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You playing more these days? How yah hitting 'em?

Cuesoul 10 pack for about $14.00. I have sweaty hands, and have played with a glove for well over 20 years. I have played with the ones with leather pads.. All they do is give an additional friction point that causes the cloth and leather to rip apart. The cheap gloves are just as good as the...

Heya SmoothStroke.. You still in WA state these days? And can you remind me of your name? I think we've played together before?

I play league here in Germany (I'm American), and I feel a little conflicted... I am playing "Bezirksliga", which is a lower level league, but even so.. There are ringers in the league who have finished races to 50 in 14.1 in 10-14 innings. I have no losses yet, with 10 matches played as the...

No... It's not. It's due to the tournament being hosted at a casino. A ton of the pool players have gambling addictions as it is, and it's just too easy to go and get your fix at the casino, as opposed to woofing and getting side action... All the free mo ey gets soaked up very quickly in the...

Yeahh.. I am sure "the casino" HAS been discussing this. Other than that.. I can't see anyone else being interested in something that basically mostly benefits ONE business. For the gambling, the move to the casino was one of the worst things ever. There's still gambling, but there used to be 3x...

It's a matter of national priorities. Germany has a very strong national interest in being as good as it can be in sports, engineering, and many other things. America is simply interested in money, pure and simple. Whatever it takes to make it, and the consequences be damned. American is stuck...

Yeahhhhh.. If only it were that simple. Some people's brain chemistry/circuitry are wired to get a supercharged dopamine kick out of gambling. No matter "what" they are gambling on. Many of the very best players in the US are gambling addicts. Win it at pool, lose it on/at the...

That's not a terribly big spot if your opponent outbreaks you 2-to-1.... And runs out better than you.

I was there that year. If I am not mistaken... I think it might have been more like 12 years ago.. Whenever the last year at the Executive West was. There was a LOT of action at the Executive West DCCs, before we got stuck with that f**king casino. I think that was also the year that Justyn...

Well, in Germany... It's pretty much "always" been like that. In everything. Germans literally have a national organization for any possible sport/hobby you could possibly want to take part in. And those national systems are set up to provide competition for everyone from rank amateurs, up to...

Jonathan Pinegar - "Don't knock it til you try it..."

Ayuh. I bought one of the crazy tight 4 1/8" Eurotour Diamonds from Fulda, Germany.... And even up here in wine country with humidity often over 50% before I get the heat and dehumidifier going... If I miss a ball, I definitely missed it. Even as tight as this table is....It plays near perfect...

There's a reason my nickname is "ShortBusRuss", yah know... (And it ain't because I play "retard strong"....)

Nah.

This is not a "Houston" thing.. This is an "America" thing. And I am gonna have to make a note on your "bunch" of players 650-750 claim, re: Houston. There is a huge gulf in between 650 and 750, and America as a whole has less than 45 players above Fargorate 750, and many of them are no longer...

Ehh... I don't think all wood shafts are the same. The shaft can "flex" during the hit, in the direction of the applied english, which I have to think will have an effect on how well english is transferred, and the amount of total overall force applied to the cue ball, versus being eaten up by...

Eh... I agree "to a certain point". Watching the big gambling matches and being around big personalities was cool for sure... But it's been pretty cool living here in Germany where my club is seen as a "community", whose goal is to collectively improve enough to advance against other clubs, as...

Yeah? Don't care. If people didn't lump me in with everyone else who doesn't adhere lockstep to all of their viewpoints, I'd prolly be more polite. I have read some version of your first sentence at least 20 times on NPR. Doesn't stop me from getting lumped right in with those who wanna sniff...

Because American pool players are an aging population, and the younger members of the site still tend to be 45 years+ years old....