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Been playing since Christmas of '63...always had Maple shafts...always will, until the Good Lord deems otherwise...

Sounds like a re-arranged version of The Color Of Money....I still think The Hustler from 1961, is still the best pool movie of all time...

In general, it's mechanics/technique....which obviously includes: stance, grip, bridge, stroke, follow-through, etc. ...

Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place...can anyone recommend a good table mechanic in the Harrisburg, PA area?

Prayers sent...🙏🙏🙏

A "professional" to me, regardless of occupation, is someone who earns income, or "makes a living", from doing it...

I like Olhausen commercial tables...that goes for all 3 makers...I'd only buy a commercial series table...

Being a Straight Pool player, it's definitely ball return for me....

I agree...I truly think price is one of, if not "the" driving force behind Diamond's success...of the "Big 3", being Brunswick, Olhausen and Diamond, they are definitely the most economical...I like Diamond tables, but they are 3rd on my list...

Well, according to Brunswick's website, MSRP on the 9' GC VI, Tournament Edition with gully (ball return), is $14,150.00...YIKES!!!🤯...and that's just the VI...they don't even have the VII listed...

I have always personally preferred the playability factors of Brunswick over Diamond...I think the main reason that Diamond has become the most used table in pool rooms and tournaments, is the cost...Diamonds are significantly lower priced, than Brunswick...

Perhaps you're thinking of King Of Prussia Mall?

Ah...Secaucus was the very first...maybe 1992?...the next year it moved to Valley Forge for about 15-18 years, until it became a casino, and it went back to Edison, NJ for I think one year (maybe 2?)..then it went to it's current location in Oaks, PA....

Are you saying that you can't remember SBE at the convention center?...I believe Allen moved the event there, around 1993...it remained there until it became a casino, sometime in the mid 2000's...

Yes...there are cue makers there...also several cue smiths, table manufacturers, as well as accessory vendors, and some pro players that endorse certain products have booths...it's still worth attending in my opinion, but it pales in comparison to when SBE occupied the entire convention center...

ABSOLUTELY!!!...couldn't agree with you more, my friend...hey...at least we got to experience it...I'm sure there are many that have no clue to what we are referring....

Agreed...at least the Pro-Am should still be on 9' tables...I truly miss the Valley Forge Hotel/Convention Center...it sucks that they turned it in to a casino...SBE was SO much better when it was there...you could book your rooms there...they had 3 restaurants, all inside one giant...

Years ago, when SBE was at the Convention Center, the Pro-Am *was* played on 9' tables...

I'm definitely going, as I do every year, but just for one day...I never play, because they don't have 14.1, I'm not a big fan of 9 ball, and the biggest turnoff for me, is everything is played on a damn bar box...🤢🤮...even the Pro-Am event is played on bar boxes...so, I just go to check out the...

Messed around with a few CF's a couple of times...can't say that I care much for them...I guess after close to 62 years worth of playing with Hard Rock Maple shafts, I'll just "stick" with that...(pun intended)...:rolleyes: