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I live in Korea, and it’s the main pocket ball cloth used here. It runs about 150usd for a 9 foot. Holy crap! Unless that’s a very kind photo, your cloth looks immaculate after 7 months. Jealous :(

Hey all, I’ve only ever used Takini cloth, which is made by Min Tables, a Korean manufacturer. My current cloth has been on for about 7 months. I play quite a lot, but not crazy amounts, and I usually play straight pool, so the 9 ball track is a highlight of the below photos, along with with...

Yeah, I suspect we’re going to see some good 9-ball played by some less than familiar faces.

The plastic, as others have mentioned, is to save the cloth at break impact point. The cleaning method sounds like black magic, and I suspect goats were sacrificed.

Hey dudes! I actually made this video for a friend who has taken a liking to 14.1, but has a hard time getting his 14.1 brain leveled up. He was talking tonight about a few problems, and I thought I’d talk him through a couple of racks. Warning: This is 30 minutes for two racks. I’m talking...

I don’t even know what’s happening anymore.

Huh, guess I should have done my research first.

Is SVB better now that he’s stopped practicing his break 42 hours a day? Major tournament results say no.

Dude, I don’t know where you live, so I can’t give specifics, but reach out for help. There are services available, staffed by people who care. I can’t imagine the pain you’re in and the struggles you’ve been through, but I’ve had my battles, some of them seemingly hopeless. I developed panic...

I guess it depends how much you’re working with.

I agree. There are a lot of shots I can play on slick cloth that less experienced players wouldn’t even consider. The only shot a slick cloth takes away from me is being able to check the cueball off the rail. EDIT: Even then, I’m really thinking of new cloth when I say slick. Fast cloth...

She’s one of the most experienced refs on the circuit, and to be fair, Filler is a lunatic. You can see her scrambling to get into position. One of the benefits of organization and money being applied to a sport is technology. Snooker now defers to the marker (ref responsible for scoring) for...

Oh, you’d love playing Korea. This? Foul. When I asked why, they said the tip can’t be neat the object ball. I pulled the cue back 10 cm and said, how about now? Confused looks everywhere. I was once warned that if I didn’t up straight in my chair, I’d be disqualified from the tournament...

I can’t recall where, but someone made a post recently questioning why it is that cue sports players are expected to call fouls on themselves, but in nearly every other sport, players are expected to protest fouls and do all they can to bend the rules. Most of these shots are obvious with the...

Look after your back, everyone. Eyesight can be helped with surgery, glasses, etc. Focus can be helped with a little mindfulness practice, meditation, etc. I regularly have to stop playing for a week or more when my back is bad, and the solutions are often complex, varied, and not permanent.

Go ham!

Is this slam poetry? I love it. I just read it aloud with some Dave Brubeck playing in the background. Awesome.

7-0 nine ball ghost (not pro). I kept going afterwords because I still had 5 minutes before my noise curfew, but my intention was as a race to 7. EDIT: For video. The video has the extra rack I had time for, so it’s an 8-0 vid, but I had planned to race to 7, so…. 🤷‍♀️

Alex Higgins was the same. Despite everything else going on, everything manages to be in the right spot at the right time. EDIT: “THE” 69 break, with “the” blue at 2:40