jeephawk said:

Enjoy! Only about 30 minutes to Brentwood in Essex from London by train, but the station is near the White Tower which may or may not be an area you want to stay - might be a taxi or underground run to the train station from the west side somewhere to catch the train? Or would you base in Brentwood? We've loved our visits to London the past two years.

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Thanks for the tips. My inclination would be to stay in London and commute daily to Brentwood. When I go to London, it is nearly always for 10-14 days, so London would be my home base.

Do you know the name of the venue in which the tournament will be played?

Obviously not a foul. Both Jayson and the ref need to brush up on the rules. Sad to see a player bullying a referee to change a call that was correct in the first place and succeeding. Meanwhile, at the Hanoi Open, when Capito committed a super-obvious foul late in the quarterfinal of the Hanoi Open, Lechner remained seated while he expressed disagreement. In one of the more bizarre refereeing incidents I have ever witnessed, the non-call of a super-obvious foul was upheld AFTER a replay that made the foul indisputable.

At the Philippines Open in Manilla, a correct call was overturned in favor of a bad one. Incredibly, in Hanoi, a pathetic call was upheld, even after replay exposed just how bad the call was. Referees routinely tolerated doctoring of the cueball in the World 9ball.

It was a bad year all around for the referees at the Matchroom majors. To their credit, however, they were outstanding at the just-completed Mosconi Cup, and I hope it is a sign of good things to come in 2026.

Island Drive said:

Did the ref go see a replay of the shot?
That miscue shot was a legal miscue ''all day

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That was my first thought. On further review, perhaps the replay showed that the second contact was with the ferrule rather than the leather. A misscue with double tip contact would not be a foul but contact with the ferrule would make it a foul. Just my best guess.

sjm said:

In case this was not mentioned on the stream, some pleasing scheduling news came out during the Mosconi.

The UK Open, the exceptional WNT major, has moved much closer to London. I attended the first two UK Opens which were in London, and the combination of a Matchroom major and spending time in London, one of the world's most exciting cities, was hard to pass up. Unfortunately, the event moved to Telford, England. about 150 miles from London, spelling the end of my attendance. This year, it has been moved to Brentwood, home of Matchroom's offices, located in Essex just 30 miles from London.

Now, I will make every possible effort to attend this year's UK Open. Thanks, Matchroom.

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Enjoy! Only about 30 minutes to Brentwood in Essex from London by train, but the station is near the White Tower which may or may not be an area you want to stay - might be a taxi or underground run to the train station from the west side somewhere to catch the train? Or would you base in Brentwood? We've loved our visits to London the past two years.

mikemosconi said:

Well I did not think that ivory on a 1920s cue would be banned- is there not a pre- ban period for items- or, in certain states, is any ivory considered banned from commerce?

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I believe there are Six States where it is completely verboten, no sale, no transfer, no antique exceptions.

If you die your heirs can only surrender it to state fish and wildlife or feds.

HawaiianEye said:

I guess I was looking at the shafts where you have a choice of joints.

I figured they would have came out with butts with different joints by now.

I have the original butt with the Titanium B-Loc joint.

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Just an FYI for anyone else, the B-Loc is now stainless steel - nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's interesting they were first made of titanium. I assume without knowing it became stainless steel to keep costs down but that's a wild guess only.

alphadog said:

Can't possibly deduce that from your thread title.

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LOL, not my thread title! Quit changing the subject!

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its a shoe in for the shot to be a foul....

KenneyTran said:

I have a two Tascarella 60’.
It won’t be cheap.
Let me know.

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That one is out of my budget. Thanks though.

SSP said:

I have a Becue Natural Born Naked cue with extensions $600

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I appreciate it, but I'm going to pass. Thanks anyway

SSP said:

The eight ball doesn't know it's the eight ball,

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There was a time when I was missing 8 balls, yet I wasn't feeling pressure. Shrug .
My review and analysis of what was different about the game ball that I had missed, led me to an answer. Since it was the last ball, I was not planning whitey's final resting spot to the same level as all the other shots. Even when a scratch wasn't probable, I needed to plan the cueball path and resting point to the same level as all the other shots. It helped me.

I've played with a couple of different CF shafts and settled on the Becue a couple of years ago - by far my favorite - I use a Kamui soft on it as well and this will prob be the combo I use until I stop playing - been very pleased with it. (Still miss way more than I should - but that's the archer, not the bow!).

skogstokig said:

shane has that rasson table at home, it's been his sponsor for many years. the rest have all played on rassons too. fedor won the WC on a rasson. it wasn't the table.. they made poor decisions, played poor positions and dogged it under pressure

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Don't disagree at all - agree with everything you said - I guess my point was more along the lines of we need to take our preparation for the event (in general) much more seriously rather than have the US team show up and pick up what looks like a participation trophy most years. It's a little disheartening getting crushed consistently.

Only if it has a uni loc joint could it be a predator haha

straightline said:

It's a whooshoern. 7 or 8 hundred if predator made one.

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Hey...maybe the Predator extension will interchange.

j2pac said:

I don't see any sign of chalk use. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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It was just refinished... apologize!

TheGrandWazoo said:

I should have made some pun about shoe horning the rules or something…

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I use it to get out of tight spots...... but thanks for staying on track here.