Recent content by sudocrushms

Further evidence to the break being the most important shot in the game. Shane's dry breaks and bad layouts did him in.

I'm always interested in what people play with, especially players that use strange setups (ex. Filler's featherweight). That said it's pretty purely out of curiosity - at least until you see something that's not on the market. The butt on the SVB (Gen1 at least) is THICK. Feels very strange...

OK, so what's your favorite cigar? I always liked a Maduro 50-52 shorty (3-4") because I was never in for a long smoke. First taste of fire and I'm done. I liked Onyx for affordable and tasty, with good sizes. Don't smoke anymore because that smell doesn't come out and I don't want to taste it...

If you don't like that, my hard tipped Revo would probably have you plugging your ears. 😂

Happy birthday you crunchy old geezer. May you continue raising hell for many more.

It works better on the soft and it's just easier to hit the tip with the Willard.

I used to use a tip pick, but i have since switched from a soft to hard tip and the pick doesn't work as well. Just use a Willard's tool when i need it, which is a lot less with the hard tip.

Wood and carbon (and hybrid) just feel different. Same with wood from different manufacturers. Same with carbon from different manufacturers. It's all preference. I still break out my old SP with a 314 or Z and love the feel, but after a while playing I'm reminded why I switched. I also think...

Yup. You can't give these players that much angle into the rack or they'll just throw the wing ball into the corner and control the 1. That box was what, 2-3" wider than WNT events and that's all it took.

Well this aged like milk on a summer day... Oh well. Pulling for AJ Manas and The Viking now.

I love practicing safes against myself. Helps with speed control and kicking. "Oh that's a good one...@&^$ how do I get out of this...?"

I've been seeing ads for the new Taom rack (thanks targeted advertising...). Any more detailed thoughts on it?

I personally prefer the Turtle Rack II. Mine has held up for 2 years and it's less plastic-y than the others. https://www.pooldawg.com/pool-table-accessories/standard-pool-table-accessories/pool-ball-racks/turtle-rack-original-9-10-ball-rkturo

Where are you breaking from and how are you trying to hit the 1? I primarily play 10b, which I've found can be a really touchy break. Often the classic Choose 2: make a ball, control the cue ball, or get a good spread. I have found that backing off the break power tends to work better than...