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Local bar has started a regular tournament and brought in some league players to seed the roster. Several local regulars don't like league rules and have requested and received their own barroom 8ball regular tournament. But the arguments pop up of "the way we've always played it" (barroom...

Race to 5, race to 7, 9, whatever... is there a number that players have arrived at that they feel crowns the better of two players on that given day? Assuming that this is just for the sake of determining the better of the two on that day, with no t.v. broadcast considerations. And is there any...

I came across this article. Good enough for pro at age 18? Must've played non-stop pool as a teen. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2007/09/25/path-to-pool-stardom/

Hello, first, I don't know much about cues. I have a "low deflection" Pure X HXT15 skinny 11.75 mm cue. I find that the shaft is a little too skinny for me, so, I will just sell the shaft and get another. I would like a bit wider, I have one that measures 13mm and that seems ok. I don't see that...

I didn't know such a thing existed. The PGA has Player Impact Bonuses (link at bottom). Pays out $40 friggin mil! And the Fedex Cup is paying out $60 mil this week. That's in addition to the official tournament purse earnings. Pretty big money in golf! I saw the PGA money list today that...

Hello, I will soon move my 8 ft table to the game room in my new (to me) house. I am thinking that I will not be able to have a light that hangs down from the ceiling like the proverbial table light does because if I do that, we won't be able to see the bigscreen tv. Thinking it will have to go...

I need to move my 8 ft 1974 Brunswick Windsor to my new house. Rather than hire it done, I'd rather just do it myself if that's ok, lol. Because I do not want a new setup done yet, not until I can get the table in the gameroom and figure out where the table will fit the best in the room. Anyone...

I saw something recently where SVB purportedly said he practiced 7-8 hours/day 7 days/week. Also that his fave game is 8-ball. If that is true, for someone to practice that much you pretty much have to be addicted to it. I can't imagine giving that much time. To anything. I know it takes crazy...

In this video, you see SVB break and I think he makes a stripe. Then, next shot, looks like he shoots the 14 into the 2 into the one, pocketing it. So, he has solids? The 2nd shot was legal, you can hit any non-8 ball into any other and pocket it as a called shot? And am I to assume this...

So, if Tom gives Sam the 7-ball in a game of 9-ball. Sam only needs to make the 8 and 9 or just how does that work? Just a guess, lol.

I bought another house and it has a game room. At my existing house, I have an 8ft Brunswick Windsor. I was going to put it in the new house, get it recovered, new bumpers, new felt. It's 1974 vintage. However, I am concerned about room in the new place. Am considering a 7ft table to have more...

I have the video below cued up at the spot where this happened. Corey breaks and makes, I think it was, two solids and one stripe. Then he shoots a stripe. Shane then confronts him. What is going on here, looks like they are disagreeing on whether he has solids or stripes? Also tell me this...

I have seen these length pool tables (ft) mentioned here and there... 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10. I didn't know there was such a thing as a 6 ft table but there is and now I just saw there is 6.5? What is commonly barbox size, 6.5 or 7? If it is 7, are 6.5 ft tables pretty easy to find? (My...

I seem to recall a solution to this from a post way back but can't find it. I've watched several videos I found but have yet to find what I saw. I don't recall if someone just wrote a posted answer or provided a video but I think it was a video. Issue is when cue ball is real close to object...

This is a really complicated game to get beyond C player! Wow, there is a lot to pool. I don't know as much as most on here. As I attempt to learn more to get better, here's one thing that bugs me. An aiming system. Or the lack thereof. Over my life of shooting pool casually here and there...

It seems that most tv matches are played on tournament blue color cloth. Why is that your favorite to play on if it is and if it isn't, why do you prefer something else?

I have Brunswick Centennials. I would like a multi dot ball; which one should I get and what is the exact name to buy?

If you buy a cue in, say, 13mm and later decide it's too thick and you want, say, 12.75mm, can you 'fix' this with a repair, can you sand it (whatever "it" is) down or must you buy another shaft? Is the diameter pertaining to just the tip or tip/ferrule or is it also the end of the shaft or just...

I have seen videos of lessons where adhesive markers are used so you can practice the pattern multiple times. Are these just the round dots you can buy at office supply? I have seen something Sharkmarks and that's cool but wondering if some everyday something can be used.

Just curious if it's ever happened that, somehow, a pro player broke a tip and also on the backup cue and had to finish the match with no tip. Or maybe both cues broke somehow. Stuff like that has happened in golf. I've seen amateurs break their putters (on purpose) and have to finish with a...