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I was playing straight pool the other day and my opponent left me hooked in a way that the cue ball was in a "nest" of 3 balls, about 1/8 inch from each of them, so that I could basically only shoot toward the opening between the back two balls and take a thin cut on one of them. My opponent...

My new OB-133 arrived Saturday and I've had a chance to play with it twice. Once was a straight pool marathon, and the other time was a couple hours of 8 ball with my girlfriend. I wasn't so sure about the larger tip (12.75 mm) that came with it as I have played with a smaller OB shaft on my...

I love OB shafts and am thinking about buying an OB cue I had an experience with an OB shaft that I bought new from a local dealer. As I do on most purchases, I tried to negotiate a lower price. The dealer almost matched the ebay ads I pointed to, but explained that he had a business to run...

I had thought for ages that the rule on an object ball frozen to the rail was that either the object ball (if not pocketed) or cue ball had to hit a different rail, or the same rail if hitting another ball first. I was playing 14.1 straight pool today and my partner had just learned about the...

I sweat a LOT. I've tried using a shooting glove, but even in cool weather it doesn't take long before the glove is absolutely drenched. So, I've gone back to using 100% talk that I buy at Wal-Mart. I avoid the "baby powder" that is mostly corn starch and perfume for two reasons: I've heard...

I bought a set of balls on ebay that were sold as "Aramith Super Pro" balls. They came in what looks like the proper, sealed box. I bought them to use at a local pool hall because their balls are so crappy that it took the fun out of playing. A number of other players there also bring their...

This has probably been addressed many times here, but searching for it returns so many non-related posts that I simply can't go through them all. I have read a number of versions of BCA rules and safety play, for either 9 or 8 ball, is a bit confusing. The rules state that: A legal object...