Best book out today is "How to play pool" by Mark Wilson. Read and practice chapter 3,4,5 and 6 several times. The whole book is like a college textbook on pool fundamentals and more.
The high minimum wage has increased prices on everything. So those people who got the minimum wage are back to where they started. Increasing minimum wages is an election ploy only. No benefit to the economy.
The only thing better is the Texas Open coming in in a few days.
Eighteen 9′ Diamond Pro-Am Pool Tables
Two 7′ Diamond Smart Pool Tables
Two 5’x10′ Gabriel’s Billiard/Carom Tables
Nineteen Flat-screen TVs
Li'l Chris did a review on J. Flowers cues. They come with a carbon fiber shaft and run around $300.00 on Amazon. They are a Chinese production cue I believe. I have heard good things about them.
How do you know when it is time to buy new balls? I have a cleaner and when they get dirty they clean up real nice. No chips. I think they are super aramith. I would think they last forever unless they chip off somehow.