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Considering that there are 3x6 and even some 4x8 cases out there, I wonder what people carry in them. Do people have various shafts of different taper or do they have mutiple shafts of the same taper, perhaps with different tips? Also, do people use different butt and shaft combinations...

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how many and what type of butt/shaft combos do you have in your bag?

I started playing with a 314 a few years ago. I then decided to try the Z. At first I really loved it, but then thought the extra skinny tip was exagerating off center hits and making me less accurate. Bought the 314 2 and loved it. Then decided to try Z 2. Same results - off center hits =...

So with all my holiday travel behind me, I finally have time to start focusing on what's really important; my pool game! I've been working on an exercise modeled after Joe Tucker's 3rd eye trainer video. I shoot a laser from the center of one corner pocket to the opposite diagonal corner...

I am considering ordering a Carolina Custom from Billiards Warehouse and I'm looking for input on a few options: They offer either a 3/8 or 5/16 piloted pin. I'm leaning to the 3/8 because I already have a 3/8 predator shaft. Is there any reason to consider the 5/16 piloted instead? I want...

Sorry if this has been asked before. I can't figure how to search this. Does anyone know how accu-stats calculates its player rating per match? In other words, what does .947 mean?

I thought I had it under control, but now I realize that I can't stop. At work, they blocked it for awhile, but now its back. Main Forum, Wanted/For Sale, Straight Pool, back to Main Forum; maybe a new post, come on, come one, new post, oh yeah, Papa needs a new post. OK, I reply, with...

I was just wasting time (as usual) troling on AZ. Did a search on something that yielded a thread on the best drunk pool players. Read about a guy nicknamed "Peru Paul" As a drinker and an Indiana native (grew up in a town 15 miles from Peru) I had to know more. Did a search on Peru Paul and...

I have a GC4 in a room above the garage. I'm no engineer, but it seems that the room was well built. Triple Laminate Beam with 3 columns. House is new, so maybe there is some settling. Underneath table is commercial grade carpet. Unfortunately, I think they put in thick pad. (I insisted on...

So Brunswick has come out with a "Tournement Edition" Metro table with 4.5" pockets. Why not at "TE" Gold Crown? I have a GC4 with factory set up. Ready to re-cloth in next few years. Could a mechanic take the Metro TE rubber and put it on a GC? Just curious.

My local PH does APA 8 and 9 ball plus a weekly tourny. I've thought about suggesting an in house straight pool league to the owner. We have a few players who know the game and could probably get some converts. I wonder how other SP leagues are formated. How many people on a team? How do you...

I am very new to straight pool. It’s very funny when I try to get my 8 and 9 ball friends to play. Most of the guys my age (40 something) say it’s too boring. That is until they get on a run and miss position and start swearing – then I say, “I’m sorry, are you still bored.” Even more...

Okay, here’s a Third Rail question: why are there no black people playing pool on TV? I caught Cicero Murphy in black and white against Luther Lassiter on ESPN classic. My TIVO also caught a guy named Ike Runnels playing ring game bank pool at the DCC on some cable channel. Other than...

I am blessed to have a table at home and a wife who understands my passion for pool. I’ve even convinced her to play with me on league night. The problem is that she is a perfectionist at really hates loosing. She wants to practice all the time. So I end up playing her at home a lot. Did I...

I've had my GC IV about 2 years now absolutely love it. I was afraid that I would eventually lose interest and the table might get as much use as the bow flex. Happily, this is not the case. As I've become more and more addicted to pool and have spent increasing time reading this forum...

I am often called upon to help coach SL 2's and 3's on my APA team. Very often when they have ball in hand, they will line up a shot that requires the use of the bridge. I usually call time out and suggest that they pull the cue ball back to a point that doesn't require the bridge. They are...