Hi all, after a lay off of over 10yrs playing pool, I'm back to it and enjoying it again as a weekend warrior only, and mostly with old friends.
I'm even touching on my speed again with current runs in the 30s and 40s in straight pool, and while the games I enjoy are straight pool and one pocket, and its true I'm approaching 60yrs old quicker than I'd like to think, in order to get out and play in a few local tournaments, only very occasionally mind you, I do believe I'm going to have to surrender to the fact that its going to have to be 9 ball tourneys, as I can't commit to any league play where I might find a 14.1 game.
Now that you get a feel for where I'm coming from, and the extremely limited use I'd get from this item, I'd like to ask your valued opinion on ( I never thought I'd say the words) a jump/break cue.
I know that ideally the two are not best combined, but I think for my purpose, a combination cue will do just fine. Even beyond that, for my limited use, I'd like to keep it under $100 bucks. (well under)
Any suggestions for a halfway decent workable cheapo for a guy like me? Any tip style or other generic type features I should be considering for this use? Keep in mind, I've never,ever used one and in the handful of 9ball games I've played, I've faired well by pulling a break cue off the wall, so I really have no idea what to consider.
thanks much for suggestions!
I'm even touching on my speed again with current runs in the 30s and 40s in straight pool, and while the games I enjoy are straight pool and one pocket, and its true I'm approaching 60yrs old quicker than I'd like to think, in order to get out and play in a few local tournaments, only very occasionally mind you, I do believe I'm going to have to surrender to the fact that its going to have to be 9 ball tourneys, as I can't commit to any league play where I might find a 14.1 game.
Now that you get a feel for where I'm coming from, and the extremely limited use I'd get from this item, I'd like to ask your valued opinion on ( I never thought I'd say the words) a jump/break cue.
I know that ideally the two are not best combined, but I think for my purpose, a combination cue will do just fine. Even beyond that, for my limited use, I'd like to keep it under $100 bucks. (well under)
Any suggestions for a halfway decent workable cheapo for a guy like me? Any tip style or other generic type features I should be considering for this use? Keep in mind, I've never,ever used one and in the handful of 9ball games I've played, I've faired well by pulling a break cue off the wall, so I really have no idea what to consider.
thanks much for suggestions!