Who just smashes the rack....

Rack Smashers

I would have to put Larry Nevel and Jeff De Luna at one and two.Busta and Archer need to be on the list of course.The guy houmatroy mentioned Mark Cavalier is got be a monster too on the breaks.I have seen people break pool lights twice.But six balls leaving the table on the break is f*cking crazy!I have never seen that.That guy has some serious power and is added to my list instantly.:cool:
 
A quick way to get kicked out of some pool rooms

Tbeaux said:
:eek: Wonder how many surfaces he's ripped from accidentaly spearing the cloth?? He puts more body into his break than Santos Sambahon.
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There are folks that are not fans of this type of break, or of the "help, I'm falling and my cue is helping me stand up" stick-bending on the cloth. (One poster appears to romanticize about a "50 degree" bend in a house cue from a well-known pro -- a feat that is completely impossible, because that means the cue is only 5 degrees away from the same severe angle that this capital letter "V" has. The well-known pro would've had to leap from the floor onto the top of the table light, crouching up there while still holding the cue pressed onto the cloth, nearly bowed in half, and somehow figuring out how to prevent dried wood from immediately snapping under this kind of stress.)

A couple of places I frequent, if they catch you doing this type of break, with or without a break cloth, or bending their sticks in this manner, you'll be tossed out on your arse! A good hard break, no problem. Letting the cue tip seek the cloth with a mild bend, no problem. But skidding/sliding across the table with a severe bend and obvious downward pressure? That next strange sensation you feel, in the seat of your pants? That's the concrete outside, as you come to a sliding stop. :eek:
 
I think Danny Medina has a strong break! I've watched him hit the rack so hard the cue jump about 3ft. in the air a set in the middle of the table. On a bar table once he broke the lights out.
 
sfleinen said:
There are folks that are not fans of this type of break, or of the "help, I'm falling and my cue is helping me stand up" stick-bending on the cloth. (One poster appears to romanticize about a "50 degree" bend in a house cue from a well-known pro -- a feat that is completely impossible, because that means the cue is only 5 degrees away from the same severe angle that this capital letter "V" has. The well-known pro would've had to leap from the floor onto the top of the table light, crouching up there while still holding the cue pressed onto the cloth, nearly bowed in half, and somehow figuring out how to prevent dried wood from immediately snapping under this kind of stress.)

A couple of places I frequent, if they catch you doing this type of break, with or without a break cloth, or bending their sticks in this manner, you'll be tossed out on your arse! A good hard break, no problem. Letting the cue tip seek the cloth with a mild bend, no problem. But skidding/sliding across the table with a severe bend and obvious downward pressure? That next strange sensation you feel, in the seat of your pants? That's the concrete outside, as you come to a sliding stop. :eek:
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Yep most places would toss you. But not Big Mike's in Baton Rouge when the three players at the table are named Archer,Strickland and Fisher.:D
Oh yeah, and you'd never believe how far an SST shaft can be bent by Archer. :thumbup:
 
Tbeaux said:
Yep most places would toss you. But not Big Mike's in Baton Rouge when the three players at the table are named Archer,Strickland and Fisher.:D
Oh yeah, and you'd never believe how far an SST shaft can be bent by Archer. :thumbup:
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Yeah, but not 50 degrees. Come on. :p
 
Ralph Souquet and Johnny Archer have the best blends of power and control that I've ever seen.

Pure speed goes to Hillbilly, Larry Nevel, George Breedlove, De Luna, Lee Van Corteza, Dennis Orcullo, Shawn Putnam, and a few others...
 
sfleinen said:
Yeah, but not 50 degrees. Come on. :p
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All I can say is the house cue bent like a twig. Allisons cue bent enough you could stick a string on it an use it for a kids bow and arrow set (but it did spring back in to shape). Earl had a cuetec he had picked up local that seemed pretty normal with him or Archer breaking with it. When Archer is breaking hard like that night it sounds like the crack of a smaller caliber rifle shot.
 
A new Olympic event -- "pole vault pool"?

Tbeaux said:
All I can say is the house cue bent like a twig. Allisons cue bent enough you could stick a string on it an use it for a kids bow and arrow set (but it did spring back in to shape). Earl had a cuetec he had picked up local that seemed pretty normal with him or Archer breaking with it. When Archer is breaking hard like that night it sounds like the crack of a smaller caliber rifle shot.
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Sure, bending a cue to the point where, if you linked a string from the tip to the butt cap and start slinging arrows with it, is certainly possible. But the angle you describe is more like 135, or even 130 degrees, not 50 degrees. :)

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Archer would've had to do a forward flip onto the top of the table light, using the cue to pole-vault himself up there. Come to think of it, I would *pay* to see someone able to do this while breaking a rack, without damaging the cue in the process (remember, bending the cue up and over, butt of the cue pointing towards the light), and without hurting himself in the process as the light comes crashing down onto the table from his weight. That would be pretty spectacular!! :eek:
 
sfleinen said:
Sure, bending a cue to the point where, if you linked a string from the tip to the butt cap and start slinging arrows with it, is certainly possible. But the angle you describe is more like 135, or even 130 degrees, not 50 degrees. :)
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Yes measuring off of a 90 (or back from a 180) it would be 135 to 140 degree.
 
tony robles smacks them pretty hard. and taking first place for smallest guy/biggest break-gandy valle. how anyone that small breaks that hard is beyond me.
 
Frankie Hernandez punishes racks. Dennis Hatch had a big break when he wanted to unload. Also, Corey Deuel has an incredible power break. He rarely used it after he discovered the soft break, but he used to hit them so hard that his ferrule was mushroomed.
 
Shawn Armstrong said:
Frankie Hernandez punishes racks. Dennis Hatch had a big break when he wanted to unload. Also, Corey Deuel has an incredible power break. He rarely used it after he discovered the soft break, but he used to hit them so hard that his ferrule was mushroomed.
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Solidifies the reasoning behind break cues.... and not breaking with your playing cue as some here do.
 
Glendale said:
The hardest breaker I've seen is a guy named Donnie Bianco. You've probably never heard of of him b/c he doesn't play too good..lol. When they'd have the radar gun challenge thing in Vegas, he'd clock around 32 mph on average.
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Hey Glendale,
I have seen Donnie break and your right he just crushes the rock. I saw him shatter the one ball at the old Krazy Cue Billiards.........Ron
 
ShootingRazbone said:
Solidifies the reasoning behind break cues.... and not breaking with your playing cue as some here do.
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You do understand that 99% of people aren't even capable of hitting the balls hard enough to do that?

If you mostly play 9 ball, a break cue is unnecessary, imo.

10 ball or 8 ball requires a harder break, so a specialized break cue may be a good idea.

Also, Corey has one of the most underrated power breaks in pool, he just understands that it isn't always necessary...
 
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