9-Ball
Topic: Random question thread....

There have been alot of threads on tournaments on pro-9 at the mo but not much else so i thought i'd start one asking some random questions so feel free to answer and maybe we can find out some stuff about one another that we didn't know before.
i saw this on AZ and thought i'd copy the idea from their website.

1. most expensive cue you ever shot with?
2. most money you ever lost to a single player in a single session?
3. how long have you been playing?
4. first cue you owned?
5. ever hit someone else with the cue ball off the break?
6. ever broken you cue out of anger?
7. type of tip you use?
8. linen, leather or no wrap?
9. most racks run for 8,9 and 10ball and straight pool high run?
10. favourite discipline?
11. current playing cue and shaft?

ok i guess i'll start.

1. my Jim White custom cue $2500
2. not much only a tenner or so
3. just under 3 years
4. cheap Rileys cue then a Fury
5. not hit someone but bounced over onto opposite table
6. no nearly tho
7. tried alot of tips currently got everest on my 314-2, sniper on my x-shaft and moori on my White shafts
8. Lizard wrap
9. 8-ball-3 9ball-5 10ball-2 straight pool-40
10. 9ball
11. White custom and x-shaft.

1. Had a few cues $2-$3000 in my time, White, Mottey and Waynes.
2. £100 Pub pool, those darn little balls.
3. 21 years - I'm older than I think.
4. Unnamed junker - First custom was a Coker.
5. No - but I smashed a blokes full pint glass, not a happy man.
6. No - but a bloke smashed my cue when I beat him, funny now but scary at the time.
7. Kamui
8. Lizard, leather and pig skin.
9. I beat my mate 19 racks in a row but I did not run them out - it was a chop fest.
10. 8 ball.
11. Wayne Holmes Custom with custom fitted Pred shafts.


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www.themole.me

1. just my 4k5
2. £70
3. started snooker 20 years ago - 9 ball 2 years
4. 9 ball was a metapool (got to a semi final in bppppppppppa with it too)
5. no
6. no
7. soft M
8. linen
9. english table 8 - 5 racks - 9 ball 7 racks
10.i love snooker, 8 ball on english table and 9 ball (sorry)
11. predator 4k5 with standard shaft slimmed down

1. most expensive cue you ever shot with?
Probably the Diamond's Szamboti (About $15K ?)

2. most money you ever lost to a single player in a single session?
It wasn't too long ago and I don't want to talk about it. Thankfully all my other big money matches were for 3 times the amount and I won 'em all.

3. how long have you been playing?
About 18 months American Pool

4. first cue you owned?
Viking off the Diamond

5. ever hit someone else with the cue ball off the break?
No and never been hit either. But I did get kicked in teh face in Solihull recently when going down to a shot near a table where someone was breaking off. They kicked up their legs with the break and hit me in the head!

6. ever broken you cue out of anger?
Yes, it was a beautiful Hunt & O'Byrne snooker cue. I regret it now because they are a sought after cue.

7. type of tip you use?
Moori Soft but next one will be crushed Elk for sure after trying Appleton's.

8. linen, leather or no wrap?
Leather everytime.

9. most racks run for 8,9 and 10ball and straight pool high run?
8 pool - 5, 9 ball - 6, 10 ball - 4 (I think)

10. favourite discipline?
It changes but probably 10 ball right now.

11. current playing cue and shaft?
Wayne Holmes custom with 2 custom 314's and 2 custom 314-2's to match.

1. my own (roughly £400)
2. £1250 (20-19 Appleton, small table 8 ball)
3. American pool - 1yr 9mths UK pool - 20yrs
4. Only had one - Falcon (I won it in challenge match)
5. No
6. No and never would.
7. Moori (hard)
8. Linen (I think)
9. 8ball (2), 9ball (2), never played 10ball, 14-1 (42)
10. 9 ball
11. Falcon with 314

1. My own $700-ish
2. a tenner
3. 4-5 years
4. A "stars and stripes" cue worth tuppence ha'penny
5. Not that I can think of
6. No (came close though.......)
7. Moori medium
8. Leather
9. 8 ball (2) 9 ball (3) 10 ball (2) 14-1 (27)
10. 9 ball
11. McDermott sedona with leather wrap and a McDermott i2 shaft with moori medium installed.

1.my own....about 400quid
2.ten quid
3.american pool - just over a year
4.mcdermott
5.no
6.yes......playing marbles though
7.kamui med soft
8.leather
9.8-ball - 4 9-ball - 4 10 ball - 2 straight - 72
10.bank pool
11.tiger tpc-1 with ob-1 shaft

1. Simon Dvali's Szamboti worth more than my parents mortage lol
2. I haven't played enough money games to lose silly amounts .. yet
3. around 5-6 years
4. mcdermott
5. I hit a man on the head with the white ball of the break and he went down like a sack of spuds lol (have witnesses )
6. No but broke a sledgehammer ferrule on a break
7. Moori
8. linen
9. 9 ball:     8
    8 ball:     6
    10 ball: 5
    straight: 124
10. 9-ball
11. Wayne Custom Cue and 314 shaft


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UK's Youngest

1. Balabushka, cue I owned with 2 other collectors, we shared it for 4 months each a year, value: $40K - $50K
2. £1600
3. 10 years
4. £30 two piece canadian effort from Andy Richardson
5. I nearly killed the Kaiser at a Euro tour, cue ball missed his head by an inch.
6. No
7. Moori Quick
8. Leather
9. 5 at 8 ball, 3 and 7/9ths at 9 ball, haven't tried 10 ball or straight pool.
10. 9 ball
11. Szamboti with matching 314-2

1. most expensive cue you ever shot with? £300
2. most money you ever lost to a single player in a le session? Never lost a money game!
3. how long have you been playing? 4 yrs
4. first cue you owned? Was £10 from Argos = Called pot Black or summat
5. ever hit someone else with the cue ball off the break? Yup = My mate in between his legs when he was filming the frame.
6. ever broken you cue out of anger? Nope
7. type of tip you use? Blue Diamond
8. linen, leather or no wrap? No Wrap
9. most racks run for 8,9 and 10ball and straight pool high run? 1 in a row for 8 ball = None in 9 an 10
10. favourite discipline? Englih Blackball or Snooker
11. current playing cue and shaft? Master Cue