garczar said:

Pro pool has been around since the 80's, far from what i'd call infancy.

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Of course. I mean the WNT tour, and now, Predator's effort to build ... something.

garczar said:

Maybe this version lasts, we'll see. And its not just the PGATour either. EVERY pro sport has events that are a big step up from the regular events aka MAJORS. Every time i see a pool tournament listed its a major. Whatever.

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Whatever is your life's motto, it seems, and that's fine. I am 'whatever' about lots of things, too.

ROUND OF 16

Yapp vs Hoang
Woodward vs Souto
FSR vs Mario He
Szolnoki vs Filler
Neuhausen vs Capito
Naoyuki Oi vs Pijus Labutis
Kledio Kaci vs Lechner
Eklent Kaci vs Biado

QUARTERS

Yapp vs Woodward
FSR vs Filler
Neuhausen vs Pijus Labutis
Kledio Kaci vs Eklent Kaci

SEMIS

Yapp vs Filler
Neuhausen vs Eklent Kaci

WINNER
Filler vs Neuhausen

I used to hate watching pro pool (besides maybe 1 pocket) but I've grown to find it interesting. I still think Predator events are better on average, though.

Jude Rosenstock said:

I've done virtual coaching with him for about six hours now. I'll meet with him in person next month. This is Ronnie O'Sullivan's coach. He's worked with a ton of great snooker players and some great pool players. I think you're overlooking the lion's share of what he's about.

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worked for mark williams:

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ROUND OF 32

Yapp vs Grabe
Hoang vs Krause
Zielinski vs Woodward
Atencio vs Souto
FSR vs Georgiev
Mario He vs Roland Garcia
Teutscher vs Szolnoki
Chang Yu Lung vs Filler
Neuhausen vs Aleksa Pecelj
Capito vs Jayson Shaw
Naoyuki Oi vs John Morra
Albert Januarta vs Pijus Labutis
Kledio Kaci vs Styer
Lechner vs Alcaide
Van Boening vs Eklent Kaci
Harry Vergara vs Biado

Bump

garczar said:

No offense bud but FEW people are as into this as you. If its a free watch on YT i 'might' sweat a match. even then if its hacks like that Goldstein clown i'm walking. This isn't the NCAA b'ball tournament, why would MR make printable brackets?? Maybe they could allow on-line betting, oh yeah, that's been done, didn't work too good.

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No offense taken.

Doesn't hurt to try. It's 30 minutes of work for a web developer. Basically no cost at all.

nah, i appreciate it jbart. good stuff. and i don't disagree on those lines, other than omar al shaheen. looked very rusty in florida

ROUND OF 64

Yapp vs Al Shaheen
Kazakis vs Grabe
Hoang vs Bergman
Krause vs Bijisterbosch
Zielinski vs Candela
Pehlivanovic vs Woodward
Atencio vs Loukatis
Alnar vs Souto
FSR vs Nicholas Tan
Sevastynov vs Georgiev
Mario He vs Sanderson
Roland Garcia vs Regalario
Roda vs Teutscher
Matikainen vs Szolnoki
Chang Yu Lung vs Juszczyszyn
Gerson Martinez vs Filler
Neuhausen vs Nathan Childress
Marvin Asis vs Aleksa Pecelj
Capito vs Manas
Yannick Pongers vs Jayson Shaw
Naoyuki Oi vs Vitaly Patsura
Fraser Patrick vs John Morra
Salvador Garcia vs Albert Januarta
Hunter Lombardo vs Pijus Labutis
Kledio Kaci vs Ralf Soquet
Lo Ho Sum vs Styer
Lechner vs Roberto Gomez
Sullivan Clark vs Alcaide
Van Boening vs Ouschan
Felix Vogel vs Eklent Kaci
Thorsten Hohmann vs Harry Vergara
Tevez vs Biado

vintagecollectibles831 said:

the BEM,

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Looks curly, to me.
Birdseye

garczar said:

The PGATour plays four clearly defined major events. They don't call every tournament a 'major'. I guess pool is still such a broke-dick 'sport' that any event that pays over $5000(and you can't wear a t-shirt) to win is a major. IMO a 'major' should stand WAY above a regular tournament event in both prestige and $$$$$.

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I get your point. My definition is a bit different, but who cares.

In any case, WNT doesn't have to mimic the PGA, and of course the pro pool is still in its infancy, as you so ... eloquently put it! For the foreseeable future I'll put most weight on the US Open and WPC.

skogstokig said:

is the qatar open really happening this year?

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Still scheduled for late October. Date was reaffirmed last week.

Matchroom should create printable brackets for its biggest tournaments, much like the NCAA basketball tournament. Give fans a chance to make their picks.

Heck, maybe they should let fans submit their picks with the winner getting a small prize. Couldn't hurt.

I created my own bracket for Arizona. One time thing, just to have a bit of fun. Here it is.

ROUND 1

Aloysius Yapp v Max Eberle
Andri Januarta vs Omar Al Shaheen
Alexander Kazakis vs Justin Martin
Denis Grabe vs Jeremy Courtney
Duong Quoc Hoang vs Chang Tzu Chien
Petri Makkonen vs Justin Bergman
Marc Bijsterbosch vs Brandon Shuff
Mickey Krause vs Matchroom Wildcard 9
Wiktor Zielinski vs Walter Laikre
Francesco Candela vs Kevin Groesbeck
Sanjin Pehlivanovic vs Daniel Dagotdot
Skyler Woodward vs Nick Cacchione
Jesús Atencio vs Francisco Ortega
Dimitris Loukatos vs Lin Ta Li
Mustafa Alna vs George Antonakis
Jonás Souto vs Clemens Ebert
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz vs Stan Elliott
Nicholas Tan vs Matchroom Wildcard 6
Arseni Sevastyanov vs Jeffrey De Luna
Georgi Georgiev vs Hsu Kai Lun
Mario He vs Cecil Doss
Elliott Sanderson vs Pierfrancesco Garzia
Roland Garcia vs Matchroom Wildcard 3
Bernie Regalario vs Justine Melo Baltazar
Jefrey Roda vs Jani Siekkinen
Marco Teutscher vs Boris Ivanovski
Casper Matikainen vs Joshua Welch
Oliver Szolnoki vs Jan Rempe
Chang Yu Lung vs Matchroom Wildcard 10
Konrad Juszczyszyn vs Danny Frausto
Gerson Martinez Boza vs Stefan Huber
Joshua Filler vs Phillip Sanchez
M Neuhausen vs Jacob Parrent
Nathan Childress vs Matchroom Wildcard 11
Marvin Asis vs Antonios Kakaris
Aleksa Pecelj vs Matchroom Wildcard 4
Robbie Capito vs Ivica Putnik
AJ Manas vs Harrison Leinen
Yannick Pongers vs Payne McBride
Jayson Shaw vs Torin Barnard
Naoyuki Oi vs Christian Villapudua
Vitaliy Patsura vs Michael Bundy
Fraser Patrick vs Nadim Okbani
John Morra vs Gary Onomura
Michael Baoanan vs Salvador Garcia
Albert Januarta vs Rich Funk
Hunter Lombardo vs Trinh Lu
Pijus Labutis vs Matchroom Wildcard 8
Kledio Kaci vs Scott Barnard
Ralf Souquet vs Matchroom Wildcard 5
Lo Ho Sum vs Matchroom Wildcard 2
Tyler Styer vs Dean Shields
Max Lechner vs Johnny Archer
Roberto Gomez vs Kevin Brock
Sullivan Clark vs Rich Moon
David Alcaide vs Matchroom Wildcard 1
Shane Van Boening vs Wayne Farnum II
Albin Ouschan vs Vincent Goh
Felix Vogel vs Mark Stutsman
Eklent Kaci vs Sun Yi Hsuan
Thorsten Hohmann vs Trevor Seale
Harry Vergara vs Matchroom Wildcard 7
Cristopher Tevez Vs Julio Rueda
Carlo Biado vs Corey Deuel

KissedOut said:

Good suggestions. Wine is one of his best things.

Or, he could do a Google search for 'united states billiard association email address' and get lots of email addresses to direct his inquiries to.

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Why would you think emailing USBA would get me an answer?