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i met Royce at Super Billiards Expo in 2011, when i was newly back in the game after 40 years [!] away. i had already decided to buy a production ld cue, and went around to Lucasi, OB, and Predator, hitting each booth 2x. Royce spent an absurd amount of time with me as a clueless newbie...

a 9' GC doesn't weigh any more than a waterbed, and those are well within the lb/sqft requirements of all building codes in the US.

wicked slow, and contrary to the previous poster's guess, i *am* using Safari.

i also found all of the 200-point matches on Saturday really, Really interesting. no problem with those. the match between Mika & Thorsten was Super, and obviously the result would've been different if it were a 150-point match. maybe my perceived problem on Friday was just the bad play? i've...

Bob, i meant the quality of play on the TV table... some top-shelf pro's with extensive straight pool experience taking many, many innings to get out. but, yes, things also do seem to grind in 200-point matches. the championship format was always 150 points, why the change? again, i could see...

the way everyone is playing on the tv table, it is brutally stoopid-long and exhausting to watch, with hundreds of innings (probably not much of an exaggeration, if any). it has also delayed every single match by multiple hours. the whole thing becomes tedious, even to someone wholly addicted...

...is questionable for a final. for elimination rounds it is just Wrong.

can't remember where, but in addition to the several "famous" pictures of him at the table (i have one framed), i have seen a few showing him actually cueing. it is quite clear from those that his fundamentals were beyond horrific. i can't believe he was any better than clueless at the table...

you say the cloth and balls are new -- how new? weeks? months? in any case, how clean are the balls? it makes no sense to me in terms of physics, but it is absolutely true from long experience that the cleaner the balls are, the tighter they rack -- and it is Not subtle, it's a huge difference...

i have heard this story from a few sources, so i think it is true: Ralph Eckert was apparently taught by someone who made a bet that he could teach Anyone to play, and his opposing bettor picked Ralph as being hopeless.

wishing you the very best, for sure. pool will certainly be the poorer for your loss; in addition to being articulate and knowledgeable, you had the only classic sportscaster voice in pool, which really brought something special to the matches.

agree with Lou on all points. thank you for bringing up the no evening play bit, will influence my decision as well...

"There are parts of the country that only have 8' bar tables (Central Massachusetts, for example)." Freddie, i normally think everything you write is spot on, but i don't know where you got this wacky idea. i live in Central Mass, and know of only 1 hall within 2 hours' drive of me that has Any...

it's your chalking technique, period, end of story. if you chalk straight across the top like Mike Dechaine, you will flatten your tip *rapidly*. if you drill like many other players, you'll flatten it slower, but it will happen and you'll need to correct it with a tool frequently. if you...

"You can buy a nice shaft driver that will fit in your thread pitch and a drill for about 20 bucks." where can you get the shaft driver? i have a 3/8x10 joint pin, a couple of searches aren't turning up anything pre-made like this.

Mika FB-live-streamed 2 matches, and Darren was i think recording the Melling-Lee Van Corteza semifinal. the latter being a travesty in my view. yes, Chris ignored 14.1 tenets once or twice, but Lee Van was constantly blasting away at the pack without apparent thought, or going blindly into...

listed as April 10-14, but anyone know when things really start up? is the first day (Monday) really just a players' meeting, or is there actual play then? any other hints about the schedule? i am definitely going, but don't want to kill a Monday for zero matches or 1 match...

and Darren & Angie also helped to sponsor the event? good guy to have around!

David, thank you for posting this run; i always learn so much from your playing! i was also surprised at that point late in the run that you didn't shoot the 10 and go around to deal with the 9, 3, and 12. as you said, there was plenty of time for me to ponder it along with you, and it's...

"Most of the high runs I've watched have been somewhat uncontrolled (as compared to the legendary 1 inch of accuracy runs one hears about). I have never seen anyone control the cueball down to an inch of accuracy, nor have I ever seen anyone play perfect insurance. It's all a matter of degrees...