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    Pool hall story from St Louis Post Dispatch

    Sarge Trick shot "Sarge " -Ken Aylesworth - lives in Seattle.
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    Dateline March 22, 2006

    Again? Here we go again... Who is in charge? Are they going to pay referees? Will there be Cameras? A real long term schedule that can be relied on? Who's puttingup the $$$? In pool rooms or arenas? (Maybe) Added or Guaranteed prize money? sounds great! try to get it right this time... we...
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    Keno Boards

    The name I think the original name was "KEYNO"
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    cues you have/had in your collection

    My used and nows I have been sort of a cue sales person and user for a very long time..... previously owned... Balabushka/Tad/Gina/Stroud/Schick/Schraeger/ Joss /Robinson/Black/Huebler/Paradise/Palmer/Martin/Rambow/Hunter/Prather/Olivier/Helmstetter/Cue Craft & John Parris (snooker) The ones...
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    Rating Systems - What do you like?

    Another opinion If there is a problem with the 'sandbagging"..try this... "A" level open tourneys have any amount as a prize fund ...everyone plays with no handicap "B" level tourneys have a different prize fund such as $500 max added "C" level tourneys have a lessor fund such as $ 300 max...
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    What do Players do about eating while Playing

    Pool Food For many years I have been using ... peanuts before and maybe a couple of Hershey bar chunks during matches.. great protein and a little sugar while you're playing... I usually drink water during...I like bananas, so one with my peanuts on occasion... A good breakfast with real...
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    What tip do you use

    Triumph Try a Triumph/ they are med hard...really! The tips are sort of like the old Champions. They hold up well and they bite the ball quite good. AND THEY LAST...
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    Value of Cues for Current Cuemakers

    cue info good list! ... Kersenbrock...note spelling! I have two!!! ...also of note... 2 Southwests ... & one old Gina just sold my old Rambow...>>> to the Glenns
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    Vegas, where are the deals?

    Vegas rooms I decided at the last minute to go to Vegas...best rates I could find were downtown...hotels on the strip were really high.!
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    american pool talent wasting away.....

    What to change? Amateurs and the development of kids interest, are the backbone of almost any sport...but how do you get them into POOL? Try to find a pool room in almost any town in the USA where someone under the age of 21 can even hit a pool ball! But, EVERY town has bars for adults to...
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    Bringing cues on Plane

    Traveling cues I travel overseas often and I do the following... I found a "hockey" bag (soft side) which is approx. 40" long (usually found in local sports equipment stores) and I put my entire cue case ..including a Kersenbrock/ Josswest and Southwest/...with cues inside, and pack my clothes...
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    which cuemakers use the big gold screw joint besides kersenbrock?

    Type If you could get a photo of the joint pin from the top (about 45 degrees off) and one of the butt cap area it could help.
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    David Paul Kersenbrock Cue

    Dpk About two years ago there was a guy in Phoenix who was selling a couple of DPK's...one was a cue that Dave K. called a "desert cue" design (slightly fancy) and the other was a standard looking cue with prongs...he wanted $1700 for the "desert cue" and $1200 for the conventional looking...
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    100 balls or 100 break?

    Snooker 100 > 14.1 Pool 100 I play both games ...you must run 100 balls in 14.1...you only have to run about 28/29 balls (reds with a pink or black ball) to get your 100 points... I have played hundreds of thousands of balls in straight pool..and have played maybe a couple of thousand "frames'...
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    open vs. closed bridge

    which bridge? When playing billiards I use a very short bridge...Playing pool, I usually use a longer and closed bridge and when playing Snooker I use an open bridge most of the time, but when I need the long special control, I still use the closed bridge > even when playing Snooker.
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    Jim Mataya

    A friend called me with bad news that Jim Mataya died, he heard it thru a few other sources...anyone know if that info is true?
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    Vegas One pocket tourney

    Just arrived home from the Plaza one pocket tourney...took the long way thru Arizona and California... event was decent and run pretty well..a few small glitches but not bad for the first time out for the new guy in charge... Tables> "Diamonds" both 7' and 9', played well and no complaints heard...
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    Cuetopia

    Cuetopia in Las Vegas is now "officially" closed... the tables were taken out on Thanksgiving day...
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    BCM cues

    bcm I have been watching Bryan improve his cue making abilities for about 10 years...his constructions are solid and the finishing is as good or better than ANY cuemakers'... He does try to make them have a Southwest style of hit...haven't heard of any problems with any of his cues... note* I...
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    Pool cues stolen!!

    getting back your cues might be a bit late but for your next cues... I have a few photos of ALL of my good cues...with weights and descriptions of each... if ever stolen ..I have all info to give to the COPs and you MUST filE AN OFFICIAL REPORT and then you may get them back,,,I gave this...
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