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Not to get off subject (pool), but I find it confusing and misleading when people use photos of pool pro's as their avatars. I honestly thought that certain people were the pro's that they depict in their avatar. I'd hate to see someone new to the forum start quoting people that are pictured...

Ex-King of the Hill MS is a jerk that got a sweet ride (and sweet payday) because he is/was good friends with Kevin T. If KT didn't know Mike, I seriously doubt IPT would have considered someone that got out of the action 10 years ago. JMO

I used Talisman Soft Pro tips for a couple of years now, and I have them installed by the only tip installer in town (other than the people that do it for themselves). He always installed the tip, then got it pretty close to a nickel size, but there was always a spot in the middle of the tip...

Sunday (May 26 2006) I caught the last 2/3rds of a match between a top pro player (name left out to avoid accusations of slander) and Ralph S. in the US Open. There was some other games going on around this game, so it was not the TV rounds. Was this the 2005 US Open or another US Open? What...

Unsolicited Advice Just some advice that doesn't answer your question (but I do agree that the training ball is worth the cost). If play/practice at your table and also play in leagues and tournaments, I'd recommend using the same ball setup that your leagues/tournaments do. If you play with...

The Rack Poolhall I will let the owner respond so I don't misquote him. hi this is mike perdue manager at the rack pool hall brian asked me to send this to you our three cushion tables play really well cloth is simonis quick 300 and the rails are good tables play about 1/4 diamond short of a...

personal preference? I always broke with an old-style strickland cuetec, nothing hit better for breaks. Now I use a J&J jump/break cue that you can buy for $40-$70 online. It has a phenolic tip, and it breaks so much better than anything else out there (again, personal opinion). My teammate...

Great Poolhall I live in Minot and play at The Rack quite a bit. I'm a bar-box 8 ball player, but they have 6 nine foot tables (3 over twentyone, 3 under), 8 bar boxes (same percentages), and 2 3C tables. The owner says he is going to take one 3C table down for the summer and install his new...

Our local tip replacement options are getting pretty slim, so I want to start doing it myself. I use Talisman Pro Soft Tips on my 13 mm Schuler Shaft. I prefer to use the new domed tips. I would probably do maybe 4 per year. Is this easy to do with the cheap clamps? Does it make it harder...

I shoot pool on bar boxes so I drew up a bar box in cad using my valley for dimensions. If someone can answer a question for me I'd appreciate it (refer to gif for reference. The distance between diamonds on my bar box is 10 inches. However, after I drew my table in cad, I figured out that...

To follow up on room size, they add 5 feet to each rail based upon the back of rail dimensions of the table. This gives you enough room to short-stroke a 4'-10" stick since the CB will always be at least 2" away from this point. This should always give you 4 inches to stroke. On the short...

Mathematically Speaking I have done a lot of thinking on this and here is what I've come up with: The short dimension of the table is 4.5 feet from the back of rail to back of rail. Of that, approximately 2 inches on each rail is subtracted off to get 50 inch playing surface (54 inches - 4...

Power Cue The one Tom used the whole shaft fed into the butt (the diameter of the butt was way bigger). Nothing on ebay now, will check closed auctions.

I saw Tom Rossman use a spring-loaded cue in his show. He said approx. 1000 of these "Power Cues" were made before the manufacturer dissolved. I want to buy one.

Jumping Up Very astute, I agree 100%. I have the same habit and my teammates tell me I missed because I jumped up. 90% of the time I jumped up because I knew in my heart I wasn't going to make it. The other 10% is actually me moving my head/torso before/during the shot.

I was interested in buying the dvd before I saw the price. I can spend money on gadgets and anything else that ends up being useless, but I wouldn't pay $50 for a DVD about a match, esp. after reading the reviews. I saw the LJJ/Sigel match on TV and was waiting for the DVD to come out due to...

This last weekend I played in an 8-ball barbox tourny in town, and I beat one of the best players in the area 5-4 after he started out 4-0. I have been slowly climbing the ranks around here and getting more and more respect, but this was a shock even to me. After I sunk the 8 ball, I could...

Your problem may be on the mental side. You can have the greatest technique in the world and get beat by every bar fly around if your mental game doesn't keep up with your physical game.

My team just went to our state team tournament this weekend in another city and we didn't do very well (and neither did any other team from our town, which is surprising). Every team said they had a tough time making balls on the break and they got destroyed. I know these players, and they can...

I was just wondering what the consensus is of Schuler SLC cues is vs the ones made when Ray was alive. I want to buy another Schuler (I have an SLC that I love) and I don't know if I should get one that Ray signed (which may not be the design I prefer) or get an SLC cue that has a design that I...