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VVP said:
However, these soft breaks were not the Corey Duel type where all the balls were in the same half table. The ball were spreading well all over the table so I don’t think the soft breaks were that bad, but I am not an expert on this subject.
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the rule is subjective (it shouldnt be) and says break should be "forceful". if you ask the players they all know when someone is soft breaking. one way to see is that his cue ball almost never reaches the other side rail. also the two object balls in second last row of the diamond have very little movement. ref should have warned him in FSR match, and in the final too he broke soft.
 
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skogstokig said:
the rule is subjective (it shouldnt be) and says break should be "forceful". if you ask the players they all know when someone is soft breaking. one way to see is that his cue ball almost never reaches the other side rail. also the two object balls in second last row of the diamond have very little movement. ref should have warned him in FSR match, and in the final too he broke soft.
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He’s like 99 lbs. dripping wet, that’s a forceful break for him.
 
mjantti said:
Would be nice to allow the cue cases as carry ons to avoid this happening. But, it's unlikely to change, because the cabins are nowadays already full of small trolleys as airlines charge extra for checked in luggage.
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That and you might beat someone to death with the butt end of it lol
 
Flakeandrun said:
That and you might beat someone to death with the butt end of it lol
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I flew from Istanbul, Turkey to Heathrow Airport in London for a pool tournament back in 1990 and that was when you could carry cues in the cabin.

I was in a hurry in Heathrow and was running through the airport carrying my Fellini cue case and the airport police stopped me and made me open my case.

Guess they thought I was carrying a machine gun.
 
It's funny listening to everybody crying about soft breaks when years ago everybody "thought" hard breaks were far superior and nobody did a thing to limit those.

It's your break, break how you want as long as you hit the 1 ball.

Quit crying
 
HawaiianEye said:
I flew from Istanbul, Turkey to Heathrow Airport in London for a pool tournament back in 1990 and that was when you could carry cues in the cabin.

I was in a hurry in Heathrow and was running through the airport carrying my Fellini cue case and the airport police stopped me and made me open my case.

Guess they thought I was carrying a machine gun.
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I had my Jack Justis case w/cues at the airport in Frankfurt pre 9/11. Boarding the plane, the airline worker, who was scanning the tickets to board the plane, screamed (literally), "YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT ON A PLANE!!!"

I had no idea who she was yelling at until I realized she was yelling at me! I gave her the perplexed "WTF" reaction, and she continued, "you cannot bring a sword on the plane!"

A sword??? Of all things to assume what's in my case, a case that went through X-ray security???? It wasn't like I was wearing the Jack Justis Case like it was a scabbard, and I sure as hell wasn't dressed like a pirate. At least, not that day...
 
Efren is in action almost daily. These kids have to give him the 8 in 10 ball, and 2 games on the wire for a race to 19. Once they are able to beat Efren giving him this handicap, then he boots them out to face the world.
 
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Watching FSR vs Naulanan and it looks like FSR is sporting black Nike flip flops as footwear. Just pair some white socks with them and fit right in at this year's Florida Open!
 
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