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Originally Posted by TerryH
When I was a teen working at the local bowling alley, the pool was free as long as the tables were open. That usually meant unlimited time on the 5x10 snooker table with the round cornered smaller pockets. Years later when I first played on a 3x6 bar table, I felt like I was cheating.
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Yeah...a lot of guys at the cue ball use the snooker table there to improve accuracy. Bar tables for this champioship will be 3X7 (IIRC) Diamond brand, Considered a superior table to the more common Valley Brand bar boxes.
Video will be shown of the championships I'm going to watch by these folks...but what events and when they'll be broadcasting, I haven't a clue.
http://www.onthebreaknews.com/
Last March, my "honorary nephew" Matt placed 3rd in the Men's masters 8 ball...eliminated by Dan Louie's excellence in playing safe (defense). Hope Matt does better this year.
Note to the un initiated...the game is really about cue ball control. Many "misses" you see are purposeful...hitting the object ball, but placing the cue ball where your opponent is left in a bad place. Maybe I'll pick up the skills of these guys by osmosis? If only...