Recent content by Roger Long

https://billiarduniversity.org/documents/BU_Rating_Comparisons.pdf This is a link to Dr. Dave's ratings comparison chart. In it he has descriptive player levels which are the ones that the AZBHOF will be using, except that the AZBHOF calls Dave's "Pro/Shortstop" levels Experts and calls his...

This tournament is designed to be inviting to all players, not just those who are active in any given league or tournament system. It is a fact that anyone who plays pool can be put into one of four different skill categories. The AZBHOF anticipates that it should not be a huge problem to...

The board of directors for the The Arizona Billiards Hall of Fame has decided to undertake the task of becoming a sanctioning body and promoter of Arizona State Championships. The plan calls for at least two championship tournaments per year - one in 8-ball and one in 9-ball. Each championship...

Just for the record, Action does not make any cues that have a finish on the full length of the shaft, nor are any of their shafts made from a terrible grade maple or have a terrible taper. In my opinion, there are only two concerns with the purchase of Action cues: 1) I don't believe they take...

Hi, Dave. You said the Predator Revo shaft creates much less CB deflection than a typical solid maple shaft, but that has not been my experience in the one or two Revo shafts I have tested. I have another Revo shaft that I will test later today. If possible, I will post a video with the...

I'm not doubting your word that the guy reduced the size of your ferrule, but when you say that "It always bugged me to see the fibers in the ferrule" I have to say that you were probably going to see the fibers in that ferrule no matter what. That's because of the particular melamine ferrules...

I built a robot for testing the amount of deflection in shafts. What I have found in the shafts that I have tested so far is that the wooden LD shafts deflected the cue ball about half the amount of the standard maple 13mm shaft that I use for comparison. However, almost every carbon fiber...

Thanks for the info. I suppose that's pretty common knowledge here on AZB, but I haven't been on here in a long while or else I would have already known that. It's probably safest to stick with any ball made by Aramith rather than jump on the bandwagon of the latest thing.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Hi, gang. I haven't even visited these forums in ages, much less posted anything, so it just might be divine providence that I came here today and found this thread. Up to this time, all information and updates on Tommy were put on the GoFundMe website, and promoted through my Facebook page...

No, it started out as a totally independent league operated by Bull Shooters. That was when it was just one night on bar boxes. Now, the west side league is a division of Arizona Hot Shots Pool League, operated by Larry Eans, and the east side is a division of East Valley Legacy Pool League...

The east side and the west side leagues both chose 4 players from each of 4 different rating levels by way of vote from all the players. Then, those 4 elected players in each rating level played a round-robin tournament against each other to see which one from each rating level would be placed...

After 32 players are signed up to play, the top 8 are identified and made captains. That prevents any of the top 8 players from being on the same team. Those captains are then rated by known ability as 1 thru 8. Then, the remaining 24 players are rated and listed by the league from 1st thru...

Mike Bates, the owner of Bull Shooters Billiards in Phoenix, is offering his version of the Mosconi Cup on Saturday, March 17 when one all-star team from the East Valley Masters League will meet one all-start team from the West Valley Masters League in the 2018 Masters Cup. This contest requires...

I've been having trouble posting to this forum. I log in. It tells me I may post new threads and may reply to threads. But then I write my post and click on "submit new thread" and it takes me to a screen that tells me that I'm not logged in. So then, once I log in again, my post is completely...