bar box without the cue ball touching a rail is about as tough as it gets. I presented this shot one afternoon to 4 of my pool playing friends & they took turns trying it & I left to go home around 9pm and no one had...

In my mind, making a spot shot from anywhere behind the line on a 3 1/2 x 7 ft bar box without the cue ball touching a rail is about as tough as it gets. I presented this shot one afternoon to 4 of my pool playing friends & they took turns trying it & I left to go home around 9pm and no one had...

I always carried a small zip lock bag or small container of baby powder for humid conditions, along with a tip scuffer/shaper & a piece of # 4 brown bag paper for cleaning the shaft,along with the cue & chalk. I also used to keep a $100 dollar bill stuffed way down in the bottom of the case,just...