skogstokig said:

yea that was a nice bank

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Just the comedy of 2 flukes, an excellent bank, then dawg the 9. Pure cinema.

I said earlier that races to five are not actually a crapshoot. Team USA just showed why.

Styer messes up easy position on what should have been a fatal Alcaide miss. US goes down 3-1 instead of the score being 2-2.

Then Billy misses an easy 9 ball and Pijus pockets a table-length bank. Score becomes 4-1. No margin for error, then, when Gorst scratches on the break.

Shane also lost a winnable match vs Moritz.

The two rooks are plenty confident now.

How can we make this more enjoyable for Shane

Wst.tv is at it again with incredible camera work and best possible analysis and comments by the best.
Judd Trump is playing Si Jiahu and the coverage is awesome.
One camera shot close up on the white shows the reflection. Aiming for something I see in that reflection is a personal method.
I suspect Judd has modified since discussion with Stephen Hendry regarding which ball last.

SA96 said:

I think Kristina Tkach is here.

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Rooting for which team

Is it too early to call this a must win?

smoochie said:

and now I am watching it free on youtube, even tho I paid $5 to watch on wnt, thanks wnttv for being dumbasses as per usual.

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Won’t be for long, lol.

Didn’t look like what you paid for included Mosconi so don’t think it was a “scam” but no doubt you’ll find something - enjoy.

Kris_b1104 said:

Appleton said he would be there for day 1 and day 2 but I don't see him anywhere in the crowd.

You guys spot any pool players in the crowd?

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I think Kristina Tkach is here.

garczar said:

If your goal is going to always be to spend the least amount of money you're missing out on how the good stuff plays. I had a Crical and FOR THE MONEY it played fine but i'm under zero illusion that it compares to mid/hi end cues. BTW, what is the 4th cue, you never said.

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I understand the point that you are trying to raise. while there is truth to the difference of an affordable cue to something along a midrange or highend cue for that matter as far as quality and performance go and I'm not debating that. I'm just saying that given the state of the cue business now where it is being outsourced and produced in multiple kinds and quality and confusing price range, it seems to become more of a game of russian roulette as far as someone like me with limited budget as of the moment goes. you either get a good cue or a bad one. mind you that I tried some midrange cue like a Cuetec or McD in the past long before CF shafts were a thing. there was a time that I did consider having a custom cue from a maker and was a member here that is now long dead. I don't know how his cues performance though but the aesthetics were nice from what I saw. the closest thing I had to getting a midrange was getting something with a Z2 or Z3 shaft and an OB1 cue. what else, an EBR a long time ago. also, if I get the chance to find a higher end cue that is within my budget, I'm not dismissing that I wouldn't get it.

MattPoland said:

We did that on purpose. Europe needs one on the wire. The cup starts now.

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Yep, just need them overconfident and it's curtains!

SA96 said:

Every single year.

The worst luck ever.

Team USA is like the Buffalo Bills of the 1990s.

We need SVB and Fedor to win game 2.

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I think you missed the couple of flukes Billy had....lol

datnodude said:

He doesn't travel?

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And why?

SBC said:

Does everyone realize Bergman is a non factor and why?

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He doesn't travel?

We did that on purpose. Europe needs one on the wire. The cup starts now.

garczar said:

I'm REALLY surprised you haven't ordered on of those new Pred tables. Seems such a no-brainer considering your addiction.

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True that!

But what I said is true, not subjective like my disdain for the diamond pin-ball bounce. The 7’ shelf is shallower than the 9’ shelf.

SA96 said:

Bergman in for Thorpe would make this event 50/50.

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Does everyone realize Bergman is a non factor and why?

couldnthinkof01 said:

I've already got my money's worth

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Yeah, I wish this game was at the point where it was broadcast for "free" on a mainstream network, but we are far from that and 10 bucks is nothing to support the game we love.

Tyler might hate this more than Shane.

sudocrushms said:

Hey at least Billy is entertaining. That was hilarious.

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yea that was a nice bank

I've already got my money's worth

rexus31 said:

I don't think your Clean Gleam will ever spiral the balls. All surfaces get cleaned by contacting the rollers and the individual walls of the ball slots.

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This is not correct. The balls are rotating, just very slowly compared to how fast they're spinning. If you watch for 60-90 seconds you'll see they've rotated.

SA96 said:

Every single year.

The worst luck ever.

Team USA is like the Buffalo Bills of the 1990s.

We need SVB and Fedor to win game 2.

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I missed the first two games...but not sure I'd call this bad luck thus far...

SA96 said:

Every single year.

The worst luck ever.

Team USA is like the Buffalo Bills of the 1990s.

We need SVB and Fedor to win game 2.

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That’s not luck. Tyler and Billy dogged it Europe doesnt. Nothing unlucky about it

Here we go again!