l've heard (not seen) it used as a 9 ball spot; weak player keeps shooting if they move the 9.
Is that stronger or weaker than "win if you make the 9 hit the bottom rail"?

jbart65 said:

I researched Chang last year after he got to the semifinals of the Florida Open. Who the hell is this guy, I thought.

Not much public info is available on him. He’s 45 now. Briefly was ranked the No. 1 player in the world about 10 years ago by the WPA. Won the World Cup of Pool with Ko Pin Yi around the same time, you probably recall.

He disappeared from the international scene when the pandemic broke out, and only stated hitting up events again in 2024-25.

I’ve seen him play 8-10 matches since then. Jumps out to me for his very aggressive play compared to most Taiwanese and Asian players. He’s like Chua in that regard, but sometimes he’s more reckless.

Always looks confident and expects to win. Uses every inch of the cue ball and is not afraid of extreme spin and other shots. He is good at the defensive side of the ball too.

He’s a momentum player, though, and is less adept at grinding out wins than the very best players. When his game is a touch off, he’s very beatable. While making a lot of deep runs the past few years, he has not seemed capable of going the distance.

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Thanks for that.

At the 2019 US Open 9ball, we got what I believe was the most memorable final of that event I've been present for when the still emerging Josh Filler met Wu Jiaqing, who is among the best that ever played the game. What few will remember is that Wu had to rally from behind against YL Chang in the semis in that event. The pandemic came about six months later, so I guess that's why YL Chang dropped off my radar. Glad he's back, for he is a player worth watching.

What is frustrating about so many smaller WNT events is the lack of publicly available information on prize-fund breakdowns and thus point distributions for Mosconi/Reyes/WPM points. All we know about the Phoenix Open is the winner gets $20,000.

Matchroom has to do a better job on this.

I’d guess the runner up gets $8,000 to $10,000 and the semifinals $5,000 and the quarterfinalists $3,000.

In any case, every Phoenix quarterfinalist is in the hunt for points except Chang Lu Yung (barring top finishes in both Phoenix and the U.S. Open).

Pecelj and Labutis are longshots for the three automatic Mosconi spots even if they win the Phoenix Open. They need a quarterfinals or better result in Frisco or a high finish in the Philippines Open, the cutoff date.

Filler is first and Szolnoki third in Mosconi points. They will solidify their spots with another win or two.


Styer could overtake Hohmann for second place on points if he got to the finals. Looks like Hohmann is going to get an auto bid, though

Biado probably has taken a small lead as the top Filipino player, which is exactly what Matchroom wants. Yapp is all but assured now to be the top Asian player.

The cutoff date for the Reyes is the U.S. open. The winner could immediately jump to first for qualifying in any of the three Matchroom invitationals.

Bump for a great Whitten

Cue trades possible plus cash or full trade etc just pm me

Bump

jay helfert said:

Start time?

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Jay, Qtr Finals are scheduled for 1 PM Saturday, Semi's 4 PM the Final is at 8 PM. I believe all of these matches will have a time clock thus should be timely.

For sure, they treated you bad
I’ll be there about 2 PM today
Nice set up

TwistedTexasStyle said:

People are always happy when they beat me and not too sad when they don't. I guess that says something. I just sold my 9' OlHausen to make room for a 9' National and an 8' 3c table by Frederick Ice Box Mfg. - both circa. 1900. As a barroom banger I did not do a lot of the beer buying. Strangely enough, my game has improved since I started playing Texas One Shot. It freed my mind from focusing on making balls which allowed me to see defense better. The game requires controlling 3 balls almost evert shot and hitting a single 2 1/4" target that moves aroung instead of one of six 4-5" targets coonveniently spaced. Plus its fun!

Yep, I was never a pro!

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Given the last sentence, why don’t you get on your billiard table and learn the series games. I wish I had learned the free game and one cushion. Those games may not be popular but they’ve lasted. Your game won’t ever get going enough to say it stood the test of time. Sorry.

jbart65 said:

I researched Chang last year after he got to the semifinals of the Florida Open. Who the hell is this guy, I thought.

Not much public info is available on him. He’s 45 now. Briefly was ranked the No. 1 player in the world about 10 years ago by the WPA. Won the World Cup of Pool with Ko Pin Yi around the same time, you probably recall.

He disappeared from the international scene when the pandemic broke out, and only stated hitting up events again in 2024-25.

I’ve seen him play 8-10 matches since then. Jumps out to me for his very aggressive play compared to most Taiwanese and Asian players. He’s like Chua in that regard, but sometimes he’s more reckless.

Always looks confident and expects to win. Uses every inch of the cue ball and is not afraid of extreme spin and other shots. He is good at the defensive side of the ball too.

He’s a momentum player, though, and is less adept at grinding out wins than the very best players. When his game is a touch off, he’s very beatable. While making a lot of deep runs the past few years, he has not seemed capable of going the distance.

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One thing Chang seems particularly good at is making very thin cuts and getting good position

Ken_4fun said:

Very classy......My kind of cue.

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Ditto. Classic perfection.

mikemosconi said:

I see that you just went ahead and posted this on e bay for $10,000 or make offer- why ask us all here if you are going to do something like that?
Where did you get that $10,000 number from? You are paying e bay 13% to sell it.

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You gave him the skinny.

He will never get 10K.......

Miniature bowls is great fun on a billiard table.

Find yourself a little stimpmeter ramp, Mr M.

Devildocplays said:

Need some help with possible identification. This is a vintage cue I bought from Japan. It's not a KaoKao, Mali or Adam. Does anyone know who the maker could be? Richard Black thought it could have been his at first but it's not his either.

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pretty sure "Asian Import Cue"
typically decent cue build and solid playability- ferrules and tips are sometimes questionable material and quality though
probably on ebay about $$ 100.00

I posted about the app a few days ago.