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As everybody else has said, whoever made the bet is responsible for it, and in this case it was the player who made the bet. Nobody else vouched for that bet to the winning player, including any backers. Whatever agreement the losing player may have had between he and his backer is just that...

Lyle89, the gentleman you were talking to above, Wybrook, is a pretty good player and if you want to see what he is talking about with his stance he can be seen in several youtube videos by searching Adam Wheeler (not outing anyone's identity, he's been very public about it). I linked one of...

Definitely agree that sometimes it can be difficult to determine for ourselves who was better than who and it isn’t always nice and clear cut. I also agree that if and when their primes overlapped that we should be looking at their records against each other and against others to help inform us...

I think there is lots of room for debate on what constitutes GOAT, primarily on all the factors after that which has to be primary, but by definition you cannot be the greatest at a certain endeavor if somebody else is clearly better at that endeavor (although you might be something else of note...

Pointing out where somebody is going astray in their logic or assessment or understanding is not uncivil. Sorry that you took it that way and it certainly wasn't intended to be received that way. Decision making is just part of a multitude of skills that determine how good of a player you are...

As you said your analysis is a bit simplistic and ignores things like that the pockets play smaller any time the ball is approaching from a less than perfect angle, and they play smaller when a ball is not traveling at the perfect pocket speed, and they play larger due to the fact that many...

Any decent repair man or cue maker can do a quality leather wrap installation. As others have mentioned in this thread Martin at superior cues is known to have good wraps and his selection is pretty good as well. As was also mentioned keep in mind that the wrap area of your cue will generally...

That's absolute nonsense. If you really understand backing and do the math you will see that the player has the better end of the deal virtually every time, probably 97+% of the time. The difference that explains why one tends to have a little disposable income a lot more often than the other...

I think the effects of momentum are exaggerated. Even if true, only one guy has it, while it is doing the exact opposite for the other guy, getting him cold and out of stroke so that when he comes to the table he is not at his best so if it is doing the exact opposite for one of them is there...

As penguin said in post #10 it is very similar to an Adam Balabushka GB5 so I would think it is from the same company anyway. Off hand the only difference I see is that the GB5 has veneers and yours does not best I can tell from your pics, and of course yours has a different wrap and no...

Here is a guy who a strong argument could be made for being the greatest ever and he plays with whatever cues his sponsor hands him that they are wanting to push (including being made from all variety of materials from wood to fiberglass to carbon fiber, and with different ferrule and joint...

You don't think decision making and defensive play are skills? And that they are part of a person's overall pool skills and abilities? Really? Maybe we are defining skill differently but for the world of me I can't imagine how you could possibly be defining it that would not include their...

The knee jerk reaction might be to think that, but when you think it out I think there is a better argument to be made for the opposite, that only alternate breaks ensures both players can stay in stroke and that winner breaks often keeps players in their chairs getting iced and out of stroke...

How about you just start making an effort to comprehend what you read and to communicate in a way that can actually be understood? In post #6 when you ask "What happens if you land short of the kitchen", you really still can't tell that your question had already been very clearly answered twice...

That's exactly the problem. You clearly don't have an inkling about anything, even after your total failures at comprehension and communication have been pointed out to you in this thread and in other threads as well, yet here you still are trying to be Coco#2. I refuse to believe you are that...

The promoter and streamer is who is bringing you that entertainment. Any tokens of appreciation should go to them. If a player feels they bring enough value to the promoter/streamer to deserve a further cut then they should negotiate that with them.

This site is fantastic for identifying woods. It has a gazillion example pictures of every type of look for every type of wood, and most of the pics can be enlarged to a very large high definition version by clicking on them. http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/

I would bet that 100% of people who have ever played or watched pool in their life would prefer that if purple is going to be used, that it be used on the four ball where it has always been rather than making some other new ball purple like the five ball. Literally 100%. Well except for Emily...

What the hell "free thought" are you talking about? You asked a really dumb ass question that was clearly already answered twice in the very short thread, including in the post right before the one where you asked the dumb ass question. I went ahead and answered it for you a third time anyway...

He explained how he plays it. Everybody else including you is free to experiment with tweaking those rules and playing by whichever rule modification they end up liking best. If you decide you want to use the 9 as the break ball or whatever in the middle you are talking about or whatever else...