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Last night, I was playing in my 9 ball league and a 3 Foul rule question came up. Here's the scenario: I played a safe with 7 balls on the table and my opponent kicks and hits the correct ball and luckily leaves it where I can't hit it. I fouled and gave him ball in hand. (1st foul) He...

Well another Mosconi Cup has come and gone and Team Europe has done it again. Of course I was pulling for Team USA to win and at least make it close, but it didn't happen. I've been a nine ball amateur player for years and I've lost count on how many games and matches i've lost on rolls and...

I was impressed seeing Earl's new look (at least new to me) wearing a snooker style vest sporting some sponsors and some of his history. He looked sharp and so did his game when he defeated Hu from China. Here's a shot of "the Pearl"

6-3 Efren, Efren at the table. The break is tough with the 9 ball on the spot!

Once a cue maker has the skill and equipment and since all cue makers use the same basic materials then the prices of the finished cues are determined by the demand for his work, availability of his cues, and the cue makers reputation and basically what a buyer is willing to pay for his work in...

I need some advice and opinions from some of the forum members. I play in a weekly 9 ball league and the league rated me to play as an AA handicap which is where the top players play. I would have to rate myself as a lower end AA or maybe a good A player, but I’ve asked about being lowered to...

I'm wondering how many members have seen Wang Can play? He's a young Chinese player and I just can't believe how good he is at such a young age. I missed seeing him play at last years US Open, but I got a copy of an Accu-stats match of Wang playing a Japanese Champion on the TV table at the...

I would like to get some opinions pro and con on why someone would want a nice custom cue built without a rubber bumper. Is it just the way it looks and if that's the reason why wouldn't you want a rubber bumper on your nice cue to protect the butt cap of the cue? Some pool rooms don't have...

I’ve been reading a number of threads about CJ Wiley, some good and some negative. I saw CJ the first time in Columbia, SC at the RackmUp 9 ball Classic back in the 90's. I’d never heard of him and a friend of mine and I were watching him warm up and he was running balls like I’d never seen...

Sorry, my link isn't working correctly. The video is on facebook and I don't want to show the whole page with all the other stuff. I'll try to figure it out and post another link.

I’ve tried numerous break cues and shafts trying to improve my 9 ball break. I’ve been using an Omega J/B cue with a G10 glass ferrule/tip combo which I like, but I’m not getting the spread after the break that I see players I play against who use Predator BK2 break cues get. My cue does jump...

I played a 9 ball match last Monday and the player I played had a Predator BK2 jump/break cue and he broke and jumped a couple of balls during the match as we'll or better than anyone I've played. He made balls on every break and made a couple of jump shots with ease. We played a race to 9 and...

I'm heading to the US Open on Tuesday and I just looked over the bracket showing the first round matches and one match looks rough for your first opponent. Mika Immonen and Warren Kiamco play each other first match (they both got a first round bye) and one of these excellent players is heading...

I hope my home network isn't messed up because I started getting this message today when I tried to open certain threads "Bad Gateway". Has anyone else had this message pop up on the forum? It just started today 6/12/13. James

I bought some Simonis 860 HR cloth to use on my home table when I had my table moved and set up at my new home (new to me). The cloth came to me folded in a clear plastic bag. I didn't have any reason to take it out of the bag so it stayed in the bag until I had to use it. To save time I took...

I hope this link hasn't been posted, but if it has and you missed it I think you'll enjoy seeing it. Jesse James shoots a number of one handed shots that look impossible to make and he makes them look easy. I'm not a trick shot fan, but these shots are amazing...

Can someone please tell me what I need to do to ship a pool cue to China through the US Post Office? The cue doesn't have any ivory in it. I've done this before, but it's been so long I forgot the procedure and the best way to ship a cue out of the US. Thanks in advance..... James

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I'm wondering if it's my computer or has anyone else had speed problems on the forum the last couple of days. Sometimes it's quick opening up new threads and other times it just hangs there waiting to open the next page. I'm not sure if it's my set up (I moved recently to a new home and I had...

I play in a weekly local 9 ball league and its set up to pay all the money back to the players and there are some really good players in the league. I look forward to playing my match each week because I know I'm always going to have a tough race to 9 against a good player. I drove my GMC...