jasonlaus said:

Im not sure how she got "the blonde bombshell" nickname either.

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In her heyday? Same as Duddy. Never have understood that one.

Ascue said:

Many of these people may have never even hit either. Ive only hit 2 scruggs sneakies. Neither hit as good as my Pechauer sneaky. And I wanted a scruggs awfully bad. Are the steel joint scruggs any better?

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Since this post i purchased 3 scruggs. All hit well. One is steel joint, one is ivory or delrin, and a wood to wood sneaky. I play cues against others in my collection. Over long haul I always win more with any of the Scruggs. Just the way it is. Against runde, pfd, schick, barnhart,jim pierce, treadway. All close but I have stayed with scruggs for league.
Finally found a Tascarella for a reasonable price. Ive got a feeling its gonna unseat scruggs. Don't know yet but I can say the sound is different and the hit and feel is as good as people say. Actually I'm a little taken aback by it. And btw the quality is excellent.

westcoast said:

She mentioned that in the Legends of the Cue interview. She implied that the guys let them down by insisting they should be paid more. Still seems to be quite a discrepancy in that regard- Jasmin won $27K while Yapp won $90K

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Not a fair comparison as the men's event was a world championship. A better comparison would be the previous Predator event, the Las Vegas Open, in which Filler, the men's champion got $45,000 and Wei, the women's champion, got $27,000.

The women are, at long last, making some solid prize money, more than they have ever made. Still, when Ewa Mataya was trying to combine the two major tours, women's pro pool was drawing as much fanfare as men's pro pool, so the case for equal prize money was on much stronger footing. Nobody would suggest that women's pro pool today has as much fanfare as men's pro pool, so the case for equal prize money is not as easily made.

I have followed women's pro pool since the formation of the WPBA in 1976, and I couldn't be happier to see that women's pro pool is thriving. These mixed doubles events have really helped to bring out the personalities of the women, too. As Badpenguin noted in post #271, who will forget the way Seo jumped into the arms of Wiktor Zielinski after they prevailed in the mixed doubles final? I think that her extremely demonstrative show of excitement surprised even Wiktor, who happily accepted the chance to lift and embrace her. She had brought the best out of him at the table and did so again when the job was finished. Bravo!

Let the good times roll for women's pro pool. All the props to Predator for its growing commitment to the women's game.

Fantastic!

sjm said:

Very well done, Aloysius Yapp! A dominant performance, with a 10-4 win in both the semis and the final. He was, quite simply, unbeatable in the World 8ball.

To Jasmin, Yapp, Zielinski, Seo and Gorst, this week's five winners, congratulations,

The pace of this event was slow, but the last three days brought some truly memorable pool. With four events in one, Predator seems to have hit on a winning formula, and the players are making some meaningful money. Nice to see.

For me, personally, I am growing very fond of the mixed doubles events and really look forward to the next one. I always loved the Matchroom World Cup of Pool, an exciting scotch doubles event with a deep international field, but these Predator mixed doubles events have filled the void left by the sudden disappearance of the World Cup of Pool.

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I’m really hoping Matchroom will reconsider bringing back the World Cup of Pool. It’s one of the most exciting—if not the best—events they’ve ever hosted. Just like in the old days, it’s always been one of my favorites to watch.

Chicagoplayer said:

2016?

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Yep...and still there.

This is what happens when you give pool royalty free table time and you find out he utilizes the wedge...he's still there...on the first game.

AtLarge said:

Yes. However, the Women's 8-Ball World Championship last year paid $30,000 for the winner (Ouschan!). Maybe it will be more this year.

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Hard to believe people don't understand.

Maybe this will make it easier.

If hamburger joint A sells 1 million hamburgers and B sells 50,000 all things being equal, which one gets more $$$?

Should B get the same amount of $ as A? NO

westcoast said:

She mentioned that in the Legends of the Cue interview. She implied that the guys let them down by insisting they should be paid more. Still seems to be quite a discrepancy in that regard- Jasmin won $27K while Yapp won $90K

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If the 2 events were playing at the same time, which one would the majority of people watch? Simple math

decent dennis said:

They also told you Brittany Bryant is 28 years old. Not

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Im not sure how she got "the blonde bombshell" nickname either.

iusedtoberich said:

100% a foul. CB went to the left after pocketing the 8. Yapp looked like he was waiting for the ref to call the foul. I'm ok with it, put FSR out of his misery. He wasn't coming back.
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Any yet there are those on here claiming the whole set gets run out all the time and the game is broken.

KenneyTran said:

How about kingswood MW?

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I saw you listed this, nice cue btw! But I'm specifically looking for a sneaky at this time around.

I actually saw one on the Scruggs facebook group before, but I was too slow on it. (See attached pics, not my pics).