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EARL d MIZERAK for his first tourney EFREN spanks SIGEL King of the Hill LAST 2 MOSCONI CUPS for USA ('18,'19) ALACAIDE d KAZAKIS 2019 WPM (my fav match - great sportsmanship too)

Hey Guys- I hope you are all hanging in there. We'll be back soon! I, like many of you have watched plenty of streamed matches during the quarantine. During one between Wu Chiaching and SVB I noticed Wu make a beautiful jump and noticed he has a pretty big, and expectantly soft tip on his...

Actually Amos' cue was a McDermott D-9, the same cue as I have used since '89 just the dark brown. I used to think it was a D-2 but one day I saw the lines... The C-3 has straight lines at the butt, but Amos' had staggered. Its hazy but you can still see the staggered pattern. [/IMG]

My Gold Crown Hey Dr Dave Thank you for this system. Its at least a frame of reference for pocket toughness if not overall table toughness. I have a PAF that is not on the list, only 1/8". The pocket is 4" and 2" back is 3 7/8. After finally figuring out how to do this system of...

let me know if you still have this. Thanks!

Again, I as most here know what running numbers means. Don't we all? And Mizerak's missed shots and bad leaves were BOTH VEHICLES for double-entendre. If you are unfamiliar with the way Hollywood works, many ideas are communicated subtly. Sadly, most here seem to have neither previously...

It was double-entendre

If you have never picked up on this, the scenes in The Color of Money give homage to Willie Mosconi when on the phone, and later in Chalky's he nods to Earl Strickland, the other Best Player in the world other than technical consultant (Mike Sigel). Eddie comments that Earl "runs the numbers"...

So different I grew up on the slow cloth with larger pockets (5" approx) and used to spin the ball around the table. When I came back to the game last year, the new style of table really threw me off. My spin game was off and the cloth and tiny pockets made it even worse. I've finally gotten...

Not here to try and convince you. Rotation pool is always tougher when theres only 1 next object, but I see your point as the small table is easier for that, and racks of 8 pose the difficulty of clutter. Either way, if pool went to alternating break with a quicker shot clock I think it would...

You'd like to see it, as if you doubt it? Well, doubt all you want, it happened, and thats not the point of my reply. If we all took your doom and gloom point of view and simply accepted that pool isnt good enough to be hugely popular, and not make changes, then it wont be. Maybe you should...

I'm no pro but even I've done 9 straight tables of 9-ball on a 7 footer, which is harder than 8-ball. It's a waste to have SVB sitting there. No other sport would do that. In tennis, Federer gets 7 figures to play Doha. Do you think they'll keep him from serving? It's an accomplishment for...