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Why You Choke Easy Shots Under Pressure

gregcantrall
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. 🤷‍♂️
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

HouTexPlayer
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.
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Custom Cue with Ivory

mikemosconi
Bavafongoul said:
The thing to remember is you and the seller of the Brunswick cue must reside in states with no ivory ban.
You can’t trade in ivory period when the seller or buyer reside in a state with any ivory ban, even as barter.
But you can go the route that so many do and play catch me if you can. That’s entirely up to you what to do.
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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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SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

sjm
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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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

S
HouTexPlayer said:
Europe played better on tougher equipment - it's not rocket science. Get the team together a couple of weeks in advance on the same type/style of table that they're going to be playing on and practice. Learn each others tendencies and how each person likes to play position and why, communicate, have meals together, bond, build an actual "team" but most of all practice and adjust to the table and the conditions. Every one on our team this year is capable of beating anyone on the Europe team in a short race - they just weren't prepared and couldn't fade the table and the conditions.

BTW, I said short race - I 100% acknowledge that with the exception of SVB and Fedor, we don't win any longer races - but this format gives us a shot if we're ready to do the work beforehand.
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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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Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

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krelldog said:
I'm shocked that Guama didn't insist on some type of spot. In a race to 50 on that table ...Guama has no path to victory.

I think Oscar would paddle a canoe to Australia to get this game.
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that's what i thought too. guama usually wants back pocket rules, that may have evened it up. regular rules, even on that gaffy 1p table, he's no match for oscar. tightened tables in california are called dominguez-ed for a reason lol
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Planning My Gold Crown VII Purchase

Bob Jewett
Rack’em said:
Is Brunswick still part of the billiard community? I get that they make tables, but you just don’t hear anything about them anymore. I don’t see them sponsoring any pool events or pool players like they used to. I don’t see any of their tables in any pools rooms other than older ones from decades ago.
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Did you follow the story of them being sold off to a private equity firm and later being sold to Escalade? I think the current owners see the value of advertising.
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