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Semi finals at the US Open . Four Asians playing. Not even all the best Asians there.

This is true, However one also needs to qualify by recognizing that the breaker is more likely the better player. This is like NHL hockey playoffs. The home team wind 62% of games. Is playing at home an advantage? Not as much as it appears. The series starts at the arena of the better...

Sometimes I read through a thread and it’s the same as listening to our two granddaughters talking to each other for 15 minutes: I have absolutely no idea what was said. I have a cue. It’s made of wood. I use it to hit the white ball.

I looked up the city…metropolitan area only has 7 million people. When we were in China our itinerary included geology seminars in cities with multi million populations whose names that I previously couldn’t have distinguished from items on a Chinese restaurant menu. Wuhan…11 million! Pre...

This is the same as Ronnie O’Sullivan in snooker. He puts spin on 100% of shots. Even a two foot tap in to get the cueball exactly where he wants it. I use spin on 85% or so of shots…and almost 100% of shots offered 4 feet or so. It’s just what I learned from an early age. I try to envision...

I’ve never lost to a top 100 American pool player …ever. Scouts honour. I’ve lost to about 15 or so Snooker players who have been in the top 128 rankings at some time….won about 20% of Snooker frames against them. However haven’t played a past ranking player in over a decade.

I prefer Green. However don’t notice if a pool table is covered green or blue after playing 10 seconds. Friend has a tan table…the same. Non issue. I like my tournament green Snooker table. I can’t recall playing in anything but a green snooker table in over 50 years. I once played on a...

One of the issues with home tables is we can get too used to them. I have ‘slightly’ smaller openings on my snooker table pockets than match tables to increase the level of difficulty. However, when I get on an unfamiliar match table I swear the pockets are smaller 🤨. 8 footers in a pool...

True. Thus why 128 out of the 128 ranking Snooker players use wood where subtle spin, swerve etc is used on 80% of shots. Wood is like driving a manual transmission instead of an automatic. An automatic is easier to learn on but doesn’t have that extra ‘something’ once one progresses...

Until 3 am? I’ve never played past Midnight and maybe past 11 pm a dozen times in 50 years. I’m in bed most nights by 10:30. Except in a big city are pool halls busy at 1am? Who is playing at 1 am? Guys I know get up at 6 am to work or, like me, are retired and early to bed. Anyways, the...

This comment is addressed to fellow lefties. Years ago had this issue with my first cue. Took me eons to figure out I was inadvertently loosening the shaft ever so slightly with the grip in my left hand. That hand naturally wants to turn in the direction as if opening a door knob.

Thanks, I like the visuals of this presentation…the tip placement on the cueball and slow motion. I’ve done ‘a few ‘of these for decades but difficult in real time to know what the actual physics were. They just ‘worked’. Being able to see the action allows for a tiny adjustment for better...

That’s me. Then I would end up meeting Mark Selby first round on the Main TV table. Think I’ll use a pseudonym and disguise so afterwards I could return to the billiards club without hearing chuckles. more serious. Just got off of a Facebook snooker forum. A question posed was about...

Trump is used to playing under the television lights with 20 million viewers,a half million dollars at stake and what are knowledgeable live fans usually cheering on his opponent. The point? Judd may have weaknesses in this tournament but one will not be ‘pressure’. Judd is under pressure...

A big variable wih a potential UK Open is ‘who participates?’. About 25 of the top 128 ranking Snookerplayers are Chinese who reside in Britain. Most of them play Chinese 8 ball. And, If Selby, Trump enter then it could create a momentum that draws in a lot of participation from not only...

No thanks. Surprised the money isn’t going towards some non profit cause.

Our pets have never been in my Snooker room…as in never. They have their own bedroom and they own the rest of the house. I can hear …translated from cat: ‘oh my, look at all of that green! What a lovely big scratching …’ And the Huskies: ‘Let’s curl up on the green mat and leave half of...

‘I am not a number. I am a free ball’ My favourite tv show ever:

Always nice to see Dufferins. I’m not that knowledgeable but I have a few Dufferin snooker cues that aren’t flattened at the butt. An aside: if a repair and not just a fun modification, these repairs are a bit baffling. I’ve played snooker for 53 years and never damaged any of the 3 main cues...

Wobbly balls down the rail still potting is one reason I can’t watch American Pool. Fortunately Chinese 8 ball tables cure this travesty…only way to pot a running rail ball is with surgical precision and spin so it drops.