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To avoid a game losing skid?

I don't like your specs. I'll explain to you why that is. 1. We'll take the length as given, though it's too short for playing decent. I've played some gambling sets with my jump cue years ago. It's really no picnic. 2. The joint is okay, if you insist on going one-off custom. I've never shot...

I learned a technique from an old carom player who was my mentor when I started playing. Basically you keep your forearm stationary and use only your wrist to shoot. With training you can get crazy action on the ball and a lot of power. It's a technical shot, and maybe not for everybody, but you...

Cicero Murphy would have had a case. You and the modern players you seek to help have none.

The first thing I thought when I read the title of this thread: "This better not be a harebrained scheme designed to trap gullible or vulnerable young women in Justnums mothers basement." And there's the confirmation. That was quick.

A good man and a terrific pool player, one of the very best in multiple disciplines. He has my best wishes. May he recover quickly and fully.

Pool players are a strange breed. No matter how much money they have (which usually isn't a whole lot, but..), they act like they are completely broke to the point of being destitute and desperate, with no more pride to protect. If you put out a nice free beverage in a pool room (what lunatic...

Pff... I've seen my share of older pool players with a million aquired mannerisms and random "rain dance" behaviours aquired throughout their careeers. They all tend to be very inconsistent. And when they're off, they have no way to properly diagnose what they're doing wrong, because in general...

I bet the clown forum members are very supportive and sensitive, unlike us. You should try it some time. There was a bit of money involved as well...You know, because people wanted to see it. Evidence suggests you are wrong, as several pros had a go. I'll take your judgement of the relevance...

Well, yeah... Personally I try not to shoot these two railers where you come fairly straight into the second rail with tons of sidespin. You need to really know the table and the conditions, because these shots will sometimes grab unexpectedly or not at all. If I shoot them, the object ball...

If you noticed, he lined up a wide angle off the short rail. That is what he wanted, a full hit with a wide angle. He couldn't accomplish that playing it flat with no spin. He couldn't play that shot by the numbers to get the result he wanted (sticking the cueball and either making the ball in...

That is true. People can pick out patterns from almost any random sequence, and falsely regard randomness as something without a detectable pattern or repetition. If a sequence is truly random, it doesn't necessarily look random, the randomness is in the generation of the sequence not in the...

He was known to be a scammer before the thing even started. Everyone knew, but they went along with it anyway, because there was a chance of getting paid. For the players, not too much was at stake, so it was mostly a free roll. I mostly feel bad for the people working for this guy. As usual...

The law is hard on quackery. This is both for reasons of public safety (which is laudible) and for protecting the profits of the medical industry (which is probably more important to the people in charge). You pretend like you can cure cancer by eating more vegetables or vitamins or whatever...

It's rare to see absolute peak performance at the Mosconi. It's an entirely different animal than a World championship or Eurotour or something like that, and the top tournament players sometimes do not excel. Take SVB for example. Earl has shown in the past that he CAN perform and he's also...

Chalk is not magic or made from exotic ingredients. Charging 30 dollars for a piece is insane. I stand by my previous statement.

Their margins on these chalk cubes are so insane, I'm surprised they're not hand delivered from a Rolls Royce driving courier.

The game is much more difficult than it looks. The cloth is so insanely fast that it feels like you could just blow on the balls and send them round the table. I really can't stress enough how sensitive the equipment is to minute tip placement changes and changes in speed! Before I tried the...

I don't know what Kacis nickname is, if he has one. But it should be "senor snooze". Pool used to be more fun when people actually shot fast for the most part. Purple 5 sucks. It's horrible and will never seize to be horrible. F. Matchroom for doing this, then totally ignoring protests to...

The current most popular diciplines among pros, 9 or 10 ball are not particularly strategic. Pros are just blasting the balls in. Sure, they have touch as far as cueball control is concerned, but they just play for the best position, without much thought to alternatives. Most shots are simple...