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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...

Some good info in this thread. As someone who has recently started playing in a Fargo reported league I did wonder about a couple of things. Mainly - what if someone starts at 325 and someone else at 525 even though they are about the same skill level and post up similar results. The answer...

I think I've improved with age. There's way more info out there nowadays to help you. Use it. Anyone who says something like 'I used to be good at pool - but then didn't play for 20 years - now I suck' wasn't ever that good. Guaranteed.

Took Barton over an hour to get even close to reproducing this Judd shot. Would love to see how many takes it would take Judd to reproduce it - not the sort of shot you can nail every time!

What a great variation that would be. Would work for 8, 9 or 10 ball. Sure - the pros would get the cue ball in the kitchen pretty much every time but it would always be in a slightly different position. Has this ever been tried?

Talk about a lot of over-reaction Play it again next week and USA could win it. No way does Van Boening miss those easy shot again (they kind of set the tempo for this tournament early on). All 10 players are top quality pool pros. A few key misses and some nice rolls are the difference (same as...

Tony Drago is a great shout. Played in the Mosconi and I love this casual 3 min century at snooker. Really does make it look like 'anyone could do that'. We know otherwise...

Take a pro and a bad player. Both have 100 goes at these tasks: Task 1 - straight shot screw back where the balls are a large distance (say 7 feet) apart. Diagonal across the full length of the table. Ball potted and cue ball screwed straight back into the other pocket of the diagonal. Task 2 -...

I quite enjoyed it. A brand new game to me so didn't know what they were doing at the start. Soon picked it up but there were a few bits where it was 'hang on - that ball gets spotted now' or whatever. For TV it would work. A whole game can be shown live in an hour including the obligatory...

Thanks for the heads-up. I've set it to record. It's only an hour at 1pm ET but better than nothing!

Steel toe cap 14 hole Doc Martens. Safety is more important than comfort.

It's not just a USA thing. Loads of countries have different rules for pool in different bars. In UK pool a big, simple difference is 'do you get 2 shots on the black?'. Some places you will. Some you won't. USA bar rules are the strangest though. Basically there aren't any rules. You don't...

This. Just don't touch any moving balls! We've probably all done this: You play a bad shot and the cue ball is steaming towards the pocket you are right by - you instinctively go to grab it but by some miracle it doesn't actually go in. Your hand was right there though... I've long since lost...

Loved the interview with Luca Brecel after he'd just beaten O'Sullivan. Basically said his preparation consisted of lots of late nights getting drunk with his friends playing XBox until 6am. Very little practice. There's hope for us all! Well if we had the same cue action and outrageous skill...

At DCC Blackburn were using Loctite super glue professional liquid (blue-ish looking bottle). I figured as they do so many then they know what works the best. I took a photo of the bottle so I'd remember it being more than just 'Loctite' - this is it...

Just to confirm the answer to my own question. Yes - Blackburn cue mechanic was at the 2023 DCC. He was very busy but pretty organized. You left you cue with him and you got a ticket number. You went back an hour or so later to pick your cue up. A very knowledgeable guy who would answer any...

A bottle of Bud (or other domestic beer) was $4 at the casino bars. So $5 with tip. So just average price nowadays. They weren't comped when playing Poker - still had to pay $4 for them. Quite glad I couldn't get into Gordon Ramsay just to sit at the bar (they wouldn't let you do that unless...