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  1. jay helfert

    Pool is Thriving in Texas!

    You got it wired.
  2. jay helfert

    Pros and their cues

    Shane is in another hemisphere ($$$$) than any other pro player!
  3. jay helfert

    Adams/Balabushka Identification

    Freddie knows! I'm impressed.
  4. jay helfert

    Pool is Thriving in Texas!

    In my first room i had one 10' snooker table. No one wanted to play on it so i took it out and put in two bar tables. The kids loved them! Even at .25 a game they each brought in $100 a week. From then on i always had at least two bar tables, along with 16-20 big tables.
  5. jay helfert

    WHEN THE POOL GODS GO AGAINST YOU

    If you're straight in on the corner pocket the kiss is there for sure.
  6. jay helfert

    Hotels with pool tables

    High potency drugs sold openly in the marketplace. Use it there and take nothing with you.....or go to jail!
  7. jay helfert

    WHEN THE POOL GODS GO AGAINST YOU

    I learned long ago that the good players get the rolls!
  8. jay helfert

    Adams/Balabushka Identification

    Yes, that's him. He started Adams bushka line, paying a royalty to the family.
  9. jay helfert

    Ascension Carbon Fiber shaft.

    It's all about the maple. The aged stuff from Canada was the best. Thus the early success of Mezz cues.
  10. jay helfert

    Adams/Balabushka Identification

    I Had an older Bushka replica by Adams, when the original CEO ran the company before leaving to work for Calloway, where he got filthy rich. His name was Dick ? It was a damn good import cue for that time period.
  11. jay helfert

    Flatter shaped vs more round shaped tip

    Boom! I learned about this from Little Al Romero. He liked to leave a small flat spot in the middle of tips he installed. When asked why he simply said " better hit."
  12. jay helfert

    Thorpe blasts ‘one of the dumbest rules’ after becoming ineligible for USA Mosconi Cup team

    The top players are under contracts with cue sponsors, usually one year deals. They are paid a monthly fee. Could be anywhere from 1K-3K month or more. Shane is being paid magnitudes of that! I negotiated Dennis' cue contracts, when he was on top of his game. First Tiger for six years and then...
  13. jay helfert

    Thorpe blasts ‘one of the dumbest rules’ after becoming ineligible for USA Mosconi Cup team

    Billy could go dressed in his overalls again. No undershirt of course.
  14. jay helfert

    Chuck Starkey

    It worked! Chuck knows something.
  15. jay helfert

    Neils Feijen (The Terminator) announced as Team Europe captain

    If anything things are looking more and more dire for Team USA. The line is going up for the Euros.
  16. jay helfert

    Chuck Starkey

    DIffrrent guy with same name.
  17. jay helfert

    Chuck Starkey

    I've had two of his big pin cues. Best hitting wood cue ever imo. Valued in the 500 range. A bargain.
  18. jay helfert

    Thorpe blasts ‘one of the dumbest rules’ after becoming ineligible for USA Mosconi Cup team

    Lukas out as well due to injuries! TERRIBLE!!
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