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I've used the magic rack at home now for a couple of years. I'm on the second one. Neither one gets all the balls touching. Usually turning the rack to a different corner helps but I don't think I'm getting much better racks than with a triangle.

I just watched Jason Shaw play Marvin Asis. A Phillipino i hadn't heard of. He had Jason down 8-4 but lost 9-8. Any way I looked him up on Fargo and it says no player found. How do you get to that skill level and not have a rating?

I haven't gone the expensive chalk route but am considering the Toam v10 for my home table because it is supposed to be much cleaner. I have blue cloth. Has anyone noticed a difference between the blue and green? I'll probably still use Masters at the pool hall.

I watch efren playing in the Philippines. The last couple matches he's been using a carbon shaft. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Some recommend pretending to play position when shooting the last ball. I am more likely to miss when thinking about position. I prefer to just shoot a rolling cue ball unless it's an obvious scratch. What do you think?

I just put Championship Tour edition on my 8' table. I pulled side to side and was able to pull 3" so I stretched 2-1/4" side to side and on each end. The cloth in the corner pockets was too tight to finish them properly. Where did I go wrong?

My home table has Championship tour edition that is about 5 years old. I play tournaments at the local VFW and they just recovered their tables with Championship Mercury Ultra. I go there and the ball draws twice as far as my home table. My table is a little faster though. Is it the difference...

I ran across this on Youtube yesterday. Has anyone seen one or have any experience with it?

One shot I miss more often than I would like is a longish shot where the OB is a ball off the 3rd diamond on the long rail and CB is on an angle toward the opposite corner. I was practicing it yesterday and noticed it was a 1/2 ball hit. If you have a shot like that do you aim for a 1/2 ball hit...

What do you perceive as the difference when playing with a hard tip vs. a soft tip?

I'm watching efren on sargo and frequently the ref/Racker is going up and appears to be marking position of a couple balls. I have watched other matches from the Philippines and it looked like they were picking bugs off the table. WTF are they doing?

I bought a Defy cf shaft for my McDermott about 3 weeks ago. It gets sticky. The shaft came with a little bottle of lube similar to cue slik to use on the shaft. I have to reapply that every 2 or 3 days. I was wondering if waxing the shaft would last longer. I does't seem like wax would damage...

I play with a McDermott M14a that I bought about 20 years ago. I have one of their low deflection shafts from back then and it has developed a little warp. From what I have read about the Defy they play pretty well but get pretty sticky after a while. I am asking people you have owned the Defy...

What do you think?

I was in a slump for a couple of months, playing/practicing every day to try to work through it. A couple weeks ago I took 4 days off & went fishing. I have played much better since I got back. Give me your thoughts on taking breaks from playing.

Does anyone have one they recommend? I tried a few last night and they all suck. Android.

I have a homemade ball cleaner with a buffer and a 5 gallon pail. When I run the balls through with the Arimith cleaner they shine like new. I have never used the polish. What's the advantage of the polish?

I struggle with short draw shots (2" to 6"). I realize I have to hit them hard enough to get the ob to the pocket but in general do I hit them with medium speed and vary my tip position or shoot low and try to control my speed?

I've had this problem for years. Sometimes I play pretty well (for me) and other times play like crap, usually because I'm jumping up. Last night in my weekly tournament I shot pretty well in a few practice games then the first game of the tournament played like crap. Then I realized I was...

Say 2 players of different skill levels are playing 8 ball. Say an APA 7 vs a 5. If the balls are nicely spread after the break or if there is a lot of congestion & clusters which player has an advantage?