spartan said:

Would rather watch Turturro play a gigolo with Woody Allen as his manager


I doubt so. Few of top UK 8 ball players did quite well playing in UP USA. If prizemoney were few times more like WNT or Predator or Heyball, planeloads of top UK 8 ballers (who are paid peanuts playing UK 8 ball) will swarm UP USA. Oh and the 800+ WNT/Predator WPA Euros will also do very well

Two words: Johan R

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Benelli said:

He absolutely used diamonds and notched diamonds; they were not common and only in his fanciest cues, but he definitely used them.

Just very, very sparingly, probably due to how difficult it was to incorporate into the cue.

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Bob Jewett said:

When a big, drunk guy says you didn't call the pocket, a marker is harder to deny. Think of the environment.

I think the APA should follow heyball -- all slop counts, even the 8 ball.

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sneakynito said:

Well as an American my takeaway is that we are ahead of the curve.
Normal distributions are for pussies.

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Benelli said:

Damn Europeans....

Find a room run by, and for, Americans!

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mikepage said:

Below is about what FargoRate predicts in terms of scores (heights are percentages). While 11-8 or so is the most likely score, it still has only about 10% chance of being realized.

So more likely Europe wins 11 to 4-or-fewer than Europe wins 11-8
More likely USA wins than Europe wins 11-to-7, 8, or 9

Another thing worth considering is these probabilities treat the games as statistically independent. That generally seems to be a pretty good assumption, but Mosconi Cup is as far from generally as we get...



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