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After a 4 year hiatus due to health problems, I started playing again a few weeks ago. And... I've discovered the real secret of pool. I'm good and I'm not even trying very hard! My first game in 4 years was totally unplanned: I was having a drink in a small crappy bar near my place. A friend...

Two buddies and I went to play our league matches in a poolhall unknown to me 40 miles from our club. As usual, I'm assigned 14.1 duty (as if it was a punishment eh ;)) We arrive at the place, and boy! I never saw tables so perfectly straight and flat, with cloths so immaculate and balls that...

One of our club players and another guy from another club had to play a league match yesterday at my pool hall. The two hate each other's guts, and jump at every opportunity to call foul to piss the other off. Last time they played, one of them called foul on a piece of clothing touching a ball...

I am bad at breaking balls at 9- or 8-ball. As in abysmally bad. I must pocket a ball every 10 racks, if not worse. The breaking advices I've come across here and there seem like cheap tricks that works only for the people who advocate them, on their own table with their own balls, or at the...

Say you're left with that break shot configuration: http://CueTable.com/P/?@2AJRV4BCpA3CCYA4DCpe4EFbe3FChe4GBjO4HAMA4IAEe3JFSe4KEMO3LBKO3MDvO4NBal3OBJl2PBIF@ Call a safety, pocket the break ball and try to leave this to your opponent...

My first billiards teacher used to say that one who dresses well plays better, and if he doesn't, at least he won't come across as a slacker at the table. I've always followed his advice and show up (and usually play) in 3-piece suit for important matches. For regular play, a crisp shirt and...

Hello everybody, It's been a little while now that I've joined the AZBilliards community, and I've received many great advices, and even a free DVD from our friend Gene Albrecht. Time for me to give a little back to the community. I see many methods being mentioned here for properly aiming an...

Today, this situation came up: the break ball was hanging by a side pocket, my opponent racked the balls, and I noticed the 11 wasn't quite frozen to any of the balls around it in the rack (common with our crummy racks at the club), so I played this...

Hey everybody, I have a question for you physics buffs. Here's a table configuration: I want to carom the 2 onto the 1 and pocket the 1: http://CueTable.com/P/?@4APWe4BNiv3PAbr4qSYi&ZZ@ If I play it like this (i.e. simply aim the 1 with the 2, to determine where I should hit the 2 with the...

I'm just back from a business trip and it's my day off, so I decided to go all the way to forget work. I proposed my straight pool buddy to play a race to 1000 and he was game, so we started playing at 2pm and finished at 1am. I'm busted, my back and my knees hurt, and I can see pool balls...

I played a guy in our club this evening. He wants so bad to play straight pool, but he's a complete beginner. The guy couldn't sink 3 balls in a row if his life depended on it. When he does, it's a major feat for him. He's a nice enough guy, and he tries really hard, so I played with him. But...

Hello everybody, As some of you may know if you have followed this thread, Gene, the author of the Perfect Aim method sent me his DVD for review. First of all, I want to thank Gene for taking the trouble of sending the DVD, especially since I live in ole Europe, and for letting me cast a...

I know this isn't particularly impressive for many of you, but I have to announce it: I went play a minor league game tonight, and I beat a guy 40-0. He broke, I ran out. End of story :) His face when I shot the last ball was priceless. Feels good...

This type of shot happens all the time. I'd like to understand its exact mechanics to exploit it better because right now it's not working very well for me. For instance, in the following configuration, I want to pocket the 1 by caroming it off the 6. The 1 and the 6 are frozen or very close...

No-one at the poolhall tonight. I was bored, so I strapped my camera onto my Meucci and banged some balls: The camera made the cue super-heavy and, being on top of the cue, it kept trying to keel over, so the shots aren't exactly Mosconi-grade. Still, it's funny to see what the cue sees. I...

I just finished playing the poolhall owner for much of the evening. The guy only plays 9-ball and wins a lot, but many MANY of his wins are luck. Whenever there's a vague chance of reaching the 9, he goes for it, even if the alternative is an easy pot of the 8 and replacement on the 9. And more...

...apart from the tip diameter and the height of the ferrule? Are shafts made of a different wood? are they balanced differently? I compared the ones I have and they don't seem that different apart from the tip size. I'm asking because my carom cue got damaged at the club and I'm not all that...

I read the following rule here: "Players may use jump shots in One Pocket as long as they are performed with the player's own standard playing cue using legal jumping techniques as defined in General Rules. Specialized jump cues are not permitted in One Pocket." So does unscrewing and playing...

A guy in our league came in the pool hall with his brother tonight. The guy is on the short side (less than 5'5), and said "guess what? My stupid brother bought me a miniature cue for Christmas. He thinks he's funny or something". Then he produced the thing out of his case: it was a small...

Tonight, my opponent scratched and left me with this (ball in hand): http://CueTable.com/P/?@4AawS4CBqX@ So I played it this way (1/4 ball'ish, half-tip high) and the subsequent rack break worked dandy...