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If all the balls are up table behind the headstring, and the incoming player has not scored yet, if he takes an intentional scratch and shoots the cueball into a pocket, does that mean the other player has to shoot the cueball so that it leaves the kitchen first and then strikes a ball, or is...

START( %CC8C7%Ma4E4%P]2O3%QD7A8%R]2_1 )END Your opponent's pocket is 'A'. He needs one, and you need two. Is there anything that can be done here? Do you just follow in the 3 and hope he misses the 13 with BIH? The 3 is deep in the pocket, a takeout is impossible. Do you go for some type of...

Did anyone get to see any big money games at the Cue Club in Vegas this past week? I was at the Hilton for a whole week but never got a chance to check out the pool halls. I know that Justin Bergman was going around the Riviera asking people to play him on the big tables. Did any big games...

I'll be there Tuesday evening. Who else is going? And when does the pro event start so I can watch it?

I am planning on going down to Hard Times to watch the qualifier, does anyone know if there will be an entry fee for spectators?

This is a new type of pool tournament, I played it for my first time last week and I had a blast! It's a 10-ball rotation format, and each player has to face 5 different pre-determined layouts. The person with the least amount of strokes wins. If you run out all 10 without missing, you score a...

I just wrote a long post, took me about 15 minutes, and when I clicked submit reply, it said I wasn't logged in. I always click on remember me, so I should never be logged out. I logged in, and then it says something like 'invalid thread specified' and I lose my whole entire damn post. This...

Efren had this layout playing against Santos Sambajon in the '99 US Open: http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/9egg/ START( %Ap4W5%BP6W1%DY8O6%EK2Q3%Fq1Z6%Gp8Y5%HT0O7%IE8I0%Pr2P8 )END I thought the correct shot would have been to place the cueball behind the 7/6 cluster since it's so easy...

For the past couple of years every January they hold the UPA tour championship at the Bicycle Club Casino in Bell Gardens, CA. I haven't heard anything about it recently, and the last I heard it's date's coincided with Derby City. Does anyone know if they changed the dates and when it will be...

I know of two types of skid. The one that occurs the most frequently from my observations are on cutshots the cueball seems to 'grab' the object ball quite a bit, and the object ball reacts as if it was hit too thick. Another type that I've only seen a few times is very strange. When the cueball...

I guess Earl had an early exit from the tournament. Does anyone know what was going on with him? I heard he was upset about something.

Although he is guaranteed at least 2nd place which is a ton of money, I personally think that his chances to win the tournament are pretty slim. He's not used to the pressure, he doesn't get to play the whole tournament until the finals, and his opponent is going to be someone who is thoroughly...

Since he is a hall of famer, is does that mean he is automatically into the 3rd round? If so, does that start on day 3, and what other hall of famers are waiting to play?

What does it take for a player to become a hall of famer? I am shocked that Johnny Archer and Earl Strickland are not in the hall of fame. I'm not gonna mention any names, but there are a couple of people who deserve to be in the hall of fame much less than Archer and Strickland. Is there an age...

Just got thru viewing a hilarious Accustats tape. On this one the camera angle wasn't fixed the entire match so I could see alot of what was going on. Earl Strickland was playing someone who shall remain nameless. The nameless player was tweaking his brains out, it had to either be speed or...

Shot in such a way that you can only see an overhead view of the table, and just the player's head, bridge arm and cue? One of the main reason why I try to watch as many accustats tapes as I can is because I try to study the ways all of the players stand, line up to the ball, stroke, etc. With...

A top player out here on the west coast told me that when I am practicing my shotmaking, especially shots I have trouble with, he gave me some advice that I think realy makes good sense and it pays off almost double out of whatever you learn during practice. He told me that no matter what kind...

I've had my cues retipped by a few different cuemakers, had minor work done, such as rewrapping or shaft tapering/cleaning, etc. The one I always go back to is Joe Porper. I've hit with a couple of his cues, and every one I've hit with, I liked the feel and balance, with good feedback in the...

I have a friend who is from the Phillipines and he is very good friends with Efren. He told me that Efren's high run in rotation is 8 racks broke and ran consecutively. He is not the type of person that makes up stories. I don't think anyone will ever come close to beating that record. That's...

Have any of you noticed that when you are in stroke, your stroke feels lighter? Alot of people have mentioned they get that feeling when they are in dead punch. I have noticed that too, and although my stroke feels lighter, my cue feels slightly heavier, but it feels like it's balanced perfectly...