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I don't think anyone can reach 850 Fargo without being top tier!

How do you like the extra long Meucci pro taper?

Capito nearly missed that 9 ball

The 5 didn't pass the 9 and there wasn't an easy way to play short side on that I know of. I still would expect better from Biado if he were playing at his best but it didn't seem completely unforgivable like missing the 9 ball early in the march.

My chicken wing was the result of what felt like "naturally" having my cue aligned with my chin/vision center was like.

To me it's crazy that pro pool players these days are such accurate shooters that they make 4 and 1/8th inch pockets look like buckets. I know the cloth is usually brand new, but that's still impressive.

Come on dude, this is widely regarded as arguably the greatest 9 ball performance of all time. And he did it in the Matchroom era with 4 inch pockets and a breakbox. He didn't do it because of using a wood shaft, he did it because shaft type and skill have no real correlation.

AJ Manas actually has a reverse chicken wing. Seems like a lot of sharp shooters have that (such as Seo Seoa in women's pool), but very few have an actual, outward flaring chicken wing. I speculate it's because the latter inherently leads to a pronated wrist, while even Billy Thorpe with his...

Carlo Biado seems to sort of have one

Literally 1 point away. I'd like to see some pro pool events held in Latin America.

Yes, at 803 and 800 respectively. I'm actually kinda surprised there aren't more from Latin America given that pool is pretty popular throughout the region.

I have two playing cues, realistically I want two more

There are also 800 +s from Peru and Venezuela now (Gerson Martinez and Jesus Atencio)

I can barely even find reviews of their regular or HP shafts! I'm hoping Average Joe Pool reviews eventually tests these cues out.

Ko Ping Chung could have ended up entering this discussion if he didn't give up Western pool

Literally no dark horses!

I like how casual the setting looks in a lot of these Asian events.

It is scientifically provable and I think it matters to an extent, but I don't think something like 1.5 vs 1.75 inches on the maximum squirt test is going to make much of a difference for even elite players. Joss now makes carbon shafts, I wonder how they are.

I would say that you could argue CF has objectively superior non-performance related characteristics, like durability and ease of cleanliness. However feel is subjective and even deflection is not an end all here. There are low deflection wood shafts and maybe some elite players actually want...

How would I even isolate the shaft as being the cause of improvement? I would hope that I am simply more skilled by the end of that time period regardless of what shaft I'm using.