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I have tried the Z-shaft for 3-cushion billiards and my opinion is that it is not ideal. I have experimented using these shafts for straight-rail billiards with decent results. To date, no professional carom billiard players use Predator cues for serious carom play. Rumor has it that Predator...

The 2007 Sang Lee International Open. Something unique and different from your regular pool tournament. If you do make it, you have the opportunity to watch many beautifully played matches of Ceulemans, Blomdahl, Sayginer, Caudron, etc.... all of the best players in the world competing...

Yes. Dampness and chalk are a sticky combination that not only slows a table down considerably, it makes sustaining or controling english beyond 2 or 3 cushions more difficult. The random chalk deposits during play constantly change the reaction of the balls on the table (even over the course...

Not easy to come by, but there still exists private billiard rooms in NY with nothign but 5'x10' 4.25" pockets.

For very serious lessons on how to execute "practical" masse shots (soft control), as opposed to "entertaining" ones (power), I would strongly recommend watching the straight-rail and balkline players. They have perfect mechanics and basic form. Frederic Caudron is the greatest balkline player...

Ceulemans is one of the all time greatest - and a great role model for billiard players. Look at this great interview to get a sense of his personality: http://caromtv.com/videos/Ceulemans_Interview.html Also, a more recent documentary trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6-Ymoki5lg -Ira

Yes - it is amazing. Sang Lee ran 19 off the break, followed by 11, 9 and 11 and out at a weekly tournament in first NY room (SL Billiards in Elmhurst). His opponent was a friend of mine, Michael Lee (.800 player) who made 3 points in 3 innings (avg 1.0) and lost 50-3. His 11 and out was...

They would have inducted a second player if the player showed up on at least 70% of the ballots. Allen Hopkins missed being a second inductee after Sang Lee who got over 70%.

There are 4 tables at the NYAC in Manhattan - but this is a private club. Carom Cafe has 3 snooker tables - but that room is best equipped for 3-cushion (10 tables).

I'm fully aware of Reyes' ability to pick up new games. But 3-cushion is another ball of wax - unless you know the game, it is difficult to appreciate just how much wax we're dealing with here... The 1.0 difference in avg between Blomdahl (~2.0) to Efren (~1.0) may not sound like a lot, but...

3-cushion is perhaps the game that gives players the most creative freedom. Blomdahl is regarded as among the most creative shotmakers next to Sang Lee and Semih Sayginer. Many shots commonly taken by pros in the modern game are credited to him.

We were talking about how Efren contacts the object ball.

I'd expect potting ability from those two to be automatic. I agree with you that watching is informative. If you want to get new ideas, it makes a lot of sense to pay attention to Torbjorn's cue-ball patterns rather than criticize them from the beginning. His cue ball is his forte, while...

I think I understand what you are saying. If we talk about game-specific knowledge - relating to moves and strategies - that Torbjorn would need to learn from Efren for games like 9-ball and 1-pocket. Torbjorn would have a lot to learn for sure. It is impossible to know for sure, but I tend...

In 3-cushion you need the knowledge before you can have any ability. Torbjorn was a teenage sensation 25 years ago - he had Ceulemans to beat - and Ceulemans wasn't a pushover. Daniel Sanchez was playing 1.4 billiards when he was 18 (incredible prodigy) - but he needed more than a decade...

Nice shot... this was against Colombian champion Miguel Torres (also great player) during the Sang Lee Int'l Open.... I guess the standard mid-table 3-cushion saftey (balls in opposite corners) doesn't work against Blomdahl. Let's all keep that in mind... Blomdahl has Miguel's number, it...

It looked to me like Torbjorn was being "friendly" to Efren in the 3-cushion game based on how open he was leaving him every inning. If Blomdahl really needed to keep Efren below a certain figure, he would have arranged to put him in jail everytime he missed (like he does in the 3-c World Cup...

Blomdahl's 3-cushion knowledge and ability is incomparable with Efren's. You wouldn't try to compare Stephen Hawking's knowledge of theoretical physics with that of a college physics major. The difference might be that much. In my opinion, given what I know about both games, Efren would...

Many billiard (carom) players use a rubber wrap. I wonder how many players (who checked "other") use a rubber grip. -Ira

heightened kicking skills A good way to learn/practice kicking is to experience some of the games played on a billiard table. I think the Italian/Argentinian 5-pin billiard players are among the most skilled kickers in the world. Former USBA National Champion Pedro Piedrabuena knows the...