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I posted this earlier. I by no means an expert but I did some research and I found that something called a Dyne pen test is probably the most practical, affordable, and dependable method. It’s fast, simple, and visual. If legal or high stakes accusations are involved at a tournament setting then...

My point is that if you watch the video posted earlier in this thread it sure does look like it’s prevalent and it’s more than Filipino players doing it. I will say to your point of maybe players don’t think that it’s cheating… I mean if you watch the video non of those players seem to be...

Big Bertha? That must be where they got the name for the 5x10 at Hard Times Bellflower.

From watching the videos if it’s cultural it’s a world wide pool cultural thing. It’s not one country it looks to be going on everywhere.

I’m with you… I haven’t heard about it. This is my question… what’s the difference between polishing, waxing, and slicking the cue ball? Where is the line drawn? What products will be allowed and which ones banned? When I was a child my father used to have me clean the balls with toothpast -...

Soft breaking by skilled players do not inherently create more clusters. It will reduce them when the rack is tight and the players break is working. World class player that are winning, their game usually includes the break that is working. A break that’s working will increase run-out chances...

Again regular gambling is not cheating. I don’t see what’s so hard to grasp about that. If someone doesn’t want to play for money, don’t. Nobody’s forcing anyone to put up a dime. But frowning on those who do, or conflating gambling with cheating, is lazy thinking. Gambling doesn’t corrupt...

Lumping gambling and cheating together still blurs the lines and that kind of thinking doesn’t do pool any favors. The truth is, you’re never going to separate gambling from pool. They’ve been tied together for over a century, for better or worse. The negative connotations that come with pool...

Exactly what do you mean by “dirty gambling”? Are you referring to cheating? Because gambling by itself isn’t inherently dirty. It is the cheating or manipulating outcomes that’s the issue. I’ve never actually heard the term “dirty gambling” used. Gambling hasn’t ruined any sport unless the...

💯 %. A little forward thinking goes a long way! Sort of reminds me of this forum. 😆 In fact sometimes I need to look in the mirror! 😳

Sounds like a great time!

That’s what the game evolved from to what it is today. If you pocketed a ball but then scratched you spotted the made ball back up. It doesn’t matter what ball you actually spot up as long as it’s the lowest numbered ball. In years before this the incomings player had ball-in-hand behind the...

Cheating in any competition is nothing new even at the highest & professional level of competition. I was away from the game for around ten years and I’ll say I’ve never heard of slicking the cue ball up with silicone. Not to say it wasn’t thing before then I have just never heard about it. But...

“Féria” 💰 Gorst 😉 Roll the “r”… “dd”

Ok I see what you are saying - that’s confusing. That’s copied and pasted from a Russian translation. If I go to another Russian name pronunciation it says this - When pronouncing the Russian last name "Gorst", the key is to remember that the "o" is unstressed and closer to an "a" sound in...

The name "Gorst" is pronounced with a short 'o' sound as in "gorse" or "gross" and then the "st" sound. It is not pronounced with a long "o" sound as in “go”

Yes there are more two-way, kick, & Jump shots… no debate there. But why? Ball in-in-hand lends itself to more two-way shots. And of course, you see more jumps. Jumpers didn’t exist back then. The need for Billiard knowledge is one thing, having it is another, and being able to show it is yet...

There’s many lies told in pool halls but don’t fool yourselves… outside there’s just as many lies hiding in plain sight, waiting on a bet to bring them out, and the stakes out there don’t always come in cash. There’s more hustlers outside the pool halls… dressed in suits, smiling in daylight...

I would not be so quick to paint with a broad brush. Many of those so-called “hustlers” were some of the hardest-working players you’d ever meet. Just because they didn’t chase trophies or world titles doesn’t mean they lacked discipline or drive. For a lot of them, the road was the proving...

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