SBC said:

Not on new cloth....it won't be easy.

The pro shot it just cut the 8 in, high center cueball and go 3 or 4 rails around the table, above the 9. Send it middle of every rail. Zero chance of a scratch, skid or anything. Huge area to be good on that 9.

Or you could just flick at it with low outside, decelerate and look like Tyler...blowing it again.

He better not be playing next year.

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Tyler has been the second best player on team USA for the past several years now? At least that’s what JJ said on commentary yesterday. I think I have to agree with him.

He is having a bad Cup. But I feel like you’ve always had an axe to grind with him.

Scrunge19 said:

I’d be pissed if I paid all that money to go over there and then they cut the session short.

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I'd be pissed if I spent $10.
Just wait an hour and it's on you tube.

MitchAlsup said:

When I was growing up (50s and 60s):
a) an auto mechanic could buy a house and support 4 children without his wife having to work.
b) a post office worker could afford a home, raise a family, and retire ...
c) a truck driver could afford a home, ...
d) a school teacher could ...
e) the CEO earned less than 100× that of the lowest payed worker ...

The thing is:: these are no longer possible--and that is the problem!

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Silliness

None of which are the equivalent of youngsters paying thousands of dollars for a freaking custom pool cue.

And FWIW, mothers were cooking from scratch, a dinner out was for special occasions only, the family had one car, there might have been one small tv, or not, vacations were a family trip to see the largest ball of twine, the kids didn't have $1,000 cell phones, etc...

loggerhead12 said:

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Thank you, but do you have a link to that? I have also seen a page with similar, "Any balls pocketed prior to the foul being called will be marked as “dead balls.” However, that sentence is in the middle of a paragraph describing hitting the wrong ball, with more about it needing to be called, but the shooter can essentially course-correct, if not stopped. https://inplaymagazine.com/apa-nine-ball-rules/

David in FL said:

Sorry, but that's silly.

Just because young people without a great deal of accumulated wealth can't afford ultra luxuries doesn't mean they need to be paid more in their relatively entry level jobs...

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When I was growing up (50s and 60s):
a) an auto mechanic could buy a house and support 4 children without his wife having to work.
b) a post office worker could afford a home, raise a family, and retire ...
c) a truck driver could afford a home, ...
d) a school teacher could ...
e) the CEO earned less than 100× that of the lowest payed worker ...

The thing is:: these are no longer possible--and that is the problem!

middleofnowhere said:

Watch some of it on YouTube and I had to turn it off it was unwatchable. I can't stand the way the audience acts and I can't stand the way the players act. Maybe there's a market for that maybe that's what people enjoy but not me.
I think it perverts the sport.

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It's gotten rowdier and more like a zoo, I am not a fan of it either. Best watched on mute LOL
It's like a parody of Basketball or College Football now more than a cue sport.

madmartigan said:

I don’t really mind the shot on the 8 ball; with the slick cloth I think I prefer swinging it around 2 rails the way he attempted. I wonder if he was scared of the scratch in the side so he just played it too soft. That or it kind of looked he just drew it too much so it came into the short rail too shallow. Either way, massive blunder.

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See my post... just send it natural 3 or 4 rails. No scratches possible.

puma122 said:

I'm not a world beater, but I play high ball a touch of inside on that 8...

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Not on new cloth....it won't be easy.

The pro shot is just cut the 8 in, high center cueball and go 3 or 4 rails around the table, above the 9. Send it middle of every rail. Zero chance of a scratch, skid or anything. Huge area to be good on that 9.

Or you could just flick at it with low outside, decelerate and look like Tyler...blowing it again.

He better not be playing next year.

A foul is a foul, scratch or otherwise. That is the factor if marking a dead ball.

The cues people aspire to own now are Predator and Cuetec. Those are by far the most common cues and shafts I see people use, and there is really not much research past those two done for what else is out there. Probably due to how easy it is to do web searches and see ads online now. Years ago, you went by word of mouth, friends, TV or AccuStats videos, so you ended up hearing of many more makers. Custom cue makers don't have ads on YouTube or TikTok.