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During lagging if someone's ball crosses the long string what is the ruling?

Galleria mall is in Ortigas. I think you mean Robinson's Place Manila. Only a few blocks from there is "One Side" Japanese owned on Mabini St. For the last few 5 years most of the money games have been held there almost every night upstairs. You regularly see the top players in the Philippines...

Rolando is Efren's manager and close friend.

Go to Thomas Morato Blvd (T. Morato), it's only around 1-2 miles (10 minutes) down the road from St Lukes going towards Cubao. There are a few billiard places there. Going toward Banawe St, the first light after St Lukes is Sgt Rivera St. turn right. Go straight down that road to Grace Village...

I was there. I knew the Australian organizer quite well. They were worried about Earl's attitude problems long before the match started. It was difficult to get the match organized. Unfortunately Bob was found dead in his home. I don't remember if it was months or a year later. He was a horse...

I couldn't agree more. Every post I've ever read from that Skip guy is filled with negativity and egotism.

Coaching, not teaching Definitely time outs are for coaching within a minute limit. You can't teach within a minute!! Most lower level players feel pressure when time outs are called, they are already a little confused. I find that TMI is a good guideline. No need to get too technical with a...

I agree with you. It's difficult to tell a 2,3 or 4 to hit it at speeds 1-10 when many times they can't control their speed under on normal circumstances. I have a 5 who is a 56% winning percentage that has difficulties controlling speed under pressure (usually touch safeties). I also find it's...

Marlon Manalo Marlon did compete on the International level around 10-15 years ago. I think he was at the top or close to the top of the list of Filipino players at that time. I have no idea why he stopped competing on that level. I'm sure he was earning more in business than he was playing...

He was a great player. He must be around 50 now. I imagine just like many other top Filipino players he probably had a problem with his main sponsor, so financially he wasn't able to compete on the international level. There are hundreds of Filipinos players that never get the right connection...

Plane tickets to Vegas.

Yes, vast majority. On an open table against a 2 or 3, a 7 will win 95% of the time. Winning a vast majority isn't enough. I always tell my players against a player who is more experienced or a better shooter keep the balls tied up as much as possible. I know it works against me.

I agree with you 100%. I've come to the conclusion I should only play home games on our decent table, and just coach on away games where the table isn't close to level, cushion are very far off, the cue ball is heavy or big and heavy. It's frustrating to lose to players of lower skilled levels...

That's a good strategy although the odds of an 8 ball on the break in league play is over 100 to 1. I do the 2nd ball break myself sometimes if I'm playing another 7. Either something goes in and the balls spread well or many end up on one side of the table together.

In our league they even handed out timers to time every timeout. Most Captains carry the by-laws and APA rule book with them. In the Regionals and Vegas they are pretty strict about time used for time outs also.

That's another tricky one. It's the biggest mistake for an 8 ball lower skilled player to win the lag and provide a hard break that opens up the table for the high skilled player. It's my worst nightmare when someone puts up a lower skilled player against me, they win the lag and break with only...

That doesn't make any sense. So if you think something should be legal, you do it anyway even if the rules say it isn't? You play within the same rules everyone else plays with. Every league, everywhere has rules. You learn to play within the rules. You don't not do something because you believe...

Of course I know the rule but my question is what is the penalty if someone marks the table or places the chalk on the felt? If someone doesn't mark the pocket for the 8 ball, they lose the game. If someone notices that the chalk was placed on the felt or marked the table after the ball was...

Unbelievable. The league operator here is charging $2 a patch, he gets the money in advance, and then there is no stock of patches which he apparently receives for free.

I guess everyone gets $350 per team once you arrive in Vegas from the league office What state are you located in?. How many tickets are given representing how many teams from your LO's area?