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    Opinions regarding a former top pro playing in and dominating a Poolroom‘s weekly handicapped tournament?

    How do I post a question on the AZ Billiards forum? I am trying but can't seem to post my question.
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    Old Dogs New Tricks aka Cue Ball vs Object Ball - Mosconi Team Members Answers

    For years I used to look at the cue tip while taking practice strokes to feel the rythm of the pendulum action and once the cue stick was moving forward for the last time, I would switch my gaze to the OB (object ball) but then a Master BCA instructor told me to look at the object ball for...
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    Pool Cue Cases

    I bought a "cowboy leather" cue case on line about 7-10 years ago. It was made by Instroke to hold 2 cue butts and 4 shafts (2 x 4) and seemed to be very well made. However, the bottom (wood piece) just fell out and the cues are dangling out. I could seek out a leather shop to try to repair it...
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    Diamonds clearly bank shorter than most other if not all tables…so, why?

    My table was installed in March, 1995.
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    Diamonds clearly bank shorter than most other if not all tables…so, why?

    I own an early Diamond Professional (9 foot) table with pro cut pockets. It was set up once at the Allen Hopkins Super Billiard Expo in Pennsylvania for a couple of days, then moved and installed in my home by Tony's Hustlers, Inc., who said they set them up all over the US for pro tournaments...
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    Best table...

    I have owned a Red Label 9 foot Diamond Professional table since March, 1995. I spoke to the owner of Diamond Billiards and purchased the table after it had been set up for a few days at the Billiard Expo in King of Prussia, PA for Diamond. It has drop pockets, flush leather and green Simonis...
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    Any Reason Not to Use a Brush or a Vac With a Brush Attachment on Cloth?

    When I bought my Diamond Professional 9 foot table from Diamond Billiards in 1995, it was delivered from the Allen Hopkins trade show in PA where it was set up for a couple of days. The installer (Tony's Hustlers, Inc.) delivered it to Holden, MA and set it up with a machinist's level from parts...
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    How do these diamond tables play so badly? vid

    I own a red label Diamond Professional 9 foot table (purchased in 1995). The cushions play very well- the balls bounce long if anything and the rebound speed is slow, allowing English to take exceptionally well.
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    Eagle Eye Takes Aim at 14.1 High Runs

    One thing that I have not seen in this discussion is that (supposedly) Mosconi did not miss after running 526 balls in exhibition but simply stopped shooting (perhaps he ran out of time in the exhibition or was tired).
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    Purchased a different Shaft and tip to play on a Diamond Table vs. Brunswick Gold Crown

    Diamond tables seem to have a reputation for banking "short" according to several posts that I have read on AZ Billiards forum. However, I have an "early" Diamond Red Label 9 foot Diamond Professional table which I purchased from Diamond in 1995 and it actually banks correctly or "long" if...
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    Best way to clean and maintain a wood shaft

    I usually clean my cue shafts after I am done playing for the night or before I play again on a different night by using magic eraser with a slight amount of water- damp, then dry immediately with a paper towel then burnish with a piece of leather made by a cue case maker. I clean the butt with...
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    Jumping up !!!

    The most serious problem caused by jumping up, in my opinion, is that it affects the length and smoothness of the follow through. There are a few things I try to do to not jump up since it is one of my bad pool habits- 1. Practice a very long (exaggerated) follow through on all shots to prevent...
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    Diamond pool table -- pro am or professional

    Actually it is the inverse- the Diamond Professional came out with K-55 profile (slow rebounding) cushions first and all Gold Crowns prior to the GC 4 used K-66 but the GC 4 switched to the K-55's. I have a Diamond Professional - purchased in 1995- one of the very early tables. When I played on...
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    Geometry: How could a Diamond bank differently than a Brunswick?

    Diamond pool tables and banking properties I have a red label Diamond Professional table that I purchased in March, 1995 (it was set up for a day or 2 at the Alan Hopkins Super Billiards Expo in PA and then transported and set up at my house by Tony's Hustler's Inc., which assembled those...
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    Tips for this shot.

    I think Bob Jewett is correct in that a stunned cue ball at impact with the object ball will impart the maximum amount of cut induced throw to the object ball and force it toward the side (long) rail/cushion. I tend to use a moderate amount of running (left in this case) english on most cut...
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    Synchronizing Eye Movement with Final Delivery

    Eye gaze method I have been told by a central Massachusetts advanced BCA instructor that I switch my gaze to the object ball too late. However, the following works for me: I focus on the ferrule and tip of my cue stick as it is moving back-and-forth through practice strokes to get the feel of...
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    Smaller Than Regulation Pool Balls

    I have a friend who had an antique pool table (over 100 years old) and the pockets and balls were smaller (probably 2 1/8 inch diameter but I never measured them). It was a pool table, not snooker. Also, I bring my set of Aramith Tournament pool balls to play 9 ball pickup games to the pool hall...
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