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I prefer the standard green. I also bought Bruswick Cent. balls because I liked the look of them. However, please note that I consider myself lucky as the pool room in my house is my domain and as such I am not subject to having to conform with my wife's interior decoration themes.

Came from my profession.

I feel that nobody should have to "earn" playing with an expensive cue. If they can afford one and want to buy one more power to them. If the person does not even play but collects cues for the craftsmanship and artistic expression that the builder put into it I am cool with that also. To some...

Here is my favorite line..I always tell everyone who tells me " I played my way through college". Wow, you must have been really good! Where did you attend? I never was that good but I paid for a lot of beer playing 3 ball. Would you like to play for a drink?

Find a good running shoe store near you and go in and get fitted for a pair of shoes. Most running shoe companies make walking shoes also. They will take the time to properly measure your feet and check your gait to see if you over/under pronate and what kind of support you need for your arches...

I have found that the amount of sleep/rest I have gotten prior to a match has a great influence on how well I can concentrate. I always perform better if I make sure that I am fairly well rested before a tournament or big match. Also, try to give yourself plenty of time to get to your league...

Any of the companies mentioned earlier in the thread build good serviceable cues. I would suggest that you try as many types of cues as you can before buying one. Chances are one of them will "jump" out at you as being the best feeling cue to YOU. The "hit" of a cue is very subjective and...

Don't have a cue shown in my avitar. But the GC is mine.

I played one session in a TAP league that was trying to get started. To me, it seemed very similar to APA. The score keeping was a bit more complicated and so the handicap system might have been a bit better than the one used in the APA. I currently play BCA and VNEA and would recomend you...

If you want to get bumped just simply ask for you to be moved up. If that does not work here is another way that might work. Everytime you go to pocket a ball call safe and have that entered as a defensive shot. Last time I checked in APA you can't pocket a ball and call safe so you keep...

If you are speaking of powerful strokes. I think anyone would be amiss in not considering any of the top 3 cushion players. As far as being able to load up and move the rock IMHO I would take Semih Saygıner over just about anyone.

You might want check with Richard Black in Houston. He has built cues out of all sorts of materials, is very creative and has built all sorts of unusual and unique cues. There is a page on his website showing a good collection of his work.

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Question for the cuebuilders. What is the BEST way to store shafts? I am sure that there are several ways to store them. However, given your choice how would you store them. Thanks in advance

IMHO whether or not a pool hall is smoking or non-smoking should be left up the the owner of the pool-hall. How about letting the person who is investing all of the money and time into the business decide who to cater to the smokers or the non-smokers. If you do not like smoke go to a...

For 2k you will be very hard pressed to find a better playing table. The GC is built for pool hall use so 2 years on one should not be an issue. The main thing is to get the right person to set it up for you. Any table if set up by a hack will play..well like it has been set up by a hack.

I was thinking about the sandbagging issue and was wondering how many people on the board actually know anyone who has been DQ'd in Vegas by the APA for sandbagging/cheating.

Based on my own experience sandbagging most likely occurs when the league does not pay back enough of the money taken in and does not spread it out well enough. To illustrate my point here is a comparison of some of the leagues I play in. Please note that there are multiple VNEA, BCA and APA...

If you are wanting to retire your old Schon due to sentimental reasons, I would go buy another Schon if you are looking for a similar hit. If you do not want to spend the money for a Schon. I would seriously look at buying a JOSS with a steel joint and is a lot of cue for the money. I have...

For Luggage I use an equipment bag for baseball/soft ball. They run around 40 bucks at any good sporting goods supplier. The bag is just the right length for the case (tube type 2x4 george case) and has two compartments one that the cue case fits in on the bottom and one on the top that has...