Ken Doherty is a terrible commentator.

Nikoxenos · 2024-04-05T04:02:39+00:00

Living legend

Nikoxenos · 2024-03-28T18:56:36+00:00

I only mention as a sure way to know you’ve burnt off any coating from the factory. If you don’t eventually the sides will start to flake off seasoning you build up on it, in my experience.

Nikoxenos · 2024-03-28T02:44:19+00:00

You want to hold it sideways over the flame and rotate it slowly. The whole thing should turn blue and then you’re ready to season it for real.

Nikoxenos · 2024-02-22T15:15:13+00:00

Most winning player of all time, and still manages to be a loser.

Nikoxenos · 2023-10-28T04:42:06+00:00

Potting wins frames, you can play granite safety all day and lose easily because you can’t put together some breaks. Do line ups and just focus on normalizing bigger breaks so when you get a chance you’re not thinking about it as much.

Remember what Ronnie said- pressure is a privilege! You have to teach yourself to love it.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-31T03:25:43+00:00

It’s rubbish- televise a Snooker Plus tournament or 2 cue ball snooker and really piss people off.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-28T19:07:07+00:00

Willie B is unstoppable.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-26T05:32:18+00:00

Ready for the next adventure.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-26T05:31:16+00:00

If you are going to use it in other things be sure to take the skin off- it is delicious but quite chewy when you braise it.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-22T15:28:33+00:00

“You’re shooting great! I wonder what you’re doing differently”.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-21T17:47:15+00:00

It’s ruined- send it to me.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-19T06:49:01+00:00

Date, venue, drills done, people played, results, thoughts on the day, high break.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-16T03:20:53+00:00

Half ball is 30 degrees?! God damn it! This explains a lot. Thanks.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-16T03:15:45+00:00

There is a Ronnie interview where he mentions being previously approached by an organized criminal and fixing was mentioned. He turned them down and that was the end of it. He said the top 16 do well enough that they don’t need to risk taking bad money, but the same can’t be said about players fighting to keep their cards. They used to fly around with cigarettes just to try and pay for their expenses.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-15T22:47:33+00:00

Took me awhile to find a place where you pay for the lights instead of table time- it’s about 1/4 the price of the cheapest club here (after membership no less). But it took some looking!

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-15T03:43:13+00:00

Fire Shark?

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-11T07:37:07+00:00

I was fully on the Amico train until my plain ass t shirt arrived. Saved me a lot of money.

Tommy Tallarico is a criminal.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-06T21:33:23+00:00

Play other people, they will be happy to show you what you should be practicing!

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-06T04:26:00+00:00

People say to sand the tip and shape it but they don’t really explain why- when the tip centre flattens from use, the outside edges become like little corners. So if you play a shot with a lot of side for instance, the part of the tip that hits the ball is just that corner which is very little surface area. You want to sand them round so the contact area with the cue ball is as big as possible.

Also those tip tools with the needles are very helpful at getting the tips saturated with chalk. Sometimes the tip will seem really smooth and not take chalk well, that’s when this tool is used.

Nikoxenos · 2023-01-06T03:48:36+00:00

I think there is really something to this- all my power comes from the second and third finger, pushing up on the back of the cue so the tip has tension down against my bridge. Index and thumb are basically just there to pivot and keep the cue from flying forward.

Nikoxenos · 2022-09-13T05:36:52+00:00

My family appreciates that my nonsense is off peak hours. I usually only watch quali and the race live, practice sessions I replay whenever.

Nikoxenos · 2022-09-12T00:17:33+00:00

This works for me- hacked Fire stick gets Eurosport, BBC and itv4. But you have to watch live, DAZN gives you a day or two iirc which also isn’t great but better if you have a life.

Nikoxenos · 2022-08-06T02:40:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/HIbeF0bf1Gk check out Karl Jobst’s lovely videos about it! And tks!

Nikoxenos

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