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    What Non Traditional / Alternative Games and Sets Do You Enjoy and Play?

    Thank you for posting the album link. StarBall is a fun game. I don't own the set, but have played the game with existing balls and some coin markers.
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    What Non Traditional / Alternative Games and Sets Do You Enjoy and Play?

    Yes this is also called "Saratoga" I believe and a special set of solid 1-6 and stripe 1-6 numbers with a black end ball and a cue ball. If you throw in the purple 5 ball it would be an even better ending! :-)
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    Pool Ball Collecting.

    This may be the same seller. They were on Ebay for $69.99 listed as NEW with an "Or Best Offer" option. I offered $50.00 and they shipped for free. It's interesting how people complain about the color. The odd colors are the very REASON I bought them! :-) That, to me, is what pool ball...
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    Pool Ball Collecting.

    Well here is your friendly neighborhood Cheapskate Collector with his latest find. I haven't yet seen this set on the thread... Dynaspheres Tungsten The internet ad said "Brand New" The seal on the box was broken. The box was taped up with packing tape and had dirty greasy looking handprints on...
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    Poll: Pool Ball Cleaning

    Good point. I play in pristine tournament conditions at home. Clean table, good cloth, clean like new balls. I play almost exclusively among a group of friends who all have home tables and we get together when we can. When I play on public tables it is definitely different, but I honestly...
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    Poll: Pool Ball Cleaning

    I have had my Clean Gleem 16 for a couple of months now and I really enjoy it. I change to a different set of my 15 or so different sets at least weekly just to keep it fun and interesting. I toss the exiting set in the CG for about 3 minutes before putting them away. The set on the table is...
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    AZB Members in W. Ga?

    Good for your son! We are in Hiram.
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    AZB Members in W. Ga?

    Are you near Rome? I'm actually near Stix
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    Cue Chalking Crutch

    Agree completely. A properly shaped, medium, layered tip (I like Tiger M or G2M) NOT USED FOR BREAKING will not usually mushroom or need reshaping often. Gentle scuffing ONLY when the tip will not hold chalk. I have been able to get several YEARS out of a good and well cared for tip. Even...
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    Blue Book of Pool Cues Buy?

    We have a REALLY good thread here on "Pool Ball Collecting" that I have learned a lot from and used to help in my hunt for interesting sets and games. Perhaps a "Custom Cue Collecting" thread is here somewhere, or needs to be started? I would certainly value a single place to learn and look at...
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    What Non Traditional / Alternative Games and Sets Do You Enjoy and Play?

    I currently own several "Specialty" sets. 1> Crown Games Poker Set: Very fun and challenging game when friends are over. Black Jack is the favorite of about 10 cool games 2> Cue Mate Chess/Pool Set: Surprisingly Challenging but most of my friends are too lazy to learn it. Honestly this is...
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    Cue Chalking Crutch

    Both can contribute. An unchalked tip gets slick / burnished and slips off the ball for sure in my experience. Otherwise no one would use chalk at all.
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    Cue Chalking Crutch

    I do this as well. Short answer... it is my pre shot routine. Here is my take... My chalk is my brain. While I am holding it, and chalking, I am thinking about the shot. Once I have made up my mind, I put the chalk down and the shot is pure execution from there. No more aiming or thinking...
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    Taom Chalk

    Yes, my home table. I own a Clean Gleem cleaner so I cleaned the balls before I started because I wanted to be certain that ANY chalk mark on the cue or object balls was the result of the TAOM and not something left over. I did not clean the cloth, but I will vacuum it up this evening and keep...
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    Taom Chalk

    With draw and follow I haven't seen a great difference but I chalk well after each shot when I use my regular "Silver Cup" chalk. I'm a solid, but far from professional player, so I am probably not the best person to comment on that. Here are the POSITIVE things I have noticed... 1.) I chalk...
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    Taom Chalk

    I'm not complaining. This is the smoothest and best applying chalk I have used. Seems to play very well. Maybe better as some have said, but I'm not certain yet. I just don't see a drastic difference in chalk on the ball and table. Better? Yes, some, but not that I would make such great...
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    Taom Chalk

    Agreed. Mine came yesterday. Although what I got was Pyro / Blue rather than V10 Green. I see about the same amount of chalk on the Aramith Tournament cue ball as before. Maybe it's just a little better. DEFINITELY plenty of chalk on the Centennial Cue Ball I also tried. Before using the...
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    Rasson vs Diamond Tables

    My poor self would be honored to have an 8ft. from either company! Please feel free to do a home reno TV show at my house and "Max My Man Cave!"
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    Pool Ball Collecting.

    Thanks for the link. I am a far too lazy complainer for such temporal excursions that cut into my irrelevant commenting time. LOL... Actually I did look that up and somehow the table knows this is not one of the other balls without a magnet... " Optical Sensor Ball Return In 1999, pool table...
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