It's almost midnight over there, no surprise that the crowd is starting to flag.

trob said:

You’re comparing a $30 piece of chalk that lasts me a year and a half to a $500 rack that something that cost $10 can do just as well? That’s a stretch lol

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That $500 rack will last a lifetime, the $30 chalk will need to be replaced many times. 15 cubes would cost almost as much as that 1 rack.

Kris_b1104 said:

They respect Shane too much to shark him on the 9. Plus, he hasn't been dogging any 9 balls. They know his resume and pedigree. Tyler on the other hand, it's open season.

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That and he has his hearing aides off.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

I don't own a jump cue so I'm completely ignorant about how difficult jump shots are. David Alcaide jumping over the ball he's snookered behind only for it to bounce over the object ball, would you consider that a mistake by the player or is it just unlucky?

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A mistake of sorts....based upon how far out he wanted to shoot the cueball.

Get a dedicated jump cue like a predator air or others....you will be jumping in 5 minutes.

skogstokig said:

could've played the tickle. too thick

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puma122 said:

Plain and simple, not what you want to hear from your captain.

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Seems to
Me they all came into this very low energy No real team vibe. And it shows by the play, seems to be no sense of urgency. As far as the event it is an exhibition, a Festival more than a tournament, but the fun is rooting for your team … Go USA … but maybe next year we can bring in Savanna Easton..

uk_9_ball_convert said:

the UK commentator said he spoke to Moritz about it, and apparently he does it as part of his pre-shot routine once he's sure of the shot he wants to play. Thinks it helps him focus

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Yeah....but it's mental. Another 5 years he will be picking invisible lint off the table like Archer.

skogstokig said:

it's not. in 99% of pro pool events the audience consists of two dozen guys doing golf applauses. and the players are polite. this event is "let's be tribal for 4 days" but it's definitely not setting a norm

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Oddly enough one of the matches came up cuz I was going through youtube. At the end of the match at 4 4 the american player shot the eight and got good position on the nine which was almost in front of the hole. The crowd started screaming like crazy and sure enough he missed it. An almost unmissable shot he missed. I got to assume it was due to what was going on in the room and him not getting off the ball and waiting for it to calm down. The crowd actually made him Miss.