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I think all Gold Crowns play way better than Diamond tables. If I bought a table, it would definitely be a Gold Crown and it would be an older model.

I started gambling at pool when I was a young teen working in the pool hall. I started playing as a kid and I played all the adults in the pool hall and watched the gamblers play. I played with some of the best gamblers when they were practicing. I didn't start gambling with them until I knew...

You don't have to use your whole life savings to play pool for money and you don't have to play for a lot of money in "friendly" ring games. It is like playing friendly poker at somebody's house. When I was a kid working in the pool hall, I would jump in the ring games with the adults who were...

Exactly. And you must wear special pool clothing and shoes. A specially-made, temperature-controlled case is a MUST, too. While you are sitting on the bench watching the other guy run out, you must ensure your cue maintains the perfect temperature for maximum performance should you ever get...

Of course you played people you thought you could beat. You would have to be a dumbass to play ANYTHING if you thought it was a sure loser. I never played anybody thinking I was going to lose. I was of the mindset that I thought I could hang with anybody. That doesn't mean everybody went out...

Maybe you need to practice your break.

I have shot hundreds of thousands of shots without my tips flying off. After I started having custom cues made, I always had an extra shaft. I never had to pull it out because a tip flew off my main shaft. You aren't playing pool now. You are playing a bastardized version of pool. You are...

It is especially useful on small tables where there isn't a lot of room to move the cue ball around without banging other balls around or getting the cue ball trapped in the clusters.

I use center ball, or slightly off center, for most of my shots. I try to use the angles and speed control to get position vs a lot of English adjustments. I can, and do, use English when needed but I try to keep a "dead" cue ball and "float" around the table as much as possible. That keeps...

Unless a shot specifically needs to be babied or slow-rolled, I shoot pretty "firmly", too, once I have figured out what speed the pockets will take and from what angles. I like to keep a consistent stroke and feel for the cue ball on each shot. I have had too many balls roll off on what...

Just scare them all off like you did that first guy until you get into the finals.

Talking about no bar tables, I lived in Taiwan for three years in the 70s and I never saw an American pool table of any kind on the entire island that wasn't in an American club or recreation center of some type. The Taiwanese all played snooker. I lived in a top floor apartment in Taipei and...

I played pool for decades and decades and never invested in a break cue. I always used my playing cue and never had any problems. I have never popped a tip off or messed one up from breaking and I have broke thousands and thousands of racks with my cues...even my most expensive custom cues. I...

They used to have some coin-operated bar tables, 8 footers I believe, in Angeles City. I used to play in a place called The Crow's Nest on Perimeter Road which became Field's Avenue once it got closer to the main gate of Clark AB. I think Field's Avenue is now called Walking Street, Most...

Brian didn't have anything to do with the pool hall for many years before his death. A guy named Glenn owned it and maybe still does. I used to go there every Sunday before COVID and it went to hell after that. They may have cleaned it up and got it going again now, but I haven't been in...

I am glad I read your post before I posted. I was going to post the same thing. Pocket speed is only a concern if pocketing the object ball is the ONLY thing you are trying to do. If you are attempting to do something with the cue ball after you pocket the object ball, your cue ball speed is...

Some wood does not have as much "spine" as other wood. There could be a variety of things that contribute to that. The wood isn't aged enough, it doesn't have enough growth rings, high moisture content, grain runout, etc.

The wood itself, the diameter, and the taper.

I have a one-of-a-kind Jackpot that I may let go for $30,000. It would take some sweet talking though. :)