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How much are you willing to spend on a house cue? You can get a nice schmelke house cue at Billiardwarehouse for $26 or so, $33 or so with bocote. I don't think the one piece house cues are up on their site, but they have them.

Someone here mentioned Matt Damon. I was two years ahead of him in college, and played him a couple of times. Not to name drop or anything. He wasn't famous at the time--just a normal college kid.

I am about to buy "Play Your Best Pool" by Capelle, but have two quick questions: Does the Nine Ball section in it pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best Nine Ball?" Does the 8 ball section pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best 8 Ball?" All three books come highly...

I have too. Greg is always super helpful.

Which table did you buy?

What really drives me crazy is when people place the chalk face down ON MY HOME TABLE!!!! I yell, growl, and threaten, but my wife still won't stop!

Wow. I really appreciate all of the responses. I only listed one other hobby in my original post, and am feeling kind of dull and two dimensional (pool and drums). I'd like to add a few things: Playing with my four year old (boy/girl) twins. Listening to classic rock and jazz. Scuba...

I don't know what got me thinking about this...but here it is: Other than pool, what's your favorite hobby/obsession/pasttime/sport? Golf? Hunt? Play the guitar? Poker? I know that some may say this is NPR, but in a way, it is pool related. I'm trying to figure out what type of person gets...

but what happens if I buy this rant, play with it, get bad rolls, miss some easy runouts...then I'll have to start a new thread about how my life still sucks, even with my new rant! (I originally was going to go with whether CNC rants were worth a damn but someone beat me to it)

The Hustler was a WAY better movie. Am I the only one who finds Tom Cruise's character in TCOM really, really annoying? Maybe it's just the fact that we all realize now that he's such a nutjob now in real life, but I can't stand his character, with all the ninja cue swinging and stuff. And...

I think Hangemhigh has a point. What you don't mention is whether you feel like you choke when you're not playing for money. Why don't you just quit gambling and play for fun for a while. Or forever. On the mental aspect, I recently read Zen Pool by Max Eberle and feel that it has helped me.

I agree that the pro-tyme in Orland is a very nice room. But if you happen to be flying into Midway, head south a few miles on Cicero Ave and check out the pro-tyme in Alsip. It's about a mile north of where Cicero hits 294.

I want a set of brunswick centennial balls to use on my home table for Hanukkah.

I feel your pain, bc I'm pretty much at the same stage. Actually, maybe two weeks of hard practice behind you.

Billiard Warehouse always has good prices, but I didn't check to see if they have those items.

Where on the outskirts of downtown Chicago are they?

If someone out there has absolutely nothing to do for the next three weeks, can you please update the above list with what tips each player has on his cue? LOL :)

First of all, happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I'm in Memphis visiting my inlaws for the holiday weekend. Brought my cue. Where should I play? A couple of things: I'll be with various family members who don't play that much. Looking for nice clean room, nice tables, maybe decent food. It...

I think it's a great idea. I've been thinking of doing the same thing on my basement table for a while. You guys have inspired me to get it going. I'll reach out to you guys soon for more details. How often do you do it? Once a week? Once a month? Does it make sense to play different...

A billiards warehouse jump break cue.