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Then they're really good at stalling. ha ha ha. I've never come across a player that was good in one game and not another. Its just "balls and a stick".

It's because the balls are old. When they are brand new, most are perfect. They shrink over time. And different parts of the balls shrink differently. I have a set of new old stock Rachig, which are regarded as some of the best balls ever made. They were made in West Germany. The balls don't...

I also do everything is wild. No calling the 9 bs. At the player's meeting, I say to everyone, "make an effort to play at a fast pace. No slow play. If you don't know what to do, ride the 9!"

I do 2 formats. Both are single elimination, when everyone else and their mother is doing double elimination in my area, and often with true double elimination finals. My first format I call "afternoon delight". It starts at NOON on a weekday, not a weekend. It's for a different crowd. Retired...

I don't understand the format.... At first I thought you were describing a single elimination 16 man bracket. What are you proposing?

I've been hosting single elimination events in the afternoon, with the main draw that they are done early. It's not for everyone, but my players definitely appreciate it.

Father time waits for no man;)

I've measured lots of balls over the years with more sophisticated equipment than most have. The number are never flush with the body of the ball. On really old sets, there could be a large difference, that is easily felt in the hands or seen by the eyes.

I think he was part of 860 history, not 760? I wonder if he was trying to slow down his pinball machine rails. <=== sorry, couldn’t resist;)

I started playing in 1992 or so. All the legit rooms I went to then in the Philadelphia area had 760. Only the bars had something else, which was always thick, slow, carpet on crooked tables.

That's the main definition on the forums. During the last backwards stroke, the cue remains somewhat stationary, while the hand slips backwards on the butt. The hand eventually gets some traction to the butt, and they move in unison, pulling the butt back slightly more, then stroking it forward...

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They did one year have the high run challenge on the 10' tables. I think it might have been around 2014. I believe the high run was about 115 by a French player. Bob would remember for sure. The other years on 9' tables it was usually well into the 200's.

The only way to win a tournament of equal peers is to have all 3 of these: play over your head, opponents play under their speed, and you get a few rolls.

That hasn’t made an ounce of difference. Old school players in my area that never switched to LD shafts still beat the crap out of the players that did, by the same margin.

This is very true. Factory 5” pockets on a Gold Crown are nothing like 5” pockets on furniture style tables.

Can anyone figure out what this rack area is? Looks almost like two spots? I'm lost what I'm seeing.

Weird, maybe he had a mental slip or something? Grady was used to playing on triple shimmed GC's because his main game was one pocket. I think Sigel's shot at 6:45 would have went on Emily's Diamond tables, however, in tournament new cloth/ball conditions.

The YouTube streams on the final day are all bootlegs, and often the bootlegger will provide his own commentary.