Thoughts ... Russian Kenny is out of prision

Nobody runs a better Calcutta than Kenny. He's always on stage.
Hate Calcuttas myself. They draw the tournament out longer. Rather just have a pot.
I have always hated calcuttas for the most part.

It affords someone who is not playing, the opportunity to affect the outcome of a tournament.

Nothing like having the top calcutta pick on the ropes and having all hell break loose on the sidelines with the sharking/arguments tying to give their horse an edge to get back in the match.

Or being a top pick and having the guy who bought you sweat your every move, having a heart attack on each and every shot where you have to tell them to stop riding you so hard, that you would rather threaten them with losing just to get them off your back. Where you'd gladly go home at that point, after having told them to f*ck off.

Been there, done that.

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Thoughts ... Russian Kenny is out of prision

Kenny runs a great calcutta. No question about that.
He's got all his guys positioned in the crowd to bump everyone up in price without them actually buying anyone.

Problem is, if the TD wants to do the calcutta themselves, or have someone else do it and it is known ahead of time, Kenny starts to knock the tournament.

The guy hasn't been banned from basically every pool room in the area at some point in time because he's just such a stand-up guy.😂

Nobody runs a better Calcutta than Kenny. He's always on stage.
Hate Calcuttas myself. They draw the tournament out longer. Rather just have a pot.

Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

And what high-end pool cues have you owned that allowed you to build this informed opinion.

Because your hot take does not align with my lived experience....

And clearly you don't know shit about
There are 2 kinds of truth in the world, object truth and subject truth, objective truth is 1+1=2, it cannot be debated, it is truth that can be clearly demonstrated, subject truth is (insert custom cue maker here) builds the best cue, that is an opinion, it may be a well built, straight as an arrow cue that I don't like the hit, doesn't make it a bad cue, just not the right cue for me, it could be too ornate for me, is that wrong? Nope, just not for me, with millions of people playing pool with hundreds of thousands body types and as many opinions it's no wonder there are so many different opinions on what cue "hits a ton", same goes for shafts, cue tips, ect., you will know when the cue in your hands makes YOU feel like it's the best cue you have ever owned, that is the cue for you, in the end that's all that really matters....

Thoughts ... Russian Kenny is out of prision

I have not seen Kenny run a Calcutta but I have watched 3 from Ray Hanson. Ray does a bang up job and really knows how to run it.
Kenny runs a great calcutta. No question about that.
He's got all his guys positioned in the crowd to bump everyone up in price without them actually buying anyone.

Problem is, if the TD wants to do the calcutta themselves, or have someone else do it and it is known ahead of time, Kenny starts to knock the tournament.

The guy hasn't been banned from basically every pool room in the area at some point in time because he's just such a stand-up guy.😂

Thoughts ... Russian Kenny is out of prision

I've played Kenny a couple times in Tournaments, once in a finals match.
I came up through the one loss side.
I lost 7-3, nine ball.
Nobody runs a Calcutta like Kenny.
He has always been completely respectful with me.
He's a very focused person and trust me, he's very smart.
He's made bad choices.
Hopefully he turns it around.
I have not seen Kenny run a Calcutta but I have watched 3 from Ray Hanson. Ray does a bang up job and really knows how to run it.

Bergman will play WNT events in 2026

This is great news. I always liked both Justin and his 9ball game. Still, despite Scott's suggestion, I highly doubt he'll do everything he can to qualify, as that would mean, at very least, playing in all the WNT majors.

It's hard to imagine the travel-phobic Justin going to the WNT majors in Asia (World 9ball, Hanoi Open and Philippines Open), but even if Justin plays only the Florida Open, US Open, UK Open and European Open, he will have ample opportunity to prove himself worthy of a Mosconi pick. Of course, barring a couple of top three finishes, such participation probably wouldn't be enough to gain one of the three automatic qualifying spots, so he'd likely need to rely on becoming a wildcard pick.

Of course, the burning questions are a) does he play 9ball as well as he did in 2013-19? b) how much will the lack of world class competition in recent years hold him back? and c) can he learn the WNT break?

There's no doubt in my mind that if he can reproduce his form of 2013-2019, he can shine in WNT play. His biggest weakness back then was his break, but he ran the table quite well. His defense and kicking were superb, and those skills are now more important than they ever have been in WNT play.

The Derby City 9ball, a WNT rankings event, would be a nice place for him to start. Wishing him the best of luck.
He hates airplanes so this will be a challenge.

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