Recent content by Vahony

I'm taking a business trip to Raleigh in July and was looking for a place to shoot pool. Not looking for action just going to go out and shoot some with a few people from work. I googled for rooms and came up with a few. The two that looked good to me were Snookers and Brass Tap & Billiards...

Yup I had this happen last night playing league. 3 guys and 5 girls come to the table next to us and the guy with the balls has a draft beer and just sits in on the table and start tossing balls. I was in a match at the time but not shooting so I went over to him and said that they don't like...

8-ball True, you can call safe, pocket one of your balls and keep shooting. It should be marked on the score sheet as a safe since that was your intention. The APA does not make you call safe before shots, only after should you let the score keeper know that last shot was an attempted safe...

My matches against lower players usually last a lot of innings. I play really tight just so I don't let them win. If I notice the person is taking a lot of time outs then I make sure I make them burn their time outs early by playing safes. Once I get in that mode the other player usually just...

I don't see anything in the APA rules that would make it illegal. Of course there may be local bylaws that are more specific than the national rules. I don't see why it would be illegal since it doesn't affect the hit of the cue ball. The only thing I might find wrong with it is if there is a...

Very nice read.

I sometimes have a problem making the last ball, either the 9 or 8 ball. I've started thinking of playing them like they are the 1 or 2 ball. I'll tell myself in a very low voice "Just pocked this 2 back then you're on the 8 hanging in the corner pocket" Works for be about 7 our of 10 times.

I recently started using Silver Cup chalk. So far I'm liking it. I also switched to a layered tip, a Wizard. I haven't miscued since switching to the new chalk and the tip helps with english. My game has improved over last session. This session I finished with a 11-4 in 9-ball and 18-8 in...

In the event that the two team played twice and tied it would be the winner of the last match they played against each other.

After getting a ball to go in and getting stuck behind another ball with little to no hope of hitting my ball. "For my next trick...Jump, Masse, Draw...8 in the side" When my opponent plays a safe on me I say "You call that a safe...let me show you a safe"

I've been telling my wife this for 4 years but she still thinks 9-ball is the harder game. My problem with 9-ball is that I shoot too soft sometimes. This costs me points since if I miss my opponent has an easy shot. Recently I've imporved upon this by shooting a little harder on the shots...

That's a very nice looking stick. What kind of pin is that though?

I recently changed the tip on my player cue. I went with a Wizard medium. I wanted to try a layered tip but didn't want to invest a lot of bucks on it since I didn't know if I would like it or not. The old tip was a Le Pro that was so worn down I couldn't get much shape on it so I was...

I recently had to put a tip back on my break stick. It had popped off during a break and I had a guy put a new one on. Well after about 10 breaks it popped off as well. Maybe it was the glue or maybe he was in a hurry to get the tip/ferrule prepped. I prepped the ferrule and tip with 400...

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