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Looks like Filler is up 6-2 on Shane right now.

It's funny how this actually lines up with the bar hero style of play. Using a house cue that causes massive deflection, a short bridge, and a firm stroke on just about every shot. Which means they're getting unintentional BHE benefits and are hitting hard enough that swerve doesn't take effect...

Same. I have 700 hours in VP4 since 2015 or so but I absolutely think Shooters Pool is the better game. I completely dropped VP4 after getting used to the controls in SP. My only criticism is that balls tend to hang in the pocket a little too often in SP. It’s like every table has a very deep shelf.

The list is called Fargo Rate. (y)

Pretty incredible that Efren would still be a top 10 player in the US at age 67. I wonder what his Fargo would have been in his prime.

Anytime I see people playing pool in the background of a show or movie, my eyes are fixed on the table and the shooter. They are pretty much always awful and don't even come close to pocketing the ball they're shooting at. Maybe it's because they are shooting with painted racquetballs and thus...

Fargo 528 is pretty strong for an SL 6. Especially in 9 ball.

This benefit of left-handedness must have skipped me, sadly.

9 ball requires certain positional paths and knowledge that don't come up nearly as often in 8 ball. And when they do, players can opt for different patterns to avoid having to play those shots, which are often spin-heavy.

I don't understand the people who are higher SLs in 8 ball than 9 ball. But I know a few. The oddest are the established 8 ball SL7s who are SL 6s in 9 ball. Although from what I can tell, it's often guys who have been playing APA 8 ball for 20 years and only recently picked up 9 ball and...

Number 3 usually tells me everything I need to know. If a guy has a really loosey-goosey grip and free-flowing stroke, he's either an overly confident SL4/5 or he's an absolute beast. Given that absolute beasts are rare in APA, it's usually a good sign if the guy is stroking like Busty because...

When I first moved to Charlotte, I went to a local pool room and got a table next to two guys who were playing pool at a level beyond what I had ever seen in person. Just slugging the cue ball with monster strokes going 3-4 rails for position and rarely missing. I thought that must be the...

Agreed, and I think a lot of people fall into a trap of "refining" things they are already pretty good at and completely neglecting the parts of their games that give them trouble. Ego eventually becomes a problem in just about every pursuit in life, especially once some level of competence has...

Sure, if that "anyone" is someone with a high run of 80 balls. Zero chance a total beginner is running 100 balls in one month regardless of talent, coaching, dedication, and time on the table. 100 ball runners are A+ players/shortstops and they are very rare in the pool world. There are many...

Darren's composure on the last rack makes me think of what was discussed in the thread about natural talent. Because given the stakes and what just happened, Darren's mental fortitude and ability to rise to the occasion is absolutely something that not everyone has. At least not without...

I bought a 5/16x18 Meucci butt for my OB Classic+ shaft on eBay. It fits just about perfectly. May be a mismatch of a couple mms but nothing really noticeable. If you want to go really cheap you can probably find a plain jane Players cue with a 5/16x18 pin for $60-$70.

I doubt that. Athleticism carries over. Most professional athletes were multi-sport stars in high school. Jordan may not have been pro-caliber at hockey but he's one of the greatest athletes ever and would have had an advantage based on that alone. The guy jumped into minor league baseball at...

I went through 3-4 shafts before settling on the OB Classic+. I figured that a larger diameter but still pretty low-deflection shaft was a good compromise for me. I envy one of my friends. He went out and bought a nice Lucasi with their low-deflection shaft pretty much day one of his pool...

Closest thing we’ve gotten to that was Ronnie traveling around America playing pool with various pros.

Singapore is the Cinderella story of this tournament, but USA, Taiwan, and Spain making it to the final four is spot on with early predictions.