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Nov 18, 20145 min read

Shawn Gainey And Gainey Q’s. ~Hannah Blue {Interview}

I interviewed Shawn Gainey—founder of Gainey Q’s—last week, and it was an absolute delight. Shawn’s buttery southern accent makes it...

Smackin’ Pool with the Jack of All Trades: Walter Kelley ~ “Mighty” Joe Young {Cue

Nov 4, 20141 min read

Equipment

Smackin’ Pool with the Jack of All Trades: Walter Kelley ~ “Mighty” Joe Young {Cue

As a residential home building contractor and carpenter, Walter Kelley of Hallsville, Texas fell in love with the game as a teenager and...

Ebony Custom Made Cue by Shawn Gainey. ~ Garret Troop

Nov 1, 20143 min read

Equipment

Ebony Custom Made Cue by Shawn Gainey. ~ Garret Troop

Every custom cue maker has a certain feel for the industry and the way they want their cues to look and feel in the hands of the...

Don’t Get Beat by the Rules. ~ Jacqueline Karol

Oct 20, 20144 min read

Equipment

Don’t Get Beat by the Rules. ~ Jacqueline Karol

Have you ever heard anyone arguing over pool rules? First of all there are hundreds of different rules for pool and different games of...

The New Pechauer Shaft Pro. ~ Ocifer Pete {Product Review}

Oct 4, 20142 min read

Equipment

The New Pechauer Shaft Pro. ~ Ocifer Pete {Product Review}

As a longtime Viking fan ( all of about 12 years ) with a standard or maple shaft, I recently purchased a custom Pechauer JP17L cue. At...

The Constant Provider: The Story of Steve Lomax. ~ Joe Young

Sep 20, 20142 min read

Equipment

The Constant Provider: The Story of Steve Lomax. ~ Joe Young

If you frequent the national and regional league scene and the annual Super Billiards Expo, there’s a cue repair vendor that is highly...

OB Cues & Allison Fisher Raise $1,420 at APA NTC for the BEF! ~ Samm Diep-Vidal {Press Release}

Sep 8, 20142 min read

Equipment

OB Cues & Allison Fisher Raise $1,420 at APA NTC for the BEF! ~ Samm Diep-Vidal {Press Release}

September 8, 2014 (Englewood, CO): OB Cues kicks off third annual Juniors Pool Month at the APA National Team Championships by enlisting...

The McDermott G-Core Shaft. ~ Anthony Beeler {Review}

Sep 8, 20143 min read

Equipment

The McDermott G-Core Shaft. ~ Anthony Beeler {Review}

Throughout my pool-playing career I have had the opportunity to play with a variety of low deflection shafts. This month I was asked by...

Pre-shot Routine Element: Chalking up. ~ Max Eberle

Sep 7, 20142 min read

Equipment

Pre-shot Routine Element: Chalking up. ~ Max Eberle

Chalking your cue not only has an important physical function to playing the game, but it serves as an important element in your pre-shot...

Seeing the Drill Relieves Nervous Competitive Pressure. ~ Dominic Esposito {Video}

Sep 6, 20143 min read

Tips

Seeing the Drill Relieves Nervous Competitive Pressure. ~ Dominic Esposito {Video}

Every player who has played an important match knows that feeling of having nervous butterflies. Your breathing becomes short and...

My Life in Leather. ~ John Barton, JB Cases

Sep 5, 20146 min read

Equipment

My Life in Leather. ~ John Barton, JB Cases

For all of human recorded history and even well before we were able to make records of our activities, humans have used the skins of...

Billiards Trick Shots. ~ Jacqueline Karol {Video}

Aug 20, 20141 min read

Equipment

Billiards Trick Shots. ~ Jacqueline Karol {Video}

In this video I walk you through a trick shot and explain how to find a good playing cue. It’s important to find a good cue to make good...

Aug 18, 20142 min read

Equipment

Break Speed App Review. ~ Eli Ceballos

Breaking is the most important shot for table domination in most pocket billiards fame. Having a strong, controlled break is at times,...

Aug 7, 20143 min read

Equipment

A Full Spliced Family. ~ William Hurst

You will rarely find a full spliced cue broken in the forearm area where the different sections of wood have been spliced or joined...

Pool Cues: How They are Made. ~ Kim Walker {Part 1}

Jul 28, 20144 min read

Equipment

Pool Cues: How They are Made. ~ Kim Walker {Part 1}

Most pool players have seen the many different pool cues used by players everywhere. Pool cues are different length, different weight,...

Jul 22, 20145 min read

Tips

11 Tips to Keep You & Your Belongings Safe & Secure When Traveling to Tournaments. ~ Heath

I have been traveling to tournaments for almost ten years now. Sometimes I hit the road with my husband, sometimes with friends and...

Tools of the Trade: The Cue. ~ Kimberly Lecumberri

Jul 6, 20149 min read

Equipment

Tools of the Trade: The Cue. ~ Kimberly Lecumberri

In order to play pool, you have to have a cue, or a“stick.” If you are knocking around balls in any other way, you are simply not playing...

Jul 4, 20145 min read

Equipment

Those Were the Days… ~ John Barton

In the old days serious pool players carried one cue and maybe one spare shaft to play their trade. Not a lot of players even had two...

Delta-13: The True Triangle—Made in the USA. ~ Peggy Mallen

Jul 4, 20143 min read

Equipment

Delta-13: The True Triangle—Made in the USA. ~ Peggy Mallen

Minnesota Fats once said, “Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn.” I say…“If only they had a Delta-13 rack…Fats...

The Delta -13 Elite: Is it Worth It? ~ Eli Ceballos

Jul 2, 20142 min read

Equipment

The Delta -13 Elite: Is it Worth It? ~ Eli Ceballos

I am Eli Ceballos, a professional photographer at Cryfoto in Brooklyn NY, I play in the National Amateur Pool League (NAPL). I’ve had...