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According to Matchroom, the diamonds played easier than the rasson tables. Hence the additional pocket reduction we’re seeing now.

Tyler’s mental game and his propensity to miss balls out of nowhere is what is holding him back. Sky doesn’t give the impression that pool is really his top focus anymore. I think he’s content to just make a living as a player and go back home to his family. Which is totally fine if that’s...

Per Karl Boyes earlier today. 3-7/8ths inch pockets.

Man, if Tyler could clean up his mental game or have the clutch gene surgically implanted, he could be up there with the top guys competing for wins instead of round 32/16’s. Dude just has a tendency to miss a ball out of nowhere and trip himself up.

If he even makes the team. Fedor, Sky, and SVB are all locks to make the team so if Billy doesn’t auto qualify on points, it’s going to be awfully tough to get a spot. It’s obviously too soon to call anything but I’d think Tyler and Oscar are the two leading candidates as of now.

Emily said they thought the diamonds at their events were playing noticeably easier than the rasson tables so they’ve tweaked the pocket size to try and mirror the difficulty level across the tables/events. So it seems she/they have the opinion that a 4” rasson table = a 3.9” diamond.

Looks like the pocket sizes might be getting into Shane’s head. Missed a 9ball earlier in this match and now he just missed an 8ball trying to power draw back for position on the 9.

There’s definitely a tipping point with efforts to make the game more challenging, competitive, etc. At a certain point you just have to realize that these guys are really really good and accept that they can make the game look routine, even on difficult equipment. No amount of Mickey mousing...

Yeah I keep emailing the NFL on how they should run their league but they never respond to me either.

Like others mentioned, Matchroom is many years away from reaching their goals in nineball pool. They’re not going to dilute their brand by dabbling in 8/10 ball until that happens, if even then.

I like Pia and think she’s a great ambassador for the sport but I’m not a big fan of her inclusion on the WNT. She’s just not good enough yet. Matchroom has consistently pushed the Josh and Pia relationship narrative and honestly, I just don’t care. It’s nothing against either of them or their...

This aged poorly… What an absolute stunner of a match.

Filler v Fedor final. Should be a good one.

Getting us back on topic here, I’ll be interested to see how they manage the balance between Filipinos vs remainder of Asian players for this event moving forward. If you call it the Reyes Cup, there’s gotta be at least 1 Filipino on the team every year, right?

I’d like to see a Fedor/Filler final. Those are two players fans commonly point to as the best in the game right now so it would be a treat to see them square off in the final of such a prestigious event.