markjames said:

it’s one of fifty states, slow down

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I am trying to make sure Texas does its share to get pool into the Olympics. I'll be taking my time going across Texas chasing signatures. My plan is to turn in the petition on or about March 2, 2027. The Legislature will be in session and Texas will be 191 years old. Only 9 years until the 2036 Olympics and the Texas Bicentennial.

Let me know when the other 49 states decide to do something about Olympic pool. I will offer my support. Please, do something!

The call goes out to other countries as well. Do something. I know the EU was big in getting pool accepted by the IOC as a sport. Now a public outcry is needed to compel the IOC to act. Here in Texas people are saying it is about time pool becomes an Olympic event. We may be loud and we sure are proud but we are not all talk! My goal is 25,400 hard copy live signatures by March. 100 for each of our 254 counties. I am going to rack up a lot of miles driving across Texas but I expect to meet the finest people and shoot a lot of pool along the way. I am barely started but have almost 100 signatures from 7 counties. No one wants to sign a petition around here until they hear the words Olympic Pool, then they are proud to sign it.

Casting works well. Casting from the web never worked well for me.

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StrokeofLuck said:

The last few matches I've watched of his made me "re-realize" how his game is light years beyond any other American players, Fedor excluded. Superb cue ball control.

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Every part of his game seems to be strong right now - he's breaking well (and getting decent rolls), moving well, and jumping well. Feels like he hasn't missed a bank since the Reagan administration. His interview with Molina Mike & Panozzo after the Florida open was outstanding, it is clear that he was embarrassed after the Fedor match and has been determined to prove he's not a has-been. Good for him

Skyler seems to have fallen off a cliff in the last 2 years. I don't remember exact tournaments or times, but I felt like there was a 9-12 month window there where he was firmly in that 2nd tier of players (Alcaide, Shaw, etc) but it feels like he's realized how many up & coming monsters there are and lost confidence, turning his focus to being a dad.

I don't enjoy watching him play, but can't deny the form Tyler has been in. Justin has the talent but the break seems to be letting him down. I actually thought Bergman with practice would be an elite breaker of the balls with this Matchroom format, but he's struggling with it.

jbart65 said:

Scott Frost has talked repeatedly about how the tables in Phoenix play funny, unlike anyplace else. No moisture in the slick new cloth. Balls do things players don’t expect.

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I've played in Phoenix for 10 plus years, it's not just the dry tables and balls. I can't remember if I've played on brand new cloth in Phoenix or not. All the pool halls across the country tend to blend together... so maybe it's a combination of the dryness and the new cloth and balls.

Irony. Pecelj said he did not plan to attend the Arizona event originally. Sanjin talked him into it. Aleksa was going to hang out in Florida until the US Open.

Now he said he's earned enough to cover his travel expenses for the year.

Pecelj also talked a lot about how he had to improve his mental "game" to keep getting better as a player. His mindset had been holding him back, he said.

If I am Johan, I am picking Bergman as a wild card. He's giving the effort and can still beat top players.

I'd leave Woodward off unless Hohmann is overtaken on points. I would pick Sky over Hohmann if there was one wild card left, for the obvious reason.

Back ... to pool.

Aleksa Pecelj talked about pay on DogginIt. Like all pros he wishes the sport paid more. He said finishing second in Arizona basically covered his expenses for the year and and that gave him some relief.

He said he doesn't take certain shots early in tournaments to make sure he is not ousted early, thereby missing out on at least some money. I'd gather a lot of players are conservative like that. Playing safeties instead of going for it.

+1 for slowed down

it’s one of fifty states, slow down

TwistedTexasStyle said:

Yep. The US Open came to Texas for a reason

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to play texas one shots

Multiview is listed as a feature for events that broadcast multiple tables. Obviously Phoenix is not one of them. Just the main TV table.

In a break from the past, the TV table for Phoenix is in the archive. I hope that is done for any WNT affiliated, but not WNT produced, event.

It has a cast feature. Simple interface. No multiview for now.

I sense you are not young when it comes to pool. I am basing that on you used a term that most players did back in the day referring to Dan Janes as Joss East. And as you know, there was never a cue maker using the name Joss East.

However, when Bill Stroud and Dan Janes parted ways, Bill wanted to preserve his association with Joss Cues and so
he asked Dan if he could refer to his cue making business as Joss West. Dan & Bill were pals so Dan said it was fine.

So that is how Joss West got started but Dan never changed his business name to Joss East because Bill started Joss
West. It started as Joss Cues & has remained that way but players would refer to Bill & Dan as Joss West & Joss East.

Joss East was just a nickname reference because pool players are dumb critters. If there was a cue maker that worked at Joss and he strarted his own business called Joss West, well, then in their way of thinking, the other Joss must be Joss East since Colorado and Maryland were western and eastern states. It made sense but it was just a fabrication.

sweet. youtube ads is challenging my patience. can it cast?

Just took a quick spin. Much better than web viewing, especially FF and RW.

Android version too.