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I've seen this same damaged caused by a much longer screw sticking down in the ball return area. The nicks were on all the balls, not just whitey.

It's to slow the pace of the game down even more, while a spider weaves a web over the corner pocket.

This came into question in a one-pocket game and the players that should know, said it is loss of game, being an intentional illegal strike on the cue ball.

A better question....who was the best that isn't broke today? Lots of talk about Mike Sigel. I watched an old match of his a couple days ago and had to mute it because he wouldn't shut up.

I saw what drove paying customers away from a Family Billiards Room. It was a change of ownership that ushered in new rules about conduct. Now it would be just fine to utter at any volume, a complete string of profanities, whether game related or not. Guys suddenly hung out outside the front...

Pooky definitely got cheated here. I notice that tournament directors take the liberty of changing the BCA rules during a tournament. I was playing in a 9 ball tournament one Saturday and my opponent broke the rack. Balls went everywhere but nothing fell. The one ball was hanging in the corner...

I know a top player that tells about his income from making donations to sperm banks. He claims he is making money hand over fist. Players are pounding out a living any way they can. They claim it actually builds up wrist muscles, strengthens fingers for making a solid bridge and breaks you of...

Boston? The baggage handlers thought the tag said Bangladesh. My son lost all his military uniforms and some treasures he took from home to his first duty station. They gave him $200 per bag allowance, which didn't begin to cover the loss.

We have one slow player in town. I nicknamed him Cobweb 30 years ago and it stuck. He still plays very slow and that's why most people refuse to play any game with him. He's a nice fellow too and well liked. We've all seen this guy take over a minute on a hanging 9 ball while he chalks with two...

About 2 months ago my sister had her cue switched in her case when she was in the ladies room. The next day she opened the case to clean the cue and discovered a warped junk cue with a cracked shaft and no ferrule. She cried for two days. Each day she would call crying and saying how she...

http://www.poolchat.net/forums/index.php?/topic/7113-cue-balls-the-facts-and-specs/ Here is an excellent article on cue balls, by a man that has done his research. I easily notice a lighter cue ball because it won't take the intended path. It deflects wide and is very easy to draw. If you play...

I have the red and blue stripe barber pole tattoo, but I can't show it without risk of arrest for indecent exposure. I shook it at a referee one time for calling a bad foul and got disqualified from the tournament.

Ahhhh, a snooker fan. Maybe you have trouble with the way he pots balls?

Emotions during a pool match are negative and the sooner you learn to set them aside, the more advanced game you will play. Emotions take over your subconscious thoughts and suppress the ability to let your stroke out and tackle the task at hand. Sure, anger will sometimes force you to bear down...

About 3 years ago, I had an opportunity to watch Max play at Turning Stone Casino in the Joss Tournament. Max was down 8-2 in a race to 9 against Tom McGonagle. Max fought back with nothing but superb play to tie the score at 8-8. The final rack, Max sliced an 8 ball down the rail off the second...

Years ago I was out of town at a trade school for two weeks and I visited a local poolroom. I ended up playing the owner and when we finished, he asked me if I wouldn't buy a ticket for $10 to Mike Massey's trick shot show that would be the next evening. I told him no. I've played pool for hours...

It's called ego and is the key ingredient that allows a fly to land in a spider web, believing he can fly out of it. Unless you're walking into a poolroom full of beginners, there is always someone around that never jumps up on shots, has a real smooth stroke and has analyzed and become good at...

I heard Robert Blake was a deadly shot with a pistol or with a pool cue, or so his wife used to say.

Learning 3 cushion billiards. I can easily see paths the cue ball can take coming off rails and how to avoid hitting other balls. Natural running English can help you navigate the table from one end to the other with confidence. It makes you try to stay on the right side of the next ball.

I would expect only a pool savant to rack them that way.