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    Will someone please explain snooker rules to me... please

    An brief English to English billiard term translation guide. Table parts: Top of the table = Foot of the table Bottom = Head of the table (Americans shoot down the table, the British shoot up the table.) In Baulk = In the Kitchen, behind the head string Playing: potting = pocketing break...
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    New to 3C

    Some helpful books: For Straight Rail Billiards, download a copy of "Daly's Billiard Book" by Maurice Daly...
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    New to 3C

    Longoni's are fine, and if you want to get one that won't kill your budget pick up one of their 1-star starter cues. PC Billiards and Ozone Billiards both carry some nice entry-level carom cues for somewhat sane prices. Also, if you are getting into carom games, DO NOT START WITH 3-CUSHION...
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    Carom 61.5mm Balls cleaning machine

    Why be lazy? Pick up a terry cloth towel and a bottle of Aramith Billiard Ball Cleaner. Takes less than 5 minutes.
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    need to heat my table

    Don't bother... 1. You do not need to heat your slate, your air-conditioning is probably doing a fine job. 2. Stop sweating about the seams, unless it is really affecting the roll of the balls. Remember that Simonis 300 is really, really thin. You are probably always going to be able to...
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    Carom Cue

    Ozone has the best prices and carry carom cues by Longoni and Hemstetter. http://www.ozonebilliards.com Ozone does carry the Adam line pool cues, but I am not sure if they stock the carom models.
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    know anything about magic billiards in Indianapolis?

    Got your information! Went to "Magic Billiards" in Indy today and had the honor of meeting Bill. Things are looking good and are bound to get even better! The address is 3125 Kentucky Ave, the South-East corner of Kentucky Ave and Foltz St. It is in the Mars Hill (southwest) Area of...
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    Olhausen snooker table

    To Steve Anderson: Is Olhausen making them to World Snooker (WPSBA) of ISBF Specifications?
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    Camel vs Cochran vs Hoppe

    What is even funnier is that after the ad was published, many billiard players (and fans alike) were laughing because Hoppe supposedly was a non-smoker - or at least smoked so little that it was never associated with him.
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    Non numbered Aramith Snooker Balls 2 1/8 -Available?

    On Aramith snooker balls: Aramith limits its sets which are available for domestic sale. There are three snooker sets for the US market: 1. Unnumbered Aramith premier (2 1/8 in) 2. Numbered Aramith Premier "American" (2 1/8 in) 3. Numbered Aramith Premier "American" (2 1/4 in) If you want...
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    Olhausen snooker table

    Here is probably more stuff than what you need... You may wish to check out Kaldera Billiards out of Shaumberg, Illinois. They are a Lithuanian company that are well-known for their 12ft Russian Pyramid tables - which are very similar in design to the classic 12 ft English billiard (snooker)...
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    BRAND NEW! Set of Carom Aramith Balls

    so they are 61.5mm. (2 7/16 in) Actually looking for 60.3mm (2 3/8 inch) to play on an antique brunswick...or spend too much money converting the thing.
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    BRAND NEW! Set of Carom Aramith Balls

    What size are they?
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    Metaphysics of European carom tables

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    Carom Cue Recommendations?

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