Recent content by overlord

Pool is super lucky to have a guy like Rogan taking the time to push the game. He loves playing pool, its awesome. Keep in mind that celebrities usually get paid to show up and hawk anything.

The facings on those mid cue extensions tend to leave the cue wobbling when you roll the cue across the table. The screw into the butt extensions are better engineered.

Mabuhay.....................!!

I believe " soft hands " is a golf term.

LIke Thor's war hammer my cue hits a ton...........

What was the flooring, out in part of the room with all the tables? It looked like ripped up carpet........

The Spaniard takes it down..........

Back in the day when there was action in S. Cali rooms. The room understood who most of the road players were. There was one dude from the Balkans that was a really fine player who did sneak up on folks, playing with a house cue, but that was a rare occurrence. Name brand players could get...

50-100 dollars doesn't go far these days......

Just sharing my experience. I think you are on the money......

I had an old Gina Barbell Cue. It was in rough shape and Ernie refinished it, rewrapped it and made a new shaft. The two original shafts were way warped. Got 4 K for it.......... This was around 2008........

If you walked into a pool room in the South when I was a kid I don't recall folks playing straight pool. I don't think Earl had any background in Straight Pool. I know Mike was a straight pool phenom. Both Earl and Mike had outsized personalities. I don't think Earl really played much...

I know that MS is an all time great. But you are always talking titles and Earl has the titles........ Earl started playing professionally in 1979 and on top of the titles was the 1 million dollar run. Earl was never a big straight pool player. There was at least a decade of overlap in...

Earl won Five US Opens and Three World Nine Ball Titles. I don't think Mike's career matches those achievements.

You didn't mention Earl.