Just listen to Mahmood Gholizadeh, the owner of several gasoline stations in Washington, D.C., and a local nine-ball tournament player.
Nobody makes better cues.
Or Dave Bollman, a former professional player who now repairs cues in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He's a perfectionist. The game of pool has been riding a wave of popularity since 1986, kicked off by the Paul Newman film, The Color of Money, which inspired a new generation of players who now play in upscale pool halls around the country. With the boom has come a renaissance in the craft of cuemaking, an eccentric, competitive field filled with ego-driven characters. Sciannella, fifty-seven, is a case in point.