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Brunswick Medalist 9ft Pool Table with Simonis cloth in excellent condition. Pool accessories include two sets of Aramith premier balls - pool and snooker, four house cues, bridge, brush and chalk. Also includes protective cover insert in order to use as a table. Table is being sold in order to...

I made it for the second year in a row :) Who else qualified? I met some AzBers last year so I hope to do the same again this year!

Hi everyone, How you adjust your 9-ball game and stroke when the table you are playing on is lightning fast ? (some of the Amsterdam tables are made of glass simonis) I have a real tendency to slow roll shots, and this makes me lose a lot of accuracy. Also as a Straight Pool and 8-ball player...

How many pool cues have you bought in all the years you have been playing? I'm interested to see what correlation there is (if any) between number of cues and pool ability. From my golf days, I knew folks who changed clubs every year to the latest model when they were just 20 handicappers that...

Has anyone experimented with a safe break in 9-ball? I'm trying to embrace APA 9-ball, but when spotting 30 balls against an SL6, it's impossible to win when you are not making a ball from the break and leaving a wide open table (or making a ball and getting hooked). The luck factor in the break...

As you may have read in Billiards Digest this month, the 2008 Hoboken Mosconi Cup will take place on Friday June 6th at 8pm at Willow Billiards in Hoboken. This event, now in its 5th year, gets bigger every year and now has national coverage! Entry is free, and a great time is guaranteed. Check...

Can anyone suggest some useful exercises or practice routines I can use for rank beginners? I decided I wanted to give some more time back to my wonderful pool community, and so I been giving free lessons once or twice a week to total novices up to APA SL3 players in my APA League that want to...

This was a new one for me ... the incident happened in the 2008 Hoboken 8-ball Masters tournament this past weekend, and I was called over to make a ruling. The tournament was run under APA rules, but I'd be interested in how it is judged in other organisations too. It was the first round, and...

I got my high run (55) in May, and since then I've been playing a 14.1 League. When I got that run, I would sometimes get a 30 in a match, but not regulary. Usually a 20ish, more often than not, not much higher than 15. The last three months in my 14.1 League, I've got over 30 most matches, and...

Just wondering what APA players think of APA 9-ball as a game, and what tactics you employ. I've been doing APA 9-ball season, and I'm enjoying it. For those that are not familar, each handicap level (from 1 to 9) has to get a certain number of points. You score one point for each ball, and 2...

I'm looking to get some practice in before the US Amateur tournament. Last week in our 9-ball League, I played on a very tight pocket table, probably the tightest I've ever played on. This got me thinking ... should I do as much practice as possible on this table? It is bound to increase my...

Just letting everyone know about that the popular Hoboken Straight Pool League starts up again this Monday. You can visit www.hobokenstraightpool.com for more details. The cash payouts are good, with even players finishing in 8th getting their entire season's dues in prize money back, and the...

I'm in Vancouver this week if any regular AZBers want to shoot a few games. I'm staying downtown at the Four Seasons, so anything around that area would be good. Drop me a PM if you are interested!

Tonight at 8:30pm folks!! :)

It's just happened too often to me now to be a coincidence ... you spot 3 games to 8, or 4 games to 9 and after the match you lament how he got those lucky combos, 9-on-the breaks etc.. and how lucky a game 9-ball is, and how you never want to do handicapped 9-ball tournaments again. Fact is, I...

All, The 4th season of the Hoboken, NJ 14.1 League begins next Monday. All information is on the website at www.hobokenstraightpool.com. Weekly dues are $10, and we pay out over $4000 in prizes, including $1,200 for the winner. Fully handicapped. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions...

Something I commonly hear is : "If you can run 50, then you can run 100" In the real world, I've not heard anyone jumping this much in one go so I set about applying some Math to it. As you will see, this proves the above statement is completely false. Starting at the basics, clearly if I...

Finally ... some time to shoot some balls by myself and play some sets with the ghost. The scores were 1-9 and 3-9. I just can't see any way I can win a race to 9. Two racks I never even had a shot on the 1 (with ball in hand!) and about 75% I knew were very tough for even a top A player to...

So ... our HR department has decided that we are going to have a pool table in the office, and have asked for some input on what to get. They are looking for a home size (8ft) table. I think the budget is up to about $1000. We are in the NYC Tri-State area. If anyone has some idea on a table...

Over the last week, I've been giving some informal lessons to some APA3 players in our League (I'm an APA7/B+). Each person told me they cannot draw the ball back. So I checked out their fundamentals, and then showed them a simple draw shot. I put the object ball in the middle of the table, and...