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I know for certain that the butt of the cue is a factor in the " hit ". I've experimented a lot with the same shafts on different butts and the butts of the cues are a factor. That being said a world class player can win world championships and US Opens with a Cuetec, no problem. I've been...

Looks like refurbished old Gold Crowns. What's not to like? I Googled the room and looked at it on Yelp. It looks fantastic. I love rooms with bow truss ceilings.

Yes it is, post some pics.

Folks line up to play Efren and lose in poolrooms across the US. They do it because they want to say they played him. It’s a sign of how much the pool world respects him.

WADR, a 30 inch shaft that is 12mm has to have more whip than a 30 inch 13mm. These are regular maple shafts. When you laminate you can make slimmer stiffer. The top one pocket player who used to play at SMHB has a very light cue with a very slim whippy shaft. I would ask him what he...

When I used to play at Hollywood Billiards where they had paper towels in the bathroom, I played with my bare bridging hand. But at SMHB they have no paper towels and a ancient hot air hand dryer. Without being able to dress up the my shaft in long games I moved to the glove out of necessity...

One pocket players like soft tips. Efren looked for a certain type of cue. Heavy, Long with a thin shaft. Most cue makers were not making cues like that at that time. I've heard that lighter cues make drawing the ball easier but inhibit follow. Efren spins the cue ball and I think the answers...

There has to be more to it than that. Efren plays with a whippy shaft and a regular ferrule. If he thought that LD shafts would help his overall game it follows that he would change over. On your page it says stiff cues are more efficient. Why would Efren want to play with a less efficient cue?

A lot of one pocket players like cues that are not too stiff. Both T. Cho and J. Hall use cues with regular ferrules. I would like to know what you think about this phenomena. Thx.

A lot of what the hit is, is vibration and flex. A guy like Efren, likes a lot of action in his cue ( flex ) as well as weight. Others like cues that are very stiff. If you take out the rubber bumper in the base of a cue it won't feel the same when you hit balls. Me personally, I don't like...

I've hit with a Szams as I've know several folk that owned them. Both of the guys sold their cues for big money. Fat Boy played one day at Hollywood Billiards with a Bala and he said it was worth like 25 grand. It had blue plastic that looked cheap south of the wrap. Personally I have never...

Now you've done it.

I cracked the ferrule on my LD shaft and then went back to a regular maple shaft with ivory ferrule for a couple of weeks. Threw off my eye, arm and brain computer. Long hard shots were a lot harder. The manufacturer fixed ferrule at no charge and now I am back in business. Noticed with...

I thought Kim played with a Joss West.

Which pro player today plays with either?

I have a Meucci Original I played briefly with in the early 90s. Steel pin, two shafts and it has what appears to be two white plastic points with red veneers. It also came in a case with with foam spaces for the butt and shafts. Everything is held very snug in that case. It has a slide on...

What was the payout?

Looks like a good score.

I do know this, when the great Pinoy Champions Efren and Busty play at SMHB they have to respect the fact that the pockets are under 4 inches. So the stroke flourishes get dialed back. I always loved to watch Parica play. We don’t see him around as much. Jose has a great stroke. Mika has a...

Ain’t no thing.