Do any of you know what the rules are for
1.number of cues you can use in a match
2. weight limits
3. length limits
I know Earl was using a 70 inch cue or something like that in a match .
Was that also allowed in tournaments?
I also remember an English snooker player from the 1920s who had a cue the size of a pencil, until they deemed it illegal .
The reason I ask is , I was forced to play a safe on the wrong side of the rack playing one pocket, because everything else I could do, was a worse option.
There were no dead balls and I thought the guy would elevate the cue and move them a bit and draw back to the rail but I would at least have a chance to see something afterward. This has usually been the response by good players in similar situations
My opponent goes into his bag and pulls out a thing that looked more like a ball bat than a cue and shot into the stack with that, It moved nearly the whole stack over in front of his pocket and I had called the tournament director over because I thought he might foul .
After the shot I looked at the TD, and he says, good hit, and walks away.
The cue end was about as big around as my thumb, something like 25 to 30 mm I would guess maybe more.
I'm about 95 % sure he fouled, but I don't argue with TDs it's a lost cause.
Same TD allowed a guy to do something very similar to jumping jacks in front of my pocket every shot for a whole match.
I used to spend between 40 and 70 dollars a week in that pool room, for years ,last year I spent zero.
1.number of cues you can use in a match
2. weight limits
3. length limits
I know Earl was using a 70 inch cue or something like that in a match .
Was that also allowed in tournaments?
I also remember an English snooker player from the 1920s who had a cue the size of a pencil, until they deemed it illegal .
The reason I ask is , I was forced to play a safe on the wrong side of the rack playing one pocket, because everything else I could do, was a worse option.
There were no dead balls and I thought the guy would elevate the cue and move them a bit and draw back to the rail but I would at least have a chance to see something afterward. This has usually been the response by good players in similar situations
My opponent goes into his bag and pulls out a thing that looked more like a ball bat than a cue and shot into the stack with that, It moved nearly the whole stack over in front of his pocket and I had called the tournament director over because I thought he might foul .
After the shot I looked at the TD, and he says, good hit, and walks away.
The cue end was about as big around as my thumb, something like 25 to 30 mm I would guess maybe more.
I'm about 95 % sure he fouled, but I don't argue with TDs it's a lost cause.
Same TD allowed a guy to do something very similar to jumping jacks in front of my pocket every shot for a whole match.
I used to spend between 40 and 70 dollars a week in that pool room, for years ,last year I spent zero.
