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I've been watching a lot of the streaming on youTube and especially the banks matches. Never saw them before, and have been figuring out the rules by watching. I see that a ball that drops without being called, or on a bad hit, gets spotted at the end of that turn. Sometimes the shooter spots...

Haven't seen this mentioned here yet, so I'll do that here. Thursday starts the next Turning Stone Classic. Runs from Thursday through Sunday. Upstate Al usually has a table that he live streams, and I think he has a way to view every one of the 16 tables if you upgrade your access a bit. I...

About an hour ago the monitor and the blinds started shaking here at work. Apparently a 4.8 centered in Lebanon, NJ that we all felt. I'm about 175 miles north of that. My sister is 15 minutes from Lebanon and she said she thought a plane crashed next doot, it shook that much.

I found a set of balls online, and it is claimed to be a set of Aramith Crown Standard. The box is labeled that way, with a price that seems to be in line for that ball set, but they don't look like any other Crown Standard set I've seen, much thicker font for the numbers. They look more like...

I'm in the market for a new break cue. I have been using an inexpensive cue for breaking. It's 21oz, has a hard leather tip, and is about 13mm in diameter, just a plain jane no frills cue. My player is about 19oz, has a Kamui Soft, and is about 11.8mm with a long pro taper. Up until now, I...

Not sure where this first came up, but I've read about using a small sandwich size zip-lock baggie and Aramith cleaner to clean my pool balls. To whomever first came up with that and/or posted it.....THANKS! Genius idea! It works amazingly well, and probably gets the most out of a small...

I have been looking closer at some of the various sites that offer used items for sale, and a lot have ball sets at relatively low asking prices. What I'm realizing though, is that I'm really not able to identify what the ball set is by looking at it. The Centennials have the distinctive ring...

I'm trying to locate a set of Dynasphere Tungsten balls. Been checking all on-line options and nobody has any in stock. looking new or used at this point. Anyone looking to get rid of theirs?

I've got the space for a 7 foot table on my lower level, and I've been looking around a bit at various options for buying one, and getting it set up for use. I'd love a Diamond, but the least expensive one I've seen is $4K, and hundreds of miles from me. Having that shipped and installed puts...

My job is sending me to Shreveport again for a couple weeks, and I got a few good responses last time I was sent there, and I posted here asking about where to play. I am hearing that Bill Schick's has closed, as well as Secret's, but Side Pockets is still going strong. Any other places...

A question came up the other night in a game of 10 ball (NAPA rules) about the push out. Player A broke dry, Player B then wanted to know if he could hit another ball besides the one ball, and have it still be a legal push. Much discussion followed. Here is the rule as per the current NAPA...

Got some emails from them that the Turning Stone Casino and Resort is reopening on June 10th. It's limited reopening, no concerts and not all the restaurants, but the casino and a bunch of their other shops and eateries are reopening. Right now they have a limited, "local only" policy that...

Just got a few emails today that the casinos in Bosier are going to open on the 18th. I'm sure there will be lots of new rules and limits for table games, and lots of spacing between the slots, but the ball is starting to roll again. Gotta figure that pool halls and other such places won't...

Another observation from my visit to watch the Turning Stone tournament this weekend. A lot of players were using cue extensions. Shane had one on the bottom of his shooting cue. He seemed to take it off when he jumped, but put it back on after the jump shot. Jason Shaw had one on his...

I was at Turning Stone this past Saturday and watched some fantastic pool. I now have a few questions resulting from some things observed there. Just about every player walked over and inspected the rack prior to breaking. Most often they seemed to be looking at the front part of the rack...

Just a head-up..... The Twilight Zone episode called “A Game Of Pool” will air tonight at 11:00pm eastern on Sci-Fi network. They’re doing their Twilight Zone marathon and this is one of my favorites. Maybe some others would like it too.

While out and about one weekend, we stopped at a local place for some lunch and found this table in there. It wasn’t in the best shape, and needed new felt and probably cushions too, but I thought it was a pretty cool frame. Anyone ever see one like this?

My job is sending me to Shreveport for a few weeks. I looked and found a few places where I could play on Google Maps, but I'm wondering if anyone here might have some input on where to go or maybe what nights might be better at said places. Thanks in advance for any advice.