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Call pocket 9-ball. 1-8 slop.

TAP requires calling and marking the 9.

Hmmmm…. I am torn. If it’s someone shooting a purple 5 with a pink-ish 4 that looks a lot like orange (like the f-ing 4-ball looked in person at the Florida Open), yeah, probably would say something. Nah, I would point it out regardless. I will never understand the steadfastness of...

Absolutely. I am amazed at how many successful 1-ball in the side breaks there were. It seems all the players were using the same cut break for the break box/9-on-the-spot racking. 85%! Thanks for the stats, @AtLarge!

Thanks for the info, @Chopdoc ! Most appreciated. (I paid way too much, then. LOL)

Holy crap, what a match!! Thorpe-Gangflōt. YouTube Table 4 stream. No spoilers here!!

I recently purchased an interesting Adam. It has a sticker that says “MAC14” which I assume is a model number but I tried searching that model and came up empty. The butt is actually two pieces. One of the four points is, er, not quite perfect. As you can see in the second photo, the close up...

Last night played an even match, 4-4 race, in 8-ball. I lost the lag by less than 1/2". First rack I attempted a jump over the 8, caught the top of it, and sent it six feet dead straight into a corner. Ugh. I was actually shooting well, just getting really bad rolls. My opponent made some...

Why tempt fate? Just wait an extra few seconds until all motion stops, or even, let the ref retrieve the balls (the latter of which might seem unsportsmanlike, not helping the ref).

What is this obsession with ball in hand only in the kitchen? Allows for ticky-tacky intentional fouls when opponent has balls only in the kitchen. Totally disagree. Fouls are to be punished not rewarded in certain circumstances.

Be careful with Magic Eraser. It can be like fine sandpaper.

Purple 5s are bad enough, and I don’t know how it looks on a TV screen, but at the Florida WNT event this week in person the pink-ish 4-ball looked a lot like orange…SMH

Special shout out to @sjm Stu for accelerating his visit to the convention hall, after having just arrived, to meet me before I left. I'm sure he'll provide good commentary and summaries as the play goes on this week.

Nah. Watching dead money players miss, players way better than I, in a big tournament helps take some of the sting out of my own misses. 😁

I am at the venue. Under the pool lights, in person, the pink-ish 4-ball looks orange to me. The 5-ball is purple. Ugh.

I have a break cue with a phenolic tip. It doesn’t accept V10 well. I miscued a lot before I gave up and went back to Masters for breaking. V10 is no worse for me with a regular playing tip.

If there is a difference on cuts it’s lost on me at my skill level. I expected less throw but if there really was less it is very small. I noticed maybe a little difference in rebound off cushions, might slide a bit more, reducing the rebound angle.

Based on other comments in this thread, I tried Pledge. Wow, what a difference. The CB acts like it's on brand-new cloth. The measles ball is untreated. The Rempe training ball is treated. These two shots are exactly the same distance between the balls and the pockets. The "Pledged" ball...