Recent content by Stickman9

I agree about the narrow points (unless they are "bridged") and gaps between them. Also not a fan of odd umbers of points. For cues under $1,000, I agree with earlier posts that there are SPs that play great. I have a Frey SP that plays great and was my regular playing cue for several years.

He hasn't used it for quite a while (I think since the mid 2010s)

I have a Scruggs SP exactly like outrider1's. I bought if from Tim in 1999 for $160. I also have a Frey SP. Both play great.

I don't remember where or exactly when the tournament was, but 1994 at First Break sounds about right. I miss the McDermott Tour tournaments. For a $50 entry fee, you had the opportunity to play really good players (and even some pros--Earl Strickland played in the Commonwealth Cup in Richmond...

Unfortunately, the Sport Palace (not Sports Palace) is closed. Buffalo, who was one of the co-owners, runs Buffalos in NOLA.

I heard that was at the Sport Palace in New Orleans.

The examples of distance visions that Dr. Dave gives in the video (around 7:10) are: basketball, bowling, baseball pitching, horseshoes, and darts. I would argue that all of these examples are fundamentally different from pool. In these sports you are moving the ball, horseshoe or dart with your...

Bob Frey made a lot (most?) of Tim's SPs. I have one of each, and both play great.

I was surprised too. When I bought the table in 1997, it was about $500 to recover the table with Simonis.

I spent a long time looking for a hard case without tubes to replace my aging 2x4 It’s George case. I bought a 2x4 GTF case, but I use it only for storage because the padding is so thick it is more like a 2x2 case. I ended up getting a Holly Spectrum 3x5 case from Seybert’s. The case is fake...

The materials costs don't vary by location, but the labor costs do.

I agree with others that the prices seem to be too high. The price for recovering my gold crown 3 with simonis 860 HR cloth was $575. I also replaced the rails and have the pockets cut down to 8 and 3/8, which brought the total up to $900. By the way I live in the Washington DC area.

If you're playing for fun, you can play 6-ball after your 9-ball game.

At various times over the last 30 years I have seen Buddy Hall, Earl Strickland, Nick Varner, Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante, Mike Sigel, Jose Parica, and many others playing 9-ball. More recently I saw Filler, Gorst, Van Boening, Chang, and some others when I attended the 2023 International...

This isn't a new thing. It was pretty common to see people climb on the tables at the Sport Palace (Buffalo was a co-owner) in 1990-91. Occasionally, you would see a footprint on the cloth.