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Clapping! I guess the audience knows nothing about pool to think they are supposed to clap after every shot. It's the most annoying pool I've tried to watch on tv and I don't know how the players can block the noise from clapping after every shot out. What in the heck is wrong with these people?

Sandbagging! When the APA (formally Busch League) started here in Charleston, SC some friends and I started a team and we played our best every match and let the handicaps end up where they should be. Eventually our handicaps kept rising until we couldn't meet the "23" rule anymore and stay...

Predator BK3 I play in a weekly 9 ball league and I'm in the top handicap division and the break can determine who wins the match a lot of times. I struggled with my break and I lost a few matches because my opponent was making balls and I would make a ball now and then. I decided to try a...

Most Impressive Cue I've looked at cues for years and when I saw this Black Boar I was blown away. It's the most impressive cue I've ever seen and Steve, the owner, has a collection that will impress anyone!

PJ, this is a great post and I think a player should use what works best for them. I used to buy and sell cues and I was always switching cues and that is not a good idea since each shaft has its own characteristics when it comes to deflection. Once you get used to a cue and its shaft you know...

I don't know what I was thinking other than I could of sworn that once a legal ball is made the fouls go away. This has never come up in a match before that I played in and if my opponent had played safe and put me there it would have been easier to accept, but it was just more dumb luck on his...

Last night, I was playing in my 9 ball league and a 3 Foul rule question came up. Here's the scenario: I played a safe with 7 balls on the table and my opponent kicks and hits the correct ball and luckily leaves it where I can't hit it. I fouled and gave him ball in hand. (1st foul) He...

Bar tables only, but the tables are fairly new Valley tables (the new design). They just recovered them with Simonis 860 and they play OK except for the heavy bar table cue ball. I play there in a Monday night 9 ball league and I wish the tables weren't so close together, but they are getting...

Young Gun! I'm not familiar with Bobby Emmons since i've never seen him play, but after watching this match i'm impressed. He's got some serious fire power and his shot making is very good.

Amen, if I'm picking a team to play anybody then Shane is my first pick! He's the best player in the world and to knock him because of races to 5 tells me you don't play enough 9 ball to understand how rolls can affect the outcome.

This is easy to answer, Team Europe played better. However, in Team USA's defense the Euro's seemed to get the better rolls in the matches I watched. One good roll in a short race to 5 with alternating break can determine who wins the set! Example: USA plays a safety, Europe kicks and hits...

Well another Mosconi Cup has come and gone and Team Europe has done it again. Of course I was pulling for Team USA to win and at least make it close, but it didn't happen. I've been a nine ball amateur player for years and I've lost count on how many games and matches i've lost on rolls and...

I agree, you get more control jumping with the Samsara tip. It's hard enough to jump balls easily, but it grabs the cue ball for control better than phenolic. I've tried phenolic, G10 glass, hard water buffalo SUMO tips, and Samsara tips and my vote goes to the Samsara tip for jumping and...

US Open Comments I've been going to the US Open for over 20 years and i've enjoyed every trip. I've seen a lot of excellent pool in my experiences at the Open and when it ends I start thinking about the next year. It seems a lot of people like to criticize Barry and most to them don't even...

Amen, it's the shooter and his ability that makes the cue ball do what he wants it to. There is no magic shaft and tip. Learn your fundamentals as well as you can and you can spin the cue ball with any cue!

Maybe the rules should be changed to allow players to play on the Countries team where they live? Darren, Thorsten, Mika........

I agree, you couldn't have said it better! Shane never touched the one ball after he lifted the rack like many other players did. I was lucky enough to have a first row seat and it was ridiculous watching Nick "the Greek" get out of his chair and look at every crack in the rack trying to find...

I've been here at the US Open all week and I hadn't seen Justin play until the match with Karl Boyes. I'd been seeing his name on the flow chart moving through the field and since I'd never seen him play I wondered who he was. Well in the match with Karl on the TV table I found out. He can play...

Remember a few years ago when Barry had Ladies to rack the balls and girls who walked around the table letting the fans know which game was to follow with a board with the next game number on it. I liked that and I thought it added some class and took the rack mechanics out of the equation. I...

I agree, I enjoyed his insight on the players and the matches......