Might be an unpopular opinion, but I think local and regional events held in pool rooms should NOT have added money. When you gamble 1-1 with someone, it's your money vs his. A local weekly event is all the player's money in the pot, and that's it.

How do you go from that to a 20k added event held in a pool room? There are no fans in pool for a regional event. The only people in the room are the players and maybe a GF tags along. There is no way for the TD to make up that 20k added by selling a few extra hamburgers.

I think that's why these MR "satellite" events get cancelled. They can't cover the added money, and a promoter would have to be a fool to come with it out of pocket.

rexus31 said:

Who wants to go to Yuma? No disrespect to any AZB members that live there, but it's in the middle of nowhere, hard to get to unless you want to drive for hours and the accommodations are, shall I say, less than optimal. Who picked Yuma?

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Agreed. The decision reeks of either extreme cost-cutting, or total incompetence, or both.

The guy has no chance in hell. I watched the video when it came out a week or two ago. I recall he had been playing since he was a kid. If he hasn't reached a pro level until now, he never will.

I remember asking my Dad once, when I would get better at pool? He said "When you get tired of racking."

Happy Father's Day !!!! Enjoy your day !

Happy father day all, I will lower to 1800$ shipped for this cue. Just today only. Happy day all.

Van Halen wrote a song about this kind of thing.

" Little Dreamer "..........

kingwang said:

I saw an announcement that the McDermott Open was canceled today. This comes on the heels of The Empire State Championship getting canceled as well. I heard both might have been due to lack of signups? Also, Scott Frost posted on Facebook earlier today pleading for more signups for the Yuma Open.

Somewhat related, from Emily Frazer a few days ago on Facebook:


Anybody have more details on what's going on?

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Who wants to go to Yuma? No disrespect to any AZB members that live there, but it's in the middle of nowhere, hard to get to unless you want to drive for hours and the accommodations are, shall I say, less than optimal. Who picked Yuma?

Jimmorrison said:

I wouldn’t knock this guy for any reason. If he attains his goal, that would be phenomenal. However, I think we all have a pretty good idea of how this is going to go. [...]

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Yes, and maybe maybe we should not think of this effort that many of us will enjoy following as being just about him (or his chances of success or his motivations).
What if it plays a role in inspiring others who have a bigger chance?
What if we enjoy the journey?
What if it inspires us to try to go from 450 to 500 or 600 to 650?

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