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    APA 9-Ball Foul Question

    Here is the team manual, which includes the game rules for both 8 ball and 9 ball: https://media.poolplayers.com/TMRB/Team-Manual-English.pdf Go to the bottom of Page 65, where it explains how to score for 9 ball. There, you will find this: Dead Balls: Record any balls not credited to either...
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    Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

    I thought so too. It puts me in mind of how Earl used to play when he was feeling it, lots of rails after every pot.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

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    With all that high fashion garb and designer stuff, he's still using wired earbuds???
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    SJM at the 2025 International Open

    Great write-up Stu! I watched the YouTube live feeds for a couple matches, and I liked seeing the people sitting in Skyler's corner during his match. Looked like almost the whole Mosconi team there. That was a good match, with both players having nearly flawless performances, but Yapp was the...
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    Funnies that make you think, I like 'em! My ex sister-in-law once told me she didn't like Dennis Miller's comedy because she wouldn't get most of the jokes until a minute or two later, and she'd miss all the stuff in between while thinking about what he meant.
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    Do you see Challenge (winner stays on / quarters on the rail, waiting to play the winner) tables going on anymore?

    The challenge table was pretty common where I'm living now, even up until a few years ago. One local bar had a 6½ foot Valley that would get a line of quarters every Friday and Saturday night. That's what led me to playing APA back then. Everyone seemed to want to play by slightly different...
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    When Does That Come Up in a Game?

    Pretty neat, and I'm subbed now too. Thanks for keeping it short and to the point.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Climbers call it "line", I think that was his point.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    It just played when I clicked the picture. If it doesn't when you click it, I can't help, not that IT savvy.
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    Love this sense of humor, I'd have a great time with her.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Went up to a Fourth of July event in Boston many years (decades) ago, and they had the Boston Pops playing a free concert, I believe it was still being led by Arthur Fiedler at that time. This was right beside the Charles River, and the finale was the 1812 Overture being accompanied by...
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    .....and density. A given volume of water has a density much higher than that same volume with copious bubbles of air in it. It makes the deceleration take longer, and by doing that, be less traumatic for the diver/jumper. This is also one of the theories for how ships sink in certain areas...
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    APA 9 Ball Races

    I'll just add here that the APA is a business, and when you look at their rules like team handicap limits and such, the business aspect of that, and how it helps grow the leagues, those rules make much more sense. At least it does for me.
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    No vibrations on the electric scooter.
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    APA 9 Ball Races

    I think the ball count gives the lower skill level player a better chance than counting racks like in 8 ball. Especially when the lower skill level player is not intimidated by their opponent. The premise in APA 9 ball, is that an entire rack is worth 10 points, a point for each ball and two...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    There's one of these just to the side of the casino floor at the Resorts World casino in Vegas. I walked around it and was curious enough about it to look it up. I wanted to know if it was a real car and if so, how the paint wasn't damaged in crushing it. So it's a sculpture made from the...
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    Her nickname is Jumpin-Gee.
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    APA finals diamond table

    I don't have FB, but I did hear that there was a lot of stuff on there about it. That team played in my area out there, I remember their team shirts, and trying to figure out what one was the guy the team was named for. Shoot To Thrill also played in my area, also distinctive team shirts, and...
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    APA finals diamond table

    That table in the final arena was a nice color, definitely gray, but I agree that the orange/red probably would have looked better in white. At least in my opinion. The cloth and the balls really stand out on the overhead camera, so I doubt you'll see that changing. There were only two...
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