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try contacting Bob Maidhof at Drexeline Billiards, he's the owner and a very good player. Phone 610--259-9144. His room is a great place to play at also. Not too far from downtown Philadelphia

There are billiard eyeglasses made in Canada. The side frames are lower on lens leaving more lens above the frame so that when you lean down the lens is in correct position. Optician name is G. Harrison and he is incredibly patient and helpful with players (he redid mine again and again until...

Jack Madden, great person to deal with, craftsmanship top notch..

Jack Madden, hands down.

In the years between 1955 and 1970 I played at Mosconi's poolroom in Philly. He had a contract with Brunswick so all his house cues were perfect to shoot with too. He religiously retipped and dressed tips so most of us never thought about "custom-two piece cues" what was the point? Those cues...

Harry Peetros (high up in Greek circles) used to play at Mosconi's room in Philadelphia Pa. and other poolrooms in Philly back then. "removed" permanently from the area one day before Steve Bouras in May 1981 (Jerry Blavat and Martorano were wounded in that shooting). Bouras was top person in...

David, First off, props to your post in general. One point I'd like to make about the snooker club in Ireland is that all through Ireland and the rest of the UK there are many betting parlors where bets are placed on snooker, horse racing, football, lottery, etc. Every town has them, it's huge...

very sad statement on the state of pool in U.S. When this happens near where so many pool tournaments are held all I can say is omg.

dean, you can't go wrong with pooltable911....his mechanic, Oscar is a close friend of mine and we've dealt with each other in the past (the Vigus cue) John

I have a Jim Barkley diamond wood playing cue that has a "euro-handle" which is a turned down back end. Not exactly the same as "ax handle" but I believe the concept is also to keep your back hand from using a spinning motion or twist. Barkley is out of Joplin, Mo. and could probably speak on...

Cameron Smith you have a good point about popularity or "viable alternative", but the big thing I was trying to point out is the lack of money spent on training. Of course, the prize money is huge, but the failure of so many people like me at a young age to seek out professional training is...

If Canada or the U.S. had bookie shops on every corner like U.K. maybe the money would dictate what happens. Look at the difference in payouts comparing snooker to pool here, it becomes a joke. There are entirely too many obvious differences to count. One of which is how serious countries...

Try to ignore who you match up with. A good friend of mine played Wilke last year and everyone wanted to know who HE was when he won. Wishing you mucho success, have a great time.

in a match, should be considered legal because unless using a perfectly clean cueball no way to bring attention to multiple chalk marks. Never saw anyone call for a ref to observe this, but correct me if I'm wrong. The miscue was an obvious foul though.

wanderone over lassiter, strickland, sigel, hall......omg

Joe Blackburn is great. He usually teams up with Steve Lomax. Hope Steve is doing well.

Any female entries? Pam Cimarelli entered recently, think it was two years ago. Maybe Jasmin Ouschan?

Something nobody mentioned yet is how many bookie shops are all throughout England, Scotland and Ireland. Huge betting on snooker, horse racing, etc. Also, look at the payouts in snooker compared to here. I have a cousin in Northern Ireland who went to pool school five days a week for four...

Here's a thought: Why don't today's top players always play tournaments on ten foot tables? With all the "advancements" in pool shouldn't this be the case? Greenleaf, Babe Cranfield, Irving Crane, Lassiter, etc. had no problem with it, so wouldn't that show once and for all how much skills...

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