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I really like keeping the 5 on the table til after the breakout. Gives you more options for a good pattern no matter where the cb winds up.

Pretty easy 6, 4, 7 (break the 8), then 5, 1, 2, 8 or 5, 2, 1, 8 or even 1, 2, 5, 8 depending on final pattern. By playing 6 first you guarantee the proper angle on the 4 to be mid table for the 7 and breakout.

Really, it's more accurate to just say that the quality can't be beat period. The Aramith Duramith might be better quality, maybe, but they are definitely both top tier.

You keep saying the same thing, over and over. Nobody cares. Yes, you are very superior to gullible me. Smarter, better looking, and have a much larger... personality. There's no possibility that us suckers that buy expensive Taom have decided that $1 per month is a fair price to keep our...

Massive error? Naw. It might be an error, but it gets you in the ballpark.

Yup, this. Waiting on some to come in that I'm giving a buddy as a housewarming present. I couldn't be more impressed with that company.

It's pretty standard to at least give some warning. Before the last set starts a, "This is the last set for me" at least gives the other player a chance to renegotiate before the end.

I don't understand. I play Filler, alternate break. He needs to play regular 8-ball. I get to shoot any ball to continue at any time, including the 8. Once I make the 8 I win? Is this the setup? Because if so, I'm in for every penny I own.

100% object ball. I haven't looked at the cueball for at least a couple of warmup strokes at that point.

Spectator chairs have a wide built in foot rest, so it feels like you are sitting in a regular chair, rather than a bar stool. This is much more comfortable when sitting for long periods. You get the best of both worlds, a comfortable seat, but also a birds eye vantage point for watching the...

Pool is like... Sounds like a simile to me.

Yup, this. My buddy was reluctant to take a spot in straight pool. I had to explain it as, "Look, if I'm not spotting you, it hurts my game. I want to have to play my best to beat you, I need the spot to make sure I have to stay 100% focused, otherwise I won't improve, and it'd be a waste of my...

Honestly, the best way to get better is to play someone else that also wants to learn. As you're both shooting, bounce ideas and strategies off of each other. A second set of eyes away from the table sees patterns that you might miss when you're too close to the action.

My cue is a tool. I don't baby my tools. Either they take the abuse, or I get better tools. My cf shaft is a few years old and has a ton of miles on it, and with NO effort to "baby" it, it looks as good as the day I got it.

Yup. This.

Not really sure what you're getting at. The cueball hits the 3 before it (the cueball) hits the rail. It then hits the 3 a second time. Most responses seem to assume it only hit the 3 once.

The sequence went: ball, rail, ball. The 3 almost doesn't move at first contact, but you can see the cueball change directions before it hits the rail.

Looks legal to me. Even though the 3 doesn't appear to move, the cueball drastically changes direction a spilt second BEFORE it hits the rail, indicating that it contacted the 3. It then hits the 3 a second time, and doesn't contact the rail again after.

The whole first rack is essentially "free". Most runs stop at a break shot, so by starting mid-rack you basically just lower the total you eventually run by the number of balls that were missing from rack one.

You keep repeating this. That doesn't make it true. Maybe try saying it louder. Where in the literature of universal pool rules is this written? You keep citing this authoritatively, so you must be pretty darn sure of it. Post a link to the governing body that you are following the rules of...