Lowell said:

The sets seem to go by fast in 9 ball though, best of 3 in that format can be a bit unforgiving

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GideonF said:

My own preferences are the opposite of yours here.

The biggest events with the most prize money should have the longest races. World 9b used to be race to 17. Wu and Alex (just to pick two that spring to mind) both would have lost if you’d stopped the match earlier - ignoring whether the opponent might have tightened up earlier. As the players get better and we see more packages, I like giving longer for the players to fade a few ups and downs.

So for me, I like stepping up the races as we get to the last stages of the major events. 9 for preliminary rounds, 10 for knockout rounds, 11 for 1/4 finals, 13 for semis and 15 for finals would be great from my perspective, but I can live with race to 13 for a major final.

I don’t like sets, with a shootout, especially for a world championship. But if you’re going to do them, 2 out of 3 is way too short for a world championship, IMO. 3 out of 5 is long (especially with breaks between each set) but I don’t have a better option if you’re going to do sets. Actually, I guess you could keep it 2 of 3 sets but make each set longer - like going to 6 each set, but I suspect that would be more confusing to spectators than just extending the number of sets.

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Chopdoc said:

We cure over 55% of cancers today and more every year.

If you create a cure, people still get cancer to cure. Plenty of money in cures.

You are spreading lies and definitelynot pool related. Maybe best if the thread gets moved to NPR.

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Tobermory said:

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For another thirty or forty years I would bump into my acquaintance, and never once did he ever mention that we had made several wagers in Chicago, and how did that come out? I don’t think he even watched any of our matches after Lassiter lapped the field. Never a word about any transactions we may have made in The Windy City, and we must have seen one another sixty or seventy times. I never raised the matter. I wanted to see how long he could maintain his guilty silence. ...

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couldnthinkof01 said:

Report them to the better billiards bureau

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skor said:

Same here.
I’ve been playing in an 8ball league at this pretty big pool hall that is far from perfect conditions but was tolerable for a while, last 6 months they really let the place go.
I decided to quit the league and stop going there.
Businesses should respect their patrons a bit more to take my money.

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