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As I was just about shoot in the match-winning 8 ball during league tonight, I was startled by a thunderous crash. Evidently, a player lost a match and decided to break his cue stick on the side of the table. Years ago, countermen, managers, or owners of pool rooms would keep a sharp eye out…

Yesterday, I received the following message from a reader: If you break with your shooter and the tip becomes mushroomed, does that actually compact the tip and make that tip harder? (First of all, I would never break hard with my shooter) My friend Robert has a shaft that I am going to try out…

There’s only three Minnesota guys here at the 2009 Derby City Classic. Beau Runningen, Tony Hilla, and me. Everyone did pretty decent in the banks, but Tony and Beau are really having a good one pocket tournament. Sure, Hilla got his second loss in round six, but he played some great matches. How about 2…

There is one good thing about driving the ten hours to Oconomowoc.  I got to see some of the best bar box players in the country. Some discussion on the forum is here and more photos are here. I don’t know how anyone could fall asleep with all this great pool going on. Here are…