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Standardize the rules for 9 ball. Just go with the rules that are used for the Mosconi Cup. They are great for a fun, easy to understand game that casuals can enjoy. Including the push-out ('the very first shot after the break you don't have to hit a ball' - easy to understand if it was commonly...

You have to remember that a lot of people selling cues are old-school. They only get 12 pics on a roll of film. But yeah - nowadays there isn't much of an excuse. Take a few pics until you are sure that any cue detail you are trying to show is actually in focus without any 'noise' in the...

Constantly getting out of position but clear the table anyway. 'thought I'd take the scenic route'.

What a draw for Andy Goldstein (and for the UK media). Even easier to hype up his game now that he has drawn Earl Strickland. Goldstein is a quite well known in the UK - he's presented loads of TV shows including pool/snooker ones. His Fargo is around 620 and is used to TV cameras/reporters...

Netflix - Poker Face - Season 2, Episode 8 - The Sleazy Georgian. Finally the Amsterdam made it's appearance! The 'round table' the con men sit around has replaced the closet table to the door as you walk in. Other shots are more obvious. No mention at all of NYC in the episode. It's def the...

O'Sullivan v Xintong - what an easy game to watch. Great stuff. They'll be millions watching it in China. So good that Xintong is such a flare player who gets on with things. Will encourage other upcoming Chinese players to do the same. 4-4. Race to 17. Who wins this? Very hard to say...

Let him openly drink beer while he is playing and I reckon he'd be up for it. What a last session. I like Judd - but man - Luca is proper box office when he's playing like that. Incredible snooker.

I'd give my right nut to be able to play like Judd did in that last mini session. Made his 100th century of the season for 100 grand and then totally dismissed the balls in that last frame as if they weren't there. Most played so that he didn't have to bother to walk over to the other side of...

Perhaps it's a rubber cigar that he just uses for show? Would love to know the story behind it. Next year I'm going to make it my mission to chat to him and find out. Plus I don't think I've ever seen him smile. That would ruin the image. He's always there. Definitely a stalwart of the DCC.

Cigar Man (if you go to the DCC you'll know who I mean). Does he post on here? Legend. It's not a DCC until you see him sat in the front row...

Plus forgot about Goldfinger being a pool-related movie. Perhaps the only one with a 'trick pool table' as the gangsters call it when Goldfinger's table starts to flip round. Big table. Pockets look very tight. Proper old school.

Bond: I must be dreaming! Goldfinger is def one of the best Fort Knox related movies.

If you've never been to Louisville before then a couple of things to try and see are: Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby horse race): Churchill Downs, 700 Central Ave, Louisville, KY 40208 Fort Knox: United States Bullion Depository, 397 Redmar Blvd, Fort Knox, KY 40121 Churchill...

I'll be there tomorrow and Sunday. Just as a spectator. If you ever get the chance then go along. It's a great event where you get to see the best players in the world close-up. Plus seeing people flop down multiple wads of $100 bills on the table for the money games. I personally have never...

Yep - great selection of vendors (cues/t-shirts etc.). Plus there are cue maintenance guys (usually Blackburn) for tip replacement etc. No need to pay entrance fee to be able to use them. One thing to be aware of. Last year I went and planned on getting my cue tip replaced. Was using Kamui...

Played at Amsterdam Billiards. Yeah - nice place. Picked a strange day though because there was a TV crew there measuring it up etc. to be used for an episode in series 2 of 'Poker Face' (TV drama show). The name 'Amsterdam' won't get shown. They will be replacing signs referencing it to...

Blue Ruin Bar, 538 9th Ave, New York, NY 10018 (9th Ave and W 40th St) Can't thank you enough for this one! An absolute oasis in the desert in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Finished off there every night. It's a small dive-bar with a pool table at the back. Table has a winner-stay on board...

Thanks everyone for the replies. Exactly what I was looking for. Thread printed off - literally - old school! Should have added that within reason - don't really care about the cost. That penthouse club in Midtown East sounds great. 9 foot diamonds. Free bar. Topless barmaids. But at $500 per...

Meeting a friend in NYC. Both from out of town and avid pool players. Neither of us will have our cues. Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens. Must have beer. Don't care about food menu. Well aware of numerous places to play - but is a place seen as better for having the best house cues? Or a bar with an...

Exactly. If she'd come into this tournament and taken ages on every shot I doubt she'd have won it. Not her game. Always does my head in when a fast player misses a shot and people predictably say 'they should have taken their time'. This after they've just run the table 5 times in a row at the...