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I agree about the narrow points (unless they are "bridged") and gaps between them. Also not a fan of odd umbers of points. For cues under $1,000, I agree with earlier posts that there are SPs that play great. I have a Frey SP that plays great and was my regular playing cue for several years.

He hasn't used it for quite a while (I think since the mid 2010s)

I have a Scruggs SP exactly like outrider1's. I bought if from Tim in 1999 for $160. I also have a Frey SP. Both play great.

I don't remember where or exactly when the tournament was, but 1994 at First Break sounds about right. I miss the McDermott Tour tournaments. For a $50 entry fee, you had the opportunity to play really good players (and even some pros--Earl Strickland played in the Commonwealth Cup in Richmond...

Unfortunately, the Sport Palace (not Sports Palace) is closed. Buffalo, who was one of the co-owners, runs Buffalos in NOLA.

I heard that was at the Sport Palace in New Orleans.

The examples of distance visions that Dr. Dave gives in the video (around 7:10) are: basketball, bowling, baseball pitching, horseshoes, and darts. I would argue that all of these examples are fundamentally different from pool. In these sports you are moving the ball, horseshoe or dart with your...

Bob Frey made a lot (most?) of Tim's SPs. I have one of each, and both play great.

I was surprised too. When I bought the table in 1997, it was about $500 to recover the table with Simonis.

I spent a long time looking for a hard case without tubes to replace my aging 2x4 It’s George case. I bought a 2x4 GTF case, but I use it only for storage because the padding is so thick it is more like a 2x2 case. I ended up getting a Holly Spectrum 3x5 case from Seybert’s. The case is fake...

The materials costs don't vary by location, but the labor costs do.

I agree with others that the prices seem to be too high. The price for recovering my gold crown 3 with simonis 860 HR cloth was $575. I also replaced the rails and have the pockets cut down to 8 and 3/8, which brought the total up to $900. By the way I live in the Washington DC area.

If you're playing for fun, you can play 6-ball after your 9-ball game.

At various times over the last 30 years I have seen Buddy Hall, Earl Strickland, Nick Varner, Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante, Mike Sigel, Jose Parica, and many others playing 9-ball. More recently I saw Filler, Gorst, Van Boening, Chang, and some others when I attended the 2023 International...

This isn't a new thing. It was pretty common to see people climb on the tables at the Sport Palace (Buffalo was a co-owner) in 1990-91. Occasionally, you would see a footprint on the cloth.

I agree with wrldpro. Anthony does great work. I had him make two shafts for my Scruggs 4-pointer. I loaned him one of the original shafts and asked him to build them exactly the same (except LBM for the IV ferrules). They came out perfect and they play at least as good as the originals...

Speed control. The pros always seem to hit the cue ball at the correct speed

The difference between these sports is that with tennis and baseball you are striking the ball, whereas in bowling and basketball you are throwing the ball. In tennis and baseball (golf too), you are told to "watch the ball". In bowling and basketball you watch where you want the ball to go...

When I had my GC3 recovered last year, I also replaced the rails (they were over 25 years old). Away from home, I usually play on Diamond tables with 4.5" pockets. So, I told the mechanic that I wanted my table to play as close to a Diamond as possible. He cut the pockets to 4 3/8--slightly...

To me, it seems like the problem with "bar rules" is that you only find out about the rule after you have violated it. I was playing in a tournament and pocketed one of my balls in the called pocket off another ball (it was obvious that that was the only way the shot could be made). My...