SA96 said:

So Shaw missed an easy 9 at 9-9 and he used his cue to fling a ball off the table.

I get the frustration but that could have hurt somebody.

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In the universe with proper skilled referees such actions are never left without consequences for the player in question. Matchroom's??? Well, you see that yourselves.

SA96 said:

The 3 automatic picks for Mosconi could be Thorsten, Lukas and Tyler.

Not sure Johan would be happy with that.

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Add Savannah and... alright, Fred - and here you are, you've got a competitive team finally

Bob Jewett said:

Fedor has only 8000 points on the one-year ranking list towards Mosconi Cup qualification.

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I'd be willing to bet he could qualify even with zilch pts. He's got a lil' edge over Bergman in this department, because Fedor at least bothered to enter a WNT event, so MR's integrity would have been not in any danger, LOL.
It would be wild not to pick Gorst as a wild card for team USA, even if he finishes as low as mid 20ies in MC rankings.

I always find these discussions amazingly funny. Here’s a cheat sheet, IT IS THE POINT FURTHEST AWAY FROM YOUR INTENDED POCKET. The end

Bob Runde is hardly under-appreciated and is a heralded cue maker.
Not only did he co-found Schon but he’s also produced amazing cues.
Then after leaving Schon, Bob ventured into exquisite custom cue making.

Now maybe we don’t talk about Bob’s cues because they don’t come
up for sale that often as a Schon cue or his name. Ever wonder why or
even notice? It’s because Runde cue owners value what they possess.

Kris_b1104 said:

Is it me or is Fedor super overrated now? He hasn't been able to produce results in a strong international field for a while now.

Idk what's up with him but he's definitely not the same. I hope his business ventures do not take away from his ability to play at the highest level, though I do think it is probably hard to balance.

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Agree, Matchroom keep calling him the World Number 1 but that's not really accurate.

The Old Jaybird said:

long time wood shaft user, want to try cf, but on the cheap. need 5/16 14 to fit Schon/Joss, about 12.5 diameter.

What's the best bang for my buck??

TIA

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I am of the belief, and feeling that when it comes to Carbon fiber shafts, you really get what you pay for. For example, you could get a full CRICAL Carbon Fiber cue for about $120, on Amazon, but I would be shocked if it would be something that I would personally enjoy playing with.

So far, the only CF shaft that I have really loved playing with is the Whyte Carbon, by Triple 60 (and I have tried a few of the other $500 brands, on the market). Very hard to imagine that opinion ever changing, no matter how many CF shafts I would try out.

I have heard that the Rhino hits really nice though, and now they came out with a new version called the MUST, which is around $254 on Amazon. That might be a really nice hitting shaft, but I do not know.

Good luck, and hope you enjoy whatever you try 1st.

Rocket354 said:

Definitely Chohan and Compton can be considered specialists. I don't know enough about Lunda or Hall to say for sure. Define specialist? If it's anyone who's best game is 1p then perhaps both of them.

Chohan is probably the gold standard for a 1p specialist. As for point bump, well, he's a 777. Gorst is an 850. Who's better at 1p? By how much? Either way, they are probably reasonably close. Does that mean Chohan is better than his rating, or Gorst is worse?

Hard to say, but I think that it's pretty clear that among the common games (so 8b, 9b, 10b, 1p; although perhaps it's pushing it to call 1p common) the game with the biggest potential variation in player skill relative to their general Fargo rating is 1p.

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it means you can basically include anything with a cue involved and argue for its inclusion.

yes, lunda is a specialist, as is josh roberts. justin hall at this point is a non-factor in rotation, but very good at 1p and banks.

kling&allen said:

Didn’t he also have some sort of surgery (back surgery?) in Russia last year?

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he has scoliosis. but he has won two world championships and a US open with that condition, so it likely wasn't that.

to be fair, he arrived some hours before his first match, and hadn't khalid played as good he mightve gotten into some kind of rhythm and it could be a different story. i doubt he has any regrets, he won a boatload of cash at buffalos