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Eight foot Longer shots on bigger tables will improve your stroke. As a rule the transition from bigger to smaller is easy. Not so from small to big. Best practice would be big table with tight pockets going to bb with big pockets. To simulate the crowding smaller playing surface of bar boxes...

Bill Stroud beats Joey Gray! Bill Stroud is having a great tourney, just beat Joey Gray 9-8. I think he will be playing for the winners bracket soon, maybe not. He is certainly in the mix. Seems to be down to Shane Mcminn, Chip, Joey, John Gabriel and Caleb Moore, and of course the lovable...

Been there done that. This old guy tried to step into the LD craze with a ob1 and 18 months later gave up. I think that was a good effort. Went back to my wood shaft on my Shurtz and am good to go. My new custom has a 7 in. Graphite insert on the ferrule end of a regular wood shaft. Plays...

Three fouls. Won't really work in league pool. Too easy for a good player playing a weak player. Just not much fun. I'm defensive so I would love it. League pool is supposed to be fun. Keeping track would just be one more thing to argue about. Although league pool seems to be going good right...

Takani There is one table with this cloth at Jamaica Joes in Midwest City, Okla. I got on the table and played a few hours. To me it played great, and what I really noticed was my weakest shot, a long draw shot (9 foot table) came alive. I stopped playing and just started drawing balls. It...

Fair price? I would seriously consider taking a good table mechanic with you. Should be one in New York! Or are you rural N.Y.? May not be possible on short notice. Remember you will probably keep this thing a long time. $100 to a mechanic might be smart money. They range from free, come and...

Posting. I noticed your response to Thaiger and wanted to say even though I responded to his post it was only because something he said triggered me to post. Doesnt mean I agree with all or any of his post. I do agree with many of your posts and am always triggered to read your comments. Great...

Natural ability! All men are not created equal! Some of us are special. Some have natural ability. Natural ability is huge. Great if you have it, tough if you don't. We all know players who try hard,put the time in, read the books and still are almost in the same boat as they were years ago...

Double Dipper! I saw Chip last night at Braums, but he was too busy serving up double dip ice cream cones to talk. The manager says Chip has served up more double dips than any employee in the history of the company! Chip should be at JJs this weekend. Nice young man. I plan on playing and...

Reading a post about tips and made me think of a tip I tried back in the early eighties, maybe? Called the Future Tip. Blue or maybe blue green. Synthetic all the way as I remember. Thing played great, but constantly fell off! Three times and I was done. Anyone else remember the Future tip?

Chalk has no home. Give chalk a home. Leave it on the table. It's part of the game and has every right to take up it's square inch. I carry my own chalk and could care less about where the chalk goes. If it's my kind of chalk I'll use it off the table. Some people get pissy if you constantly...

Straight pool ghost! I play the ghost. Rack 14 and set your break out ball up perfect and take ball in hand. Bust em and start your run. Miss and you are done. You can play by yourself. Keep track of your average. If you run out but don't get a great breakout, then take your ball in hand and...

Survivor! You are not alone my friend. Many have walked this path and are still plugging along. Mine was bladder cancer and no chemo for me. I don't know you, just of you. We belong to the same fraternity. The fraternity of pool players. We are diagnosed on Monday and we are survivors on...

Free streams. I love the free streams. And the ponds and lakes also. Seriously, they probably will slowly stop being free. Other than Big Truck I have not seen much I would pay for yet. Have seen some poor picture quality which is always blamed on the venue or casino or whatever. That's not my...

Cool pics! Thanks for the cool pics!

Made in USA! So true. And not only buy American made but try and buy local. Here in Okla.City there is John Guffy(retired) Jim Ingram, Kent Taylor, Steve Kornelle, the late Verl Horn and many others. Pretty cool to see your cue maker while out playing pool. And who...

Stopping! Trust yourself. You figure it all out. Where to contact cue, speed, path of cue ball, overall plan. Now trust yourself. No self doubt. Shoot with confidence. Think standing up. Stop thinking and figuring and doubting when down on the shot. Your body knows when to shoot. Sort of like...

No rivets! Very nice case! Other than the strap, which looks like a few rivets were used, the case has no rivets! Rivets are very strong but are never correct in great leather work. Exception is saddles which are subject to great strain. Sewing takes time and is very repairable. Very nice...

Double dipper! Congrats to chip. Nice young man, very personable. Met his dad a few months ago. He comes back to OKC, and goes straight back to work at his old job at Braums. Chip said it's the best job he's ever had and the easiest! All he does is serve up double dips!

Any results appreciated. Especially Chip and Joey.