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Hey guys. Got divorced during the pandemic and moving to a new house. Can only fit a 7 footer. Almost definitely going Diamond pro-am. I like the rosewood finish. Simonis tournament blue 860. 1. I like the look of maple over oak. Any downside to it, other than additional cost? Is it less...

I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can...

I'm getting a new light for my 8 foot pro Olhausen Remington table. I have a 55" three shade light now. I know that they say for a 9 foot table go with a 72" four shade light. What about for a 8 foot pro (8.5 feet?) Thanks in advance

I'm going to put new cloth on my home table, and am going with championship tour edition. I have teenagers, and in my experience it holds up better than Simonis 860. I play mainly at home, and am an average recreational player. My questions: 1. Who has played on the basic championship...

I have a home table in my basement, and my 9 year old twins are getting into learning to play. I have a couple of shorter house cues, but want to get each their own two piece cue. That way they won't fight over who gets which cue, etc. I got my son a 48 inch one that he likes. The only...

Will leaving pool balls in leather drop pockets on a furniture style table when its not in use damage or stretch out the pockets? I have to imagine the extra weight in them over a long period of time does some damage, but can't recall ever reading anything about it Thanks for the info.

I moved across town over Memorial day weekend, and hired a reputable company to move and recloth my table. I just noticed (actually a friend pointed it out) that the table has a roll/unevenness to it. The mechanic seemed to have known what he was doing. Maybe it's just the floor settling in...

Do you guys feel happy/proud when you move up a level in your handicapped league, because it's a sign that you are improving and your practice and hard work is paying off? or Are you bummed when you move up because your new handicap level will make it harder for you to win? Just wondering...

Okay, this may be a stupid question, but here goes. I just moved houses and reclothed my table, from green to Championship tour edition in gold. I'm using the tan master's chalk with it. Here's my question- when I play in league it's on standard Valley bar tables with green cloth. I'm...

I live in Munster, IN, about 20 miles southeast of the loop. I'll be moving to another house in Munster at the end of May, and am looking for someone to move my table across town. I'd like to hear your best price for breaking down, moving and setting up my table. The houses are only a mile or...

I'll be in Ann Arbor for work this week. Where should I play?

Like a bonehead, I left my cue in the car last night. And all day today, in the freezing (11 degree) Chicago cold. What kind of damage will that do? I took it down to my basement table, and it rolls straight and seems fine. Might I have done some damage?

I have a table in my basement and have always wanted one (or two) of those cool looking Brunswick player's chairs. They go for something high like $600-$700 new at Great Escape and stores like that. Sometimes I see them on Craigslist as part of a package with a Brunswick table. I'm currently...

Hi. I'm pretty new to the world of cues, and have a very simple question: Why is it that a lot of the high end production cues (Schon, Mezz, Joss, Pechauer, new Ob-1 cues) are offered with (for the most part) only ss joints? What percentage of the pool playing world plays with a stainless...

At some point in the future I'll get my first custom cue. I currently play with a Viking with the Viking QR joint and a predator shaft. If I want to get my custom with two shafts, the cuemaker's shaft, and a predator shaft, but don't want to waste the predator shaft that I have, is there any...

For the first time in my life, I'm playing in a league. It's barbox 8 ball. Up until now, I've done 95% of my playing on 9 footers or my 8 foot pro in my basement. I know that in a perfect world I'd practice on the same tables with the same cloth that I play in in league. But I'm obviously...

I just joined a team and started playing in my local APA league (Illiana, serving NW Indiana and South Chicago 'burbs). I wanted to share my first impressions, and also ask a few questions. By way of background--I got a home table two years ago, and love pool. But I'm not very good- an APA 3...

Has anyone here every played in the Illiana APA League in the South Chicago 'burbs and Northwest Indiana?

This is kind of an "out there" question, but here goes: If you guys were making a film about pool, what kind of music soundtrack would you score it with? Put another way, what kind of music do you associate with pool? That's not to say what exactly do you like listening to while playing, but...

I have a home table, and 5.5 year old twins. How early do you guys think you can start teaching kids to play? They show interest in the game already. We play our own version of eight ball where I let them roll the object balls in the pocket with their hands, and I play with my cue. It...