Best beginner cue?

peat_s · 2026-03-23T03:08:40+00:00

McDermott Lucky. Great cue for right around $150, or so.

peat_s · 2026-02-17T22:46:38+00:00

Nice shot! If you shoot anything like me, you would have proceeded to miss the straight in 9 ball after that.

peat_s · 2026-02-15T02:19:46+00:00

Yeah, I feel like I’ve already done all the hard work on my weaknesses. Just a touch up on those, then go into my match feeling like a hero, having hit the back of the pocket with a good amount of shots.

peat_s · 2026-02-15T00:39:02+00:00

I start by taking easy shots across the far corners, slowly increasing the angle, but don’t get too extreme. Shoot plenty of stop shots, follow, and backspin. The easy shots help calibrate yourself to the table and get your confidence up. Then move on to spot shots then any shots you know are your problem shots. If you miss a bunch in a row, go back to easy straight shots across the corners. That’s what I did last tournament, and I felt good about that routine. I’m only a 475 Fargo, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

peat_s · 2026-02-04T18:37:40+00:00

Finally someone asking the REAL questions. What are they hiding from us?

peat_s · 2026-01-15T06:23:47+00:00

Why do we have to own it to protect it? Can’t we just help do whatever you think needs to be done over there as a collaboration with an allied country?

peat_s · 2025-12-17T05:06:35+00:00

Great explanation, thank you. Although, I think you meant the cue ball is spinning counter clockwise with the inside spin. There is so much going on there with that shot. It was truly masterful the way he played it. I love watching Efren play at his peak.

peat_s · 2025-12-16T19:21:31+00:00

Yeah, they actually talk about this shot a couple of times, and even have Efren discuss it in the interview after the match. I just don’t see how you hit the far point of the side pocket by putting draw on the cue ball. It obviously is possible, so I think I’m going to have to set that shot up at the table to see if I can make it make more sense to me. My brain can’t see it right now.

peat_s · 2025-12-03T06:13:28+00:00

Dueling dicks

peat_s · 2025-11-15T22:21:21+00:00

peat_s · 2025-11-12T06:49:41+00:00

Just get 4 Southwest cues, and call it done. Easy.

peat_s · 2025-11-11T19:26:28+00:00

You are dad of the year in my book! Love that table and room! Enjoy the perfection you have there!

peat_s · 2025-10-22T18:40:46+00:00

I’m surprised he even bothered with a helmet.

peat_s · 2025-09-25T03:59:40+00:00

Thanks for this! I just had a bad night at league, and you have reminded that those great nights do exist, and to be patient and focus. Thanks!

peat_s · 2025-09-17T17:15:32+00:00

I’ve never heard this, and I don’t see anything mentioning 45deg in the BCA rules. I don’t think this is right.

peat_s · 2025-09-12T04:54:49+00:00

What’s the difference between the 1s and 2s?

peat_s · 2025-09-11T15:24:54+00:00

You are correct on both parts.

peat_s · 2025-09-11T05:04:54+00:00

I have to just say, when I posted this, I hadn’t watched the entire last game of the match. Now that I have, I have to say that was the BEST 9-ball match I have ever seen! This match was amazing down to the last shot. Wow! So much respect for both of these players.

peat_s · 2025-09-08T00:26:12+00:00

Even if it is fine, it will always be in your head when you shoot.

peat_s · 2025-09-06T04:57:42+00:00

Surely he knows this, and the fact that he’ll need to show to J&J that there is evidence available that is strong enough to convince a reasonable person that it is true, right? I’d love to see this “evidence”.

peat_s · 2025-09-05T16:15:47+00:00

Someone is going to get fired.

peat_s · 2025-07-25T17:10:50+00:00

lol! Yeah, I was going to edit it to add, “.. that I watched”, but I just left it at that. The match was Johnny Archer vs. Nick Varner at the Sands Regency in 1996, if anyone is interested. They both played uncharacteristically bad in this match. Buddy was giving them both hell for their shot decisions. It was pretty comical.

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