US Open 08/18-23

viet pool instructor with a high top gear, but not super consistent. played in most of the recent majors and some invitationals. to my knowledge never made QF

Tuan has a Fargo of 767. Sits at 90 in the WNT rankings.

Tuan got thru to the knockout round in WPC and was ousted in the final 64.

He got to the final 16 of the UK Open and lost to Jayson Shaw 10-5. That is his best finish in a major, it seems.

Tuan got to the final 64 of the UK Open.

Ousted before the knockout round in the last Hanoi Open.

Cue Tip Compression

What exactly is the difference between soft, medium, and hard layered tips? When makers/brands mass produce these tips are they using different hardness leather layers? Or do they just use the same leather for all of the hardness offerings and just compress them into different hardness specifications at the factory?

Can you take a medium hardness leather tip and compress it into a hard, and have the exact same thing as if you bought the hard layered tip to begin with?

Why are there so few black pro players..?

On the WorldStage, the Other Countries and Nations, absolutely destroy America in Top Pool competition, because America isn't interested in putting their best Team on the Felt, America is interested in winning with their Selected, Restricted, Choices, and America, for the most part, isn't even competitive, except for a few Players, like Shane. The Talent level for who America showcases, is embarrassing. The results speak for themselves. Even Poland could field two Teams to beat America, and the Philippines could field Five Teams, with Players under 30, that could beat every American Team that we would currently present for competition. The whole country is not being considered. I love Pool, but this is what it is, Hand-Picked, it always has been, and it's better now than years ago.

if the whole country isn't being considered, would be interesting to know who you have in mind. names, their fargorates etc.

in our era there are very few hidden monster players, especially in the USA and europe.

US Open 08/18-23

Man who was that dude that took down Alcaide? Nguyen Ahn Tuan? Never heard of him before, but really enjoyed watching him play.

Table 4 YouTube stream, 2nd to last match, day 2.
We talked on AZ about Tuan before. He played Fedor in a very competivie challenge match earlier this year. Might be the second or third best player in Vietnam. Good enough to beat anyone, but I wouldn't put him in elite status.

US Open 08/18-23

Do you have a link? I've given up on Matchroom Pool. I can't even find the draw. Last month for WNT.tv for me. Matchroom Pool seems totally incompetent at providing info, draws, schedules, matches for paying subscribers.
The Youtube channel is easy to find via search. I've had it bookmarked for years.

WNT.TV has actually gotten a lot better the last few months. Been much more reliable and recordings get put up faster.

When WNT.TV started, the website would clip individual matches, but it was a lengthy process that resulted in big delays posting to the site. Now WNT puts up full streams of Tables 1, 2 and 3 after the matches are finished. The recordings get up quicker.

This does require a user to FF through the matches to find what they want. I actually prefer it.

Now finding theses matches? Not so easy. Bizarre, actually.

Take the US Open. The first two days of matches are not on the main page when you open up WNT.TV.

If you click on HOME, LIVE or ON DEMAND at the top of the page, you wont find the matches either.

If you scroll down the main page, you will see a "US Open Pool Championship" page. What you will see, however, is last year's matches.

BUT ... if you click the small SEE ALL link on the right side of the "US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP category, voila. Now you will see the most recent 2025 US Open matches.

Weird? Confusing? Greatly in need of improvement? You bet.

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