SVB v. Fedor Gorst

Yeah I agree 100% on this. But Matchroom is in in showbiz market and that's their bread and butter so it was kind of obvious that Mosconi Cup was gradually transformed into flashing lights, noisy crowds and chest-pounding player antics. Does it appreciate the sport? No way. Does it make players sweat? Yeah! Is it good entertainment? Well, compared to other silent and serene tournaments, I have to say deinitely. I can tolerate one carnival event per year.
Agreed. In fact, the Mosconi Cup, more than anything, introduced American pool to European players and fans.

Although Eurotour began two years earlier, the inclusion of snooker stars like Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Alex Higgins in the first few editions of the Mosconi Cup drew the attention of many European fans and cueists. In the aftermath of this, Eurotour grew and grew.

By 2000, the World Pool Championship was contested in Cardiff, Wales, and many European cueists tried their luck at it.

Before the Mosconi Cup, you could count the number of European cueists that played in America more than occasionally on the fingers of one hand. By 2005, many European pool players were playing the majors contested in America.

By 2010, Europe had caught and passed America at American pool and has dominated at the Mosconi ever since.

The spectacle that is the Mosconi was the launching pad for American pool in Europe. Anyone who doesn't think the players want to win at the Mosconi really badly is misinformed.

Agreed that one such event per year is enough, but the Mosconi, billed by Matchroom as pool's biggest party, is nothing less than that, and it has figured prominently in the growth of the game.

SVB v. Fedor Gorst

hide the 1 ball in the stack and the breaker can hit any ball first?

why hasn’t this been tried?
How is this any different? The 2 ball is already random. They will still cut the headball and shoot at the lowest ball, which would be the 1 ball instead of the 2.

Put the 1 ball as one 2 balls in the back that are right in front of the last ball and make them kick at the 1 and it has to be a good hit. LOL.

At what would you question “non obvious” call pocketing?

Had the pleasure of playing him at a regional event once. He was the opposite of a sportsman or a gentleman.
One of his incidents came playing in the White Spot weekly 9 ball tournament. He made the 8 and scratched. The rules we were playing by called for the 8 to be spotted. He retrieved the cueball and handed it to his opponent then sat down. .
The unreferee weekly tournament had the non shooting player doing referee duty. It was late in the tournament and the looser was to get 10 bucks. His opponent was laughing that he was making him shoot the 9 with ball in hand. So when he shot the 9 ball in Cocomo called foul
His call of foul was appealed to the tournament director.. His opponent was overwhelmed and flustered so I intercede and made the case for him by saying, "it was Cocomo that should have spotted the 8 ball." His opponent had struck the smallest ball on the table first so no foul. If he wanted the 8 ball spotted he should have done it himself. Management agreed and well we all knew Cocomo 🤷‍♂️.
Cocomo was so distraught at losing the call that he burned the $10 bill that he received for 4th place. He and I were uh never friends.

9-Ball needs to be fixed

Agreed. No way it goes in 90%. It's well over 70% for the elite players, but the cut break needed to make the one in the side from the narrow WNT break box means that the days of playing specific shape off the break shot are behind us.
Not only that.
If someone will actually have the chance to try this break under the same conditions with 4 inch pockets and new cloth and balls, they will find that it is very hard to find the right spot of contact and speed.
And in many times there is no shot on the 2 ball when the 1 is made.

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