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I have been thinking about a new playing cue for a while now. I am an unusual guy, because I have little interest in designing my own cue. So I just keep an eye on the unfinished stuff on the wall of my cuemaker, and I figured something would grab me one day when I saw it. Last night I was at...

I have an OB break cue for sale. It is a few months old and in good shape. The shaft and tip have not been modified in any way. There is a chip in the finish of the butt which is shown in the picture. Sorry about the poor quality of the pic, it's the best my crappy camera will do. I'm asking...

I have a nearly new Joss JSM20 for sale. It is 20 oz, standard length. The original shaft has been turned down to 12.75mm by Dan Trogdon, with a long taper. It currently has a Tiger Emerald tip. Asking $200 shipped. I also have a 5/16 x 14 OB1 shaft with the original tip on it. It has a silver...

Well, sort of... Mitch just named him as the "great road player" who put Mika in the 1 loss bracket at the US Open. Cool. So Bartram gets coverage on the Challenge of champions! Edit: I apologize for the misspelling of Chriss name.

I have been very inconsistent lately, and I have found the problem. The rub is, I can't seem to figure out how to beat this problem. I can't maintain my focus. Sometimes I can focus for 2 or 3 games, but not an entire match, and sometimes I lose focus 2 or 3 times in a single rack. Good...

I was playing some straights the other night with a friend, and was on the last 2 balls of a rack. When I pocketed the 14th ball, I needed to knock the break ball out of the rack area. I ended up pocketing both balls, leaving the table bare.(On the same legal stroke) I know the last ball would...

What AZers will be attending this year? I will be there if I can scrape the $$$ together for accomodations.

I have benn on a mini roll lately. I have finished in the top 3 in 4 of the last 5 Sunday night 9 ball tournaments. In addition, I won the Monday 8 ball tourney tonight, and ran roughshod through the field undefeated. My second and third matches were shutouts, and my opponent in the finals won...

I have a bunch of cues I need to clear out, and I am ready to wheel and deal on them. I want to apologize for the poor quality pics. My camera is a piece of crap. The first cue is a GW1 Dave Pearson series. It has a 13mm shaft. The forearm and buttsleeve are beautiful cocobolo with birdseye...

Does anyone know if there are any tour events or larger tournaments in the SE Ohio or NW WVA area?

I was playing a 100 point game with a friend last night, and a unique question came up. I had 92, and there were 8 balls left on the table. I proceeded to run 7 of the 8, and left myself the final ball in the side. But, the cueball was on the opposite side of the rack area. My question was, am...

This past Friday, I got talked into shooting in a single rack double elimination tourney. What the hell, $5 entry, nothing to lose. I had forgotten how fickle a single rack 8 ball tourney can be. 2 and out, but it was fun anyway. That left plenty of time afterwards for fooling around, so I...

Just like the title says, I am in the market for an OB-1 shaft to fit a 5/16 - 14 pin. I would also consider a Predator 314 or 314-2, any vintage, if the price was right. I would prefer a gently used, as the price would be more to my liking. Let me know what you have available, and please...

Here's the next installment of "How the Cue Ball Turns". Monday nights 8 ball tournament was nothing special for me. I played an A first match and lost, but shot well in the match. I played a fellow B in my second match, and sorta blew him out, which confirmed that I was right about shooting...

There was a member not too long ago looking for some mid 80's model Helmstetter. I have forgotten his handle. If you are there, heres an older Helmstetter someone is selling on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280391882516&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT For anyone...

Here's a silly question. Were there many (or ANY) Helmstetter cues out there before the name was being put on Adam cues? Like real custom cues? If so, does anyone have any pictures?

I have no idea if anyone even reads these things, but it seems like a good way to put some thoughts down for myself. August 30, 2009. Went to the Nip N Cue for the captains meeting for the upcoming Sunday night BCAPL leagues. I have never played in a league before, so I don't know what to...

Question for all you pool players: Can you turn your "killer instinct" at the table on and off at will? The reason I ask is, this evening, I went out to play a little 8 ball with a female friend and some of her friends. When I was playing her, I couldn't manage to play well at all. I was...

I have seen some production cues advertising "recon ivory" being used as buttcaps and inlays. What is recon ivory?

I was at a tournament the other night and this drunk dude sets up this prop shot and starts hassling the pool players saying they can't make this shot. He has a $20 bill centered longways over the foot spot, an object ball in the middle of the 20, and a quarter balanced on the object ball. He...