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Another strategy: "Lag for the break?" "No, let's flip." "Never mind. You can have the first break." That confuses the hell out of some players. They wonder what kind of trick you're pulling.

OK, but I think you should flip a coin to see whether you lag or flip to see whether you lag or flip for the break.

He seems to be asking about US amateur league organizations, not about the international organization of the game.

You seem to be asking about CSI, APA, ACS, TAP and NAPA. Is that right? If so, the large events in Las Vegas seem to be larger than ever. The CSI annual event has about 13,000 players present. Several pro events in the Predator PBS are held alongside the amateur events. I think CSI (BCAPL and...

Ask the TD. Some have the rule, if one wants to lag, you lag.

I don't know how their sponsorship works now, but back in the day, the player got a certain number of cues that he could sell. Or at least that is what I was told by more than one of their sponsored players.

What are you going to do with the cue ball?

There are companies that arrange corporate "nights out". I think they contacted a supply store and got directed to me. I mostly did challenge games. I had some trick shots ready. There was plenty of room for a table for the tarot card lady.

This says that on average for these players in this tournament, the break was a disadvantage.

I was the pool demo guy at a corporate event. I shared the room with a tarot card reader. About half of the rubber on one end rail was detached.

Well, no. The winner of the lag decides who will shoot first, and the player who shoots first has the white ball. The rules: https://files.umb-carom.org/public/rules/carom_rules.pdf

There is no explicit rule against what you might call manipulating the balls with a foul. This is something that needs to be covered better.

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This is a room in the penthouse suite in the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco. Sadly, the table is not up to the quality of the setting.

The pros are playing with very, very special conditions. First, you have the nine on the spot, as you noted, but also the cue ball is in a break box. Most importantly, the balls are new and all the same size (or pretty nearly), and they are using a fresh-out-of-the-box template. The rack is...

The requirement of the opening break, if you're not going to make a ball, is to make two object balls touch cushions and also have the cue ball touch a cushion after the object ball contact. The opening break against Efren left him no shot, just as hoped. If you are going to play a ball out of...

What didn't you like about the opening break shot?

Attached that close to the tip, the wheelie bridge will increase the end mass and increase squirt. No chance for correction with back hand english.

Here's a previous thread on this subject: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/one-stroking.531198

Do you mean the first shot of the game or the break shot at about 7:50?