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    How do you dress or appear at a pool hall?

    Jeans and a tshirt, shorts and a t shirt. Boots, tennis shoes or flops. T shirt normally in decent shape. Usually something fishing related. Dress Depends on the room and the weather.
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    Looking for Gold Crown

    IV was the peak of the GC mountain. I’ve played both a 5 and a 6 before, but I don’t know. Maybe just nostalgia, I prefer the IV. When I build my next game room, it’s a black GCIV with high polished legs and corner castings. 4 3/4” pockets, GC style light painted black with a led panel.
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    Info from Oscar for all the Brunswick lovers out there.

    To me, there’s still nothing like a GCIV
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    The smaller pockets are helping the weak players, its very deep and people don't see it.

    A physics teacher I had once said, “if you’re having a difficult time with a concept, take it to an extreme value and it usually becomes more clear.” Have Filler play a drunk biker broad who can hardly make a ball… and put her on a 3” pocket table. I promise you that chick isn’t making a ball...
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    Whitten cue rattle

    I had a Murnack case years ago that I got used. Beautiful exterior but the cues just rattled around. I used it for storage and eventually sold it. My older instroke, is much nicer and the leather is buttery soft with perfect tooling. It and my it’s George cases were 10x the case that Murnack...
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    GC4 vs GC3

    I’ve had a sport king and 2 anniversaries. GC 4 is still my fav table of all time.
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    Good practice techniques for a beginner

    I personally prefer getting down lower on a shot as opposed to being more upright with my stance. Some people prefer more upright. With bending over further, your stance has to widen, or it becomes more unstable. Your lower back muscles will have to work much harder to try to keep you still...
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    Good practice techniques for a beginner

    1. concentrate on keeping your left shoulder (if you shoot righty) DEAD still especially on the backwards to forwards transition of the cue. ANY movement there immediately alters your aim but it’s already too late. You’re already coming through with the stroke. Popping up (at least for me) is my...
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    Bergman vs. Bustamante?

    True, I can see it. I guess the part I was thinking of is his style of play. Powerful. Intimidating. He’s still got it.
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    Bergman vs. Bustamante?

    Does Bustamante not age at all or is it just me?
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    Nick Varner

    The American Efren. He’s never out of a match regardless of the score. A truly entertaining man to watch.
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    Aiming for power draw

    Getting the shaft turned down to about 12mm and putting a good tip, like a Kamui, helps immensely. To me, it’s much easier to contact low without miscueing this way. Anything less than 12mm feels a little too thin to me. I use preflag masters but I’m sure that’s more psychological than anything...
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    How to combat slow players?

    Use his slow game shark bs against him. Learn to play even slower than he does. Take 30 seconds to get up from the chair and act like you’re not even paying attention to him or the match. It’s about as dirty as it gets and I abhor sharking, but it gets the point across.
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    your paying too much for cues

    $300 or less, get a McDermott. You’ll get a cue that is well made and plays well. It won’t go up in value, but neither will anything else at that price point…. Unless you find a Gus at an estate sale or something.
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    your paying too much for cues

    “ I have no idea what made it hit so good” That’s pretty much it. I haven’t changed the taper or had it turned down. I break with it. I’ll even take it in places tied together with a rubber band if I don’t want the case getting smokey.
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    your paying too much for cues

    I’ve had around 12 cues or so, up to about $2,000 in value so nothing extreme but not cheap. My Madden and Omen were artwork and played so sweet. Every McDermott plays consistently good. Troy Downey makes a sneaky good cue. I had long wanted an it’s George cue based off of reputation, and I...
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    Advice on how to stay down on the shot more consistently?

    People lift up for different reasons. What’s yours? Treat the reason, not the symptom.
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    Advice on how to stay down on the shot more consistently?

    But seriously, and it may sound weird, but when I find myself more glitchy with my stroke, I take a wider and more stable stance, I bend my front knee a smidge more, and I concentrate on keeping my base, and especially my pelvis stable. If the pelvis is stable, everything north of it will be as...
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    your paying too much for cues

    High quality reel to reel plays pretty sporty!
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    Advice on how to stay down on the shot more consistently?

    Humans are best adept at change when we have to change. It was told to me one night by a local shortstop to ‘shoot every shot like my life depended on it.’ I liked the idea, but needed to put my own personal, dark, you sick bastard kind of twist on it. I call it my 3/5/7 method. Imagine a...
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