garczar said:

You think he can beat Yapp? Yapp looks WAY more buttoned down/consistent to me.

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Yapp is unbelievable. Getting better too.

BobPA said:

Why are you making this about your opinions? I merely posted an example of why I would not pull the trigger on a relatively unknown, expensive cue. It as nothing to do with YOUR purchasing habits. Some people care about resale, others do not......So what?

Predator, Schon, J Flowers, Cuetec, Meucci all make for easy and quick sales in the used market. Predators and Schons hold their value quite well.

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You posted what if it is a "bad playing" cue, that is an opinion, you should spend your money on what you think is best for you, if I didn't love my Becue I would sell it at a loss and move on, I posted the pictures of my David Tice custom cue so you would know it's not about the money, that cue was far more expensive, there are many great playing cues out there, I owned a Predator cue, it played very well, no cue I have ever owned has played as consistently as my Becues, cue to cue and shaft to shaft, the sound of my Becue is a lot like the sound of my David Tice cue, if you don't like that sound you shouldn't buy one, it's just not the cue for you, good luck in finding one that is perfect for you

Vinyl covered plywood and some rubber bumpers. Total cost for a rack, probably $25.
CNC machines and lasers don't cost what they used to do, so even factoring in equipment, time, web site hosting and so on $500 is just wild.

SA96 said:

Sad to see so many Americans writing off this team.

It's only day 1 and things can only get better.

I have tickets for day 2, 3 and 4, because I believe in Team USA.

Skyler looked very upset at the end of day 1, so he will come out firing today.

My prediction for day 2 is 4-1 to USA.

So Europe 5-4 after day 2.

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Sky will likely be hungover today. lol

uk_9_ball_convert said:

Normally in pool leagues I've played in everyone picked their best players first to try to get momentum. But I've played in teams with a few captains who when they knew we were playing a better team would play the weakest players first. Yeah you have to come from behind, but you are giving your better players matches they are more likely to win and the weaker players were probably going to lose anyhow.

If I was in charge of Team USA I would have put Tyler and Billy on first. I think Gorst and SVB would have been favourites to beat Mouritz and Lubitis and you'd at least have 1 point. Team Europe was meant to be hampered by having 2 rookies and nobody would know how they'd deal with the atmosphere. You basically gave them a confidence boost the first day putting Tyler out against them

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Mouritz and Lubitis are machines. They played stronger than anybody yesterday except possibly Shaw.

nmh2008 said:

This is gonna be fake news. Are we to believe that Matchroom, who desperately wants/needs the USA to be competitive, is actively giving Team Europe an advantage like that?

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I have no idea what the specific arrangements were or whether MR provided support.

What I do know is that I was at the International Open a couple of weeks ago and the word was that the Europeans where not in attendance because they had decided to stay close (Scotland?) and prepare as a team in the days leading up to the MC. I think the US players were at various events, or none at all, like the Ultimate and the International.

If any of that is true I have no idea what kind of equipment the Europeans were practicing on... but I kinda doubt it was a GC3 with 5" pockets.

Lou Figueroa
just sayin'

Well It's the same for every player, so that's a moot point

Bob Jewett said:

While it's the same table for both players, the players have different experiences and those who have been on a lot of new cloth will have an advantage. A mid-level player only gets to play on new cloth once every year or two when his home room finally changes it. That puts him at an additional disadvantage when he tries to play in a major event against players who play important matches on slick equipment multiple times per year.

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I get that Bob, but we are talking Mosconi cup level players here. These are supposed to be some of the best players in the world. These players play under all kinds of conditions with all kinds of equipment, some of the skill for a pro is to quickly be able to adapt to new circumstances.
I think the notion of 100% identical conditions in any sport is unobtainable, there will always be variations and in that respect a sport like pool is a much more controlled enviroment than say golf, ski jumping, or any sport that takes place outside for that matter

DrCue'sProtege said:

After reading some of the above posts I am more and more convinced that those Pocket Reducers are one of, it not the best, training aids out there.

Pardon Our Interruption...

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I think so.

SA96 said:

Tomorrow is the biggest day of SVB and Gorst's entire lives.

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Why? They getting married?

I have to think after day 1 Willie Mosconi is rolling in his grave right now. Something needs to change.

SA96 said:

Sad to see so many Americans writing off this team.

It's only day 1 and things can only get better.

I have tickets for day 2, 3 and 4, because I believe in Team USA.

Skyler looked very upset at the end of day 1, so he will come out firing today.

My prediction for day 2 is 4-1 to USA.

So Europe 5-4 after day 2.

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i'm backing your bets bro

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these were funny as hell, keep em coming

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Island Drive said:

When he rolls he's got the chops.... Yapps on the cusp for now, if E. Kaci didn't have that downturn his game was rotation at it's best. Big guy, big swing, big break.

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i've watched FSR since he was a junior and it has always been about the twitch with him. in periods when he controls his upper body and follow through, he's a top 5 player. when he doesn't, it can be real bad. FSR won a predator event earlier this week and looked real good, twitch under control

jay helfert said:

You lose then by not reading further.

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oh man where do I begin, I also think most of that you wrote is delusional to the next level! but I do understand it though, because pool is your life, your sport, you grew up between pool players, so logically what you said made sense inside of your head which is fine.

but man the third paragraph is obviously biased, pool is a spectator game? haha, bro I could let my wife watch chickens fight game rather than let her sit watch a whole game of pool, she just wouldn't do it, she constantly reminds me that pool is really boring to watch, she likes to watch snooker though. I know for fact that pool isn't a spectator game not only non-pool players dont want to watch pool and get bored by it, also pool players in the hall don't want to watch pool.

One time I was at the pool hall, lot of gangs there were playing "Hall regulars" some bangers and some good players, we had a big tv in the pool room and I happen to have access to the live PPV during the US Open, at the time the tournament was almost over, if I remember correctly the match streamed was semi-finals or something and I was begging for the guys to come watch, imagine they didn't want to...they rather play than watch pro players play pool, they get bored according to them if they sit and watch.

So not only non-pool players want to watch pool cause it bores them, also pool players don't want to watch pool...there are however the small minority who still wants to watch sometimes, but not any match though.

So no, pool isn't good for viewership nor spectatorship. I am sorry, I disagree with you on that based on experience from family/friends, and even pool players.

Black-Balled said:

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I think I will stick with Suicidal Tendencies version. They are way under rated. Not for everybody.

SA96 said:

Sad to see so many Americans writing off this team.

It's only day 1 and things can only get better.

I have tickets for day 2, 3 and 4, because I believe in Team USA.

Skyler looked very upset at the end of day 1, so he will come out firing today.

My prediction for day 2 is 4-1 to USA.

So Europe 5-4 after day 2.

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Stranger things have happened... I like the optimism