Most Exspensive Cue you've seen get Broken

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Boogie

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I know we have all seen atleast one cue or another get thrown, snapped, dropped, slammed or just plain cracked over the windshied of a car.

The 2 that stand out in my head was.....

A $4,000 Josswest...this guy (I forget his name but remember the cue) was playing and lost 3 sets to my buddy Chino. It didnt seem like he got upset or anything but you could tell he was alittle mad at himself for losing. So, he calmly strolled outside with cue in hand (first wrong move) and began mumbling to himself. We all sat around watching him through the big store front windows as he walked over to the cars in the parking lot, when all of a sudden....WHAM...HOMERUN.....he smashed the cue over a rear windshield of parked car.....the good part is luckly it was his car....I would have felt kind of bad having to straggle a guy right after he snapped his $4000 cue over my car.

A $1800 Skip Weston.....A regular named Chris was playing a buddy of mine one afternoon when he lost a......now get this.....a $5 set....FIVE DOLLARS!!!!
Poor guy snapped his cue in half and was never heard from again.
 
This Was Done By Accident

a Friend's Viking. He Had It Leaned Against A Table When Someone Backed Into It And Well, Take A Look.

Not An Expensive Cue,$400 I Think, But Just To Make Me Think About Where We Place Our Cues And What Can Happen.

And He Wants Me To Repair It For Him
firewood!​
 

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I was at Barry Szamboti's shop one day getting new tips. I saw this busted 8-pointer (ivory inlays) hanging up. I was gawking at it, it was truly cracked through the forearm. Barry proceeds to tell me the story. It was someone we both knew. This guy used to work in a PH I used to practice at. He was doing the "L" drill and missed a ball. He then decided to whack his Boti against the side of the table. The shaft broke off. The RO said "You're not done, finish the job" and this guy whacks it a couple more times, cracking the forearm. All this for just MISSING A BALL IN PRACTICE!!!

Barry fixed it and sent it back to him.

Barbara
 
Boogie said:
I know we have all seen atleast one cue or another get thrown, snapped, dropped, slammed or just plain cracked over the windshied of a car.

The 2 that stand out in my head was.....

A $4,000 Josswest...this guy (I forget his name but remember the cue) was playing and lost 3 sets to my buddy Chino. It didnt seem like he got upset or anything but you could tell he was alittle mad at himself for losing. So, he calmly strolled outside with cue in hand (first wrong move) and began mumbling to himself. We all sat around watching him through the big store front windows as he walked over to the cars in the parking lot, when all of a sudden....WHAM...HOMERUN.....he smashed the cue over a rear windshield of parked car.....the good part is luckly it was his car....I would have felt kind of bad having to straggle a guy right after he snapped his $4000 cue over my car.

A $1800 Skip Weston.....A regular named Chris was playing a buddy of mine one afternoon when he lost a......now get this.....a $5 set....FIVE DOLLARS!!!!
Poor guy snapped his cue in half and was never heard from again.
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I hadda JossWest worth about $1500 that I loved but my buddy had to have it. I sold it to him knowing he is a good dude and wouldnt ever sell it. What I didnt know was he was going to go OFF THE AIR during a session with a local shortstop and bust the cue on the side of the table. When one of the regulars mentioned to him that the cue could be salvaged...he commenced destroying what was left of the cue. I didnt speak to him for a month and vowed to NEVER sell him a cue again!! HAHAHAHAHAHA :D
 
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Boogie said:
I know we have all seen atleast one cue or another get thrown, snapped, dropped, slammed or just plain cracked over the windshied of a car.
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I live a Boring Life, as I have no seen this happen.... :D
 
Bruce S. de Lis said:
I live a Boring Life, as I have no seen this happen.... :D
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I know a guy around here who is a retired millionaire. He buys $25.00 butts that he puts a predator shaft on because he destroys probably one butt every 4 months. Whenever he gets an unlucky role or misses a shot...or just anything that pisses him off...he cusses out the balls like they slapped his mother (everyone in the room can hear him) and whacks his butt against the table, chair, whatever. None of the management cares because he's a good guy and would pay if he damaged any of their stuff. I've personally seen him break about 5 butts since I've known him...but I'm not there all of the time. He's always a gentleman to his opponents...just an extreme perfectionist and unforgiving to himself. If we hear him going off on table 22 (the same table he plays on everyday) we just kind of snicker to ourselves, or we will joke with him a bit. He's used to it..LOL.
 
I've owned 3 Gus Szamboti cues that were broken, but let me make it perfectly clear that NONE were broken by me. One had been broken by Gary Spaeth, doing one of those signature "Mike Sigel" 9-ball breaks, one had belonged to Danny Diliberto, who'd given it to Kelly Simpson (his girl friend at the time) who'd broken it when she missed an easy shot. Not sure who had broke the other one. All 3 had been repaired by Gus. The Danny D cue actually seemed to play better (or should I say felt better) after it was broken and repaired! The other 2 felt about the same.


just more hot air!
Sherm
 
A very good friend of mine bought a cue for around $4000. He designed the cue and it was beautiful. He liked it so much he never really would use it in the poolhall unless when no one was around.
He soon got a plain "practice" cue made to the same weight and balance by the cue maker to use during his practise.
He was competing in Vegas during the BCA when he decided to use his fancy cue. He took the cue out, played a few matches, and then a guy backed into his cue with his medal chair. A hugh piece was taken out from the butt sleeve. My friend was so upset.
 
Boogie said:
I know we have all seen atleast one cue or another get thrown, snapped, dropped, slammed or just plain cracked over the windshied of a car.

The 2 that stand out in my head was.....

A $4,000 Josswest...this guy (I forget his name but remember the cue) was playing and lost 3 sets to my buddy Chino. It didnt seem like he got upset or anything but you could tell he was alittle mad at himself for losing. So, he calmly strolled outside with cue in hand (first wrong move) and began mumbling to himself. We all sat around watching him through the big store front windows as he walked over to the cars in the parking lot, when all of a sudden....WHAM...HOMERUN.....he smashed the cue over a rear windshield of parked car.....the good part is luckly it was his car....I would have felt kind of bad having to straggle a guy right after he snapped his $4000 cue over my car.

A $1800 Skip Weston.....A regular named Chris was playing a buddy of mine one afternoon when he lost a......now get this.....a $5 set....FIVE DOLLARS!!!!
Poor guy snapped his cue in half and was never heard from again.
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Mike Carella, (sp?) to my knowledge broke every cue he ever owned. Ginacues Balabushkas Szamboti, Joss, what ever. I witnessed many of them flying across the room in pieces. Although not the value back then they would be today, in today's dollars it would have to be mores then a $100,000 worth of cues. I saw him break one Balabushka little more then an hour after it came out of the box. What a great player though, had he lived he would have been maybe the greatest player ever, who knows.
 
Have you heard this story about Ronnie Allen ? Can't remember which cue he had (Bushka, Boti etc.) but being broke at the time, he managed to enter a tournament and paying the fees and accomodation by selling his cue to 4 different people before the tournament in condition that he can finish the tournament with his cue. Well, Ronnie proceeded to reach the final of the tournament and while at the hill to win the tournament he had 2 or 3 easy balls left on the table. He overran the position for the next ball leaving a difficult shot. Then he put a show becoming really mad and snapping his cue in half and then calmly running the 3 remaining balls with a house cue winning the tournament ! Those 4 people who had bought and paid for the cue were so dumbfounded that didn't ask Ronnie to return the money :D
 
My buddy were on a small road trip. He was playing a guy for $20 and the guy lost a game. He walked over to a bar stool, acted as if he was going to smash his cue over the stool. He stopped, thought better about it, then lightly tossed his cue flat on the floor. The butt split in half, with a big, banana-shaped piece breaking off.

I was hiding behind a pillar, covering my mouth so I wouldn't be loudly laughing my ass off. I couldn't help myself. The look on this guy's face was priceless.

Jeff Livingston
 
I saw a guy throw a couple thousand dollar joss back in the mid 80's. Was a beautiful cue, just got mad and threw it.

another guy broke his cue giving me the call 8. I made 18 9 and 8 ball breaks on him playing for 10 a game. He busted his shaft, then when we were grabbing the butt out of the trash he took it and busted it in half as well.

don't think he's played since and that was in 89
 
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