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Brunswick Medalist 9ft Pool Table with Simonis cloth in excellent condition. Pool accessories include two sets of Aramith premier balls - pool and snooker, four house cues, bridge, brush and chalk. Also includes protective cover insert in order to use as a table. Table is being sold in order to...

It's not suprising at all. I wrote something about this several years back when I was still playing :) See below. Something I commonly hear is : "If you can run 50, then you can run 100" In the real world, I've not heard anyone jumping this much in one go so I set about applying some Math to...

I made it for the second year in a row :) Who else qualified? I met some AzBers last year so I hope to do the same again this year!

Hi everyone, How you adjust your 9-ball game and stroke when the table you are playing on is lightning fast ? (some of the Amsterdam tables are made of glass simonis) I have a real tendency to slow roll shots, and this makes me lose a lot of accuracy. Also as a Straight Pool and 8-ball player...

Nonesense. It's about an Olympic Gold medal, which has more value that any monetary payout. Just look at other sports in the Olympics. The pinnacle of some sports is the Olympic but in others, the Olympics is not a major event for the game. Take football for example. The competition is for...

Agreed. I can only remember one time where it happened against me in all my years of APA. It was in a mini-mania tournament in Vegas and my opponent made 8-on-the-break in the first three racks! :eek:

Yes, obviously. What I was trying to say is does buying a lot of cues and switching to the latest fads, fashions and technologies actually improve your game? Or does sticking to old faithful improve it more? So for example, if you took 1000 people that owned one or two cues in the last ten...

That would be a problem because your inning count would be higher, but if you keep winning it won't matter as much because % of wins out of last 20 would then be the overriding factor. As for going from an 8 to a 9, just play and improve. I don't think there is a magic formula. On the slop...

When I was practicing alone, I used to count a run as consecutive balls made so it could start from any point in the rack. It is also good to have a distinction between high run in practice (mine is 59) and high run in a match (mine is 50). But the best gauge of improvement at running balls is...

How many pool cues have you bought in all the years you have been playing? I'm interested to see what correlation there is (if any) between number of cues and pool ability. From my golf days, I knew folks who changed clubs every year to the latest model when they were just 20 handicappers that...

If you want to learn about the Equalizer, there are plenty of threads about that. Its nothing so complex that you can't figure out with some logic and Excel knowledge. I haven't seen Mika break.. I will watch him on Thursday at team 9-ball..

Thanks for the input guys. I actually have Racking Secrets, but I really don't want to be studying racks. This is APA, and it is a fun League. However, I will definitely go back and review the info in the DVD. Making a ball consistently is probably the best way to go I (now) agree. If you are...

Has anyone experimented with a safe break in 9-ball? I'm trying to embrace APA 9-ball, but when spotting 30 balls against an SL6, it's impossible to win when you are not making a ball from the break and leaving a wide open table (or making a ball and getting hooked). The luck factor in the break...

Thanks Steve. I will definitely look out for this side pocket slammer. I like the side pocket as a break shot, but I can see now I've been too restrictive in my selection and have only been choosing the break shots where I can stun hard into the rack. Also in your first example with the 1 ball...

Most APA Leagues have their own website which have a forum for their members. My forum at www.100balls.com/forum is used by hundreds of APA members in our community. Regarding payouts.. I totally with the person that said if you are playing League to make money then you really are missing the...

At the BCA National 8-ball event in Vegas, my team were playing at 9am. We were all out till about 6am the night before, but four of us did make it by 9am. One of the players from Amsterdam Billiards, a good friend of ours, had joined our team for this event and he was there at 9am also to...

I love this League. My team, Ruder Still, has been in the League for three years now. We all came from the APA leagues (and most of us still play APA) so the emphasis at first was to drink till 3am with the cute bartenders. Once the angelic Shawn, and the sweetheart Maria moved away, we had to...

It is, but it just takes some common sense and an Excel spreadsheet to figure out the basic concept.

Definitely wrong. Our 7 plays almost every week and has not lost 8-ball in over a year. The team only has to win two out of four to win the match, not three out of five. You have to get good 3s and 4s. A superstar 7 is a major asset if you have the rest of the handicaps right. But your point is...

I think you are missing the point here. APA is not about "I", it is about the team. If you are on a team, you aren't sitting on your ass all night, you are with your friends, having a beer or two, and encouraging and supporting your teammates.