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Bought a Nitti back in '96 that was on consignment from the cuemaker at my local pool hall. I guess this was when he was first getting going. Gorgeous stick! lots of ebony, ivory inlays everywhere, ivory ferrules, Beautiful. Paid $590 at the time for a cue that would go easily $1800 equally...

Sweet looking cue without a doubt! Bumping for the excellent Bocote

It's another under-used Golf shot. Nicely done. People know a million one-hole shots today, but imagine knowing them for all pockets!

Osceola Billiards... cause we desperately need a room in the Kissimmee area! The Tap and Rack Margarita Billiards Sun Stroke! Billiards

Can't agree with you more there. Better to land the plane going strait into the runway than counting on perfect speed. Usually by adding another rail to the mix

Thanks for the good replies all! I definitely know the pain of being too close causing a more severe angle and that affecting your ability to lay on the ball after. Probably one of the reasons why my inside english is so good! I've still got good eyes and shoot the long ones well so there's...

I've just started playing 9-ball as my main game recently having spent the majority of the last 13 years playing others. One of the things I've noticed is that I often play position close on my next shot, "close to my work" as they say. 9-ball is such an open game, yet I'm not taking advantage...

Throw shots, pocket cheating, stopper balls and even short rail banks are all critical to holding the ball IMO. A great practice routine I use is to place all 15 balls in the middle of the table in a loose random circular cloud roughly 1.5 foot in diameter. Place the cueball directly in the...

Good match. Thanks for the link!

Back when I was playing competitive pool I was limited more by anxiety than ability. No question. It was particularly bad as a "feel" player. When I was hot I was damn hot. As soon as my confidence took a hit or something threw me off balance, I would drop to the losers bracket then off the...

I'm lucky enough to have a left eye that goes "lazy" when I'm down on a shot. Sort of takes the options off the table. Probably has something to do with years of telescope and camera work. Same thing happens when I'm reading for any long stretch. I say fortunate, because two of the better...

Corner Pocket here in Orlando used to have several AMF Gold Crown "clones". I played on all of them at one point or another and they compare pretty well with the GC 3. Not as good as the GC 2's. I will echo the sentiment about the rails, slow and short. They sure did look better than the...

Hahaha. Yes Mike's got my business! Can't wait to get this baby home. We went out to see it today and it's in fantastic shape. Gonna need new cloth though but oh well.

Yep. I'm going with Mike. Haven't meet him yet, but he's been very helpful and friendly over the phone. Quoting some good prices too!

Good stuff! Thanks for all who replied. Our table will be setup Saturday and I'm planning on reusing the current cloth to let the boys learn on. Simonis can come next year! I've got them their own sticks sized just right and a set of ball they can bounce off the tile without causing me a...

Any parents out the with advise on teaching my three boys the game? They're 6,10 and 16. I'm most concerned with whether to worry about my youngest two developing a side-stroke. No Willie Hoppe references needed. It just doesn't look sound I guess I'd be pleased if they play period :) Thanks all

I've never analyzed my aiming system with respect to side-spin before. I guess I'm more of an intuitive player. When brought to think about it, I don't pivot, but move parallel to the natural line (i.e. my hand moves with the cue) then adjust my aim for the deflection, swerve and throw. Thanks...

Fantastic. Thanks everyone!

hehe. Figured you'd recommend one that could move it from Apopka to Daytona :wink: Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a company here in Orlando? Gonna need a table moved and setup soon.