I'm so thrilled to be hosting this edition! I can't believe we're only a couple months away from our two year anniversary. I hope everyone out there has been enjoying your summer. And speaking of summer, since that's traditionally off-peak for pool, I wanted to keep this month's topic pretty simple. As a result, you're in for a real treat. I love the variety of submissions we got this month!

This article is part of the 22nd edition of PoolSynergy, a monthly collection of the best writing on pool. As the hostess this month, I selected the theme “10 Things”. I had no idea when I chose this month's theme that I would so conveniently have ten very random "ten" lists. I guess I've always had a fixation with ten things.

In my mind, if there's one word in the billiard industry that's synonymous with "quality" that is Simonis. I'm such a huge fan that I asked Ivan Lee, president of Simonis Cloth to put this top ten list together for us.

As a last minute substitute for this month's PoolSynergy, I asked my husband to come up with a list of ten things pool-related and here is his list, based on his opinion of each player's abilities not just achievements.

© July 2011 Over the past few years, I’ve had the tremendous honor of watching and interviewing so many of the best players in the world. Amidst the countless hours of world class pool, I’ve seen the best do some amazing ...