Breaking with your player

j_zippel said:
lol.. 12 year old school girl ? ahem, sorry to hear that... ;) I've cracked ferrules breaking with my player on two occasions. I use a fairly soft tip and would rather maintain the shape of my tip than worry about some old dude whispering that I'm a league player. Either way, if I'm playing on a barbox i just use my player although i'm sure I could get away with using a chop stick after watching Cory Deuel soft break the shit out of that USBTC tourney a few months back.
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He isn't lying.. I estimate 3.2mph :grin:
I would spot him the break in 9ball but it turns into a one pocket game :thumbup:
 
In my APA league on Long Island, there are two teams from a local university. The schools pays their league fees and the school bought them ONE Predator break cue for both teams. I always laugh when one of their players asks "who has the predator" or "where is the Predator" when breaking. Me, I always use a house cue to break with in my APA and Mega Bucks leagues and guys are always asking if I want to use their break cue. In my straight pool league I always break with my playing cue of course. Unfortunately it usually directs the cue ball straight for the corner pocket after hitting a corner ball!!!
 
I have had the ferrules on two predators buckle, and I don't exactly have the strongest break.

Now I play OB, and don't want to subject my playing cue to that sort of abuse, so I use a house cue to break.
 
warfdiesel said:
I know this sounds crazy, but I have been breaking with my jump cue on the bar box the last little bit. It spreads the balls out plenty and the cue ball stops dead center every time. Of course that's not an option on the big table though.
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I have a break cue but I break with my player all the time.
Just prefer to keep things simple and not lose touch with my cue.
I love the way it balances and could care less if I have the change the tip once a year. There are worse things in the world.
My playing cue has a traditional shaft but when I was playing with those LD shafts I broke with those too. Never had any problems.
Just change the tip once every 12-18 months.
The biggest advantage is to be able to travel light and just use a simple 1x1 case. Nothing can beat that.........nothing!
 
I'll use my playing cue to break on a bar box, especially 9ball. I usually use house cues but some bars don't have a decent shape cue in the house. As others have mentioned, it does necessitate a little more frequent tip maintenance if used regularly. I've never found that to be a problem. I'm kind of old school. I played a lot of years before even buying my own playing cue. I like being proficient in everything using one stick...although I can't jump but never used a jump cue.
 
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