Recent content by Omar

My friend Dave Diaz and I took the train down from Poughkeepsie that Saturday and spent the whole day at the tournament. That was some afternoon: Efren ran 141 against Dallas West, Oliver Ortmann and Jim Rempe played a nail biter, running 126 and 90+ respectively. Tony Robles ran 148. I...

Mike Cochran told me once that they had the best luck with the triangular shipping boxes. The problem with a round tube is that it can roll, and that they had cues damaged when they came off a conveyor belt in a processing center. Of course, you could you could still use some kind of tube...

I don't have any personal contact info, but he did answer an e-mail I sent to the address listed for him on the ACA site.

just a guess

I am not sure I understand your point, because shots at that distance don't require adjustment with a standard shaft either. The cue ball squirts when you apply side spin and you have to adjust for it, no matter what shaft you use. It is a measurable phenomenon, and people have measured it. Kind...

I find it interesting how many LD shaft proponents say that they aim without adjusting for squirt, when this obviously isn't true. There isn't a single shaft on the market that reduces squirt to zero. Predator claims about 40% or so for the Z2, and you can find independent tests that confirm...

If it's the cue I am thinking of, you're better off. He offered it to me as well, and although I could have easily afforded it, I passed. Something was fishy about the whole deal. Turns out the seller in question never finished paying the real owner for it, still owing quite a bit of money...

Actually, this smells an awful lot like an opinion, too. The only fact that can be derived from an item being listed in the for sale section is that it's owner is trying to raise some cash. Anything else is pure conjecture.

I have to agree with you. I just watched a video on YouTube where our own DrDave was measuring the squirt of different tip material / height combinations. For comparison, he included an example with a Predator Z2. The average difference in squirt between the LD and regular shafts used for the...

Unless things have changed, enrolling in the Tri-State Tour requires an endorsement from your local room owner or league operator, who vouches for your skill level.

They might be calling it quits, but I wouldn't read too much into them being closed on Saturday. I believe the owners are Jewish. I took the train to NYC one weekend to buy a cue about 12 years ago and they were closed that day.

A landlord has COMPLETE control over what you do on HIS property. They would certainly be within their legal rights to object to it, whether a pool table qualifies as furniture or not. And since several people are advocating sneaking the thing in without asking permission, everybody knows it.

Well, it's pretty simple. Most of these LD shaft manufacturers claim that their products have 30% less squirt than tradition shafts, or even more. If squirt was the only thing that needed to adjusted for when using side spin, then it seems reasonable to think that using a LD shaft would improve...

Receiving stolen property is a crime too...

BCA Billiards is just down the street from Club Med, at 3212B Pike St. Both rooms are located in warehouses by the railroad tracks behind Derry St. Club Med is behind the TOPPS Restaurant, so it is a little easier to find. Neither one are very good rooms and are pretty much empty most of the...