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I use a Snooker cue for all billiards. Need that Tasmanian Devil spin. So more like an aspirin tablet.

Feel free to throw tomatoes. I just put on my coveralls. Congrats to the young Chinese player. Si Xu may go down as defeating the 7 time world champion in his last match in a ranking tournament. Hard see Hendry returning next season unless he’s given some financial incentive. However, the...

Hendry’s tactics were brilliant. Some strategy I haven’t seen in a decade. His cueball control as good as ever once he got past the second frame. However, a C plus for actual aiming. Jimmy? He just didn’t look well. Not physically or performance. Not animated. No impish Jimmy grin and no...

What looks like an easy black would be missed 3/4 of the time by decent Pool players on a snooker table. Shot is even missed sometimes by top pro snooker players. What can help when practicing. Use a ghost ball, remove it but mark the centre with a sticky donut. Easier to aim at the centre of...

Really enjoying this journey. Admire the ingenuity and DIY effort. Reminds me back 1980 ago when I was 26 and built my own house in Nova Scotia. I was just out of the military and working as a geologist. I got an extra part time job with a building supply store to get a discounts and learn...

2 Snooker tables. 4 Chinese 8 ball tables. 4 American style 9’ tables. Well maintained equipment. Squeaky clean. Natural Light. Nice decorum. No tacky movie posters of alcoholics and COPD candidates playing pool No alcohol or food. Separate coffee shop. No music, TVs. Ambiance not a tacky...

I’ve used 3 Snooker cues in 52 years: both for Snooker and American Pool Barracuda Riley Titan I also have a collection of about 35 cues. Get them at the thrift stores. Usually under $10 or about $15 with case. Might be valued at $1000 or $50. A few of the Snooker cues are worth a lot more...

It’s the type of place friends and I would join. My favourite place to play billiards is the local community centre. There’s a weight room . Fitness and dance classes. Snooker and 3 pool tables. Table tennis, darts, shuffleboard, etc. Nice and clean. No alcohol. Natural light and no...

Good post. I play hockey. 99.99% of hockey isn’t played with NHL rules. We don’t allow slap shots or full body checking and a hundred other differences from having shorter games to also equal ice time for all players . I doubt if many Americans play baseball by official MLB rules. Distance...

Like most Snooker players, I never got caught up in such aiming systems 50 years ago. We concentrated on smooth delivery. However, when teaching young players ghost ball I add a very simple step. When removing the actual ball ( ghost ball) from the object ball...place a donut sticker where...

That is a great combination of features. The pocket size and cloth grain have doubled the difficulty making playing a fun challenge.

I would only play if a dedicated sports bar with excellent tables and fit and healthy people. Also, at least 8 foot tables. I play in 3 leagues. The two in non alcoholic settings are by far more interesting people and conversation. The one that serves alcohol is a sports bar and half the...

Visible holes? Too easy. I like tight pockets.

I’ve rarely played on a table smaller than 4x8. Nearly always 9’ or Snooker. Still haven’t been able to sink a single ball on this one...must need a new aiming system.

Not as bad as the 150 posters I have on ‘ignore’ for flooding new posts selling cues under under various names....or as bad as ‘what aiming system...’ At least the lad talks about the game and isn’t peddling the latest magic. as for the question: 1.1749 meters. Not a centimetre less.

Pool has been played in various forms throughout most of Europe for a couple centuries. Just about every culture in Europe has a rich history and it’s own take on the sport. If there’s a centre of the billiard culture today it would be China for the number of players, clubs and spectators. but...

Ronnie is the master of his own fate, nobody defeats him ‘if’ he plays his best. I thought he was finished 3 years ago. Glad to be wrong. Judd has performed so well that it’s shifted the pressure and attention away from O'Sullivan. Judd is now in the unenviable position that anything but a...

Looks great. Classy. I also have a dart area near my table. I’m always playing imaginary teams against each other. To start games I throw a dart for each...closest to bulls eye breaks. I’ve always liked playing in natural light. In ‘normal times’ we have a casual drop in league at a community...

Yes, quite the streak Not to negate Judd’s great performance but O’Sullivan is world champion and Higgins and O’Sullivan didn’t enter this last tournament. Robertson skipped the one before. Judd enters everything. Crucible coming up in April. Hendry 7 titles, OSullivsn 6, Higgins 4...

Reanne Evans is the word’s top woman billiards player...she plays Snooker. Many Chinese women start in Snooker and then drift into Pool. It’s difficult for an American woman to compete without the snooker infrastructure and coaching. The gap will only increase as the popularity of Snooker and...