jbart65 said:

Research shows WNT launched the Hanoi Open in 2023. Why didn't the WPA and Vietnamese federation "walk in and reap the benefits" earlier if they knew what a great market it would be? The WPA didn't show up until a year later after the Hanoi Open wowed the global pool world.

It's OK for WPA to tell Matchroom where it can and cannot go? What kind of pool-advocating organizations don't want big tournaments in popular locales? Are you saying Vietnam should try to limit the number of big events in the country? Weird way to try to grow the sport domestically.

Clearly, there is plenty of room for both WNT and Predator in Vietnam.

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I don't spend much time following pool to speak as an authority. However, I know that Matchroom didn’t discover pool potential in Vietnam. If I remember correctly, I think Matchroom initially wanted to call it Vietnam Open and was forced to change it to Hanoi Open.
I cannot answer the question as to why the WPA and Vietnamese Federation didn’t try to bring big pool events to Vietnam before Matchroom, but I know they didn't want Matchroom there. I don't know the politics/economics enough to say why the WPA and Vietnamese Federation is protecting the Vietnam turf other than what I stated before in that the Federation thought that it planted the garden and didn't want Matchroom to reap the fruits of their labor.

I have only read a few posts in this thread...

I too think the pros and the fans have settled down quite a bit from the WPA vs WNT drama a couple of years ago. There were distinct "sides" then. Now, most of the players went back to being "free agents", and going whatever they please that particular day.

I'm actually happy more pros are supporting the Predator events. Even before the WPA/WNT drama started, they were poorly attended. More Eurorpeans would be at them than Americans, and they were on American soil! Now, for whatever reason, their attendance is way up.

The fact is the sport has been on a big upswing from about 2015 on, after a huge decline from about 2005-2014. Every year there has been more events, more prize money, more promoters. Even on a local level the same has happened. There is simply no way for all of those events promoters to coordinate and keep calendars clear. I've said it before, it's a good problem to have.

I ordered the one from budget billiards.
I’ll update once I get it

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Its still worthwhile to practice with the magic rack, because you can see what moving the cb left or right a bit, or hitting harder or softer does, etc. It's so repeatable that you can actually learn that stuff. If you tried to learn that with the triangle rack, you wouldn't know if it was a change in technique, or a different gap in the rack, that resulted in different results.

It will all still apply to the triangle rack, just not as consistently.

Funny, I was gambling on a 9' GC3 a few nights ago. The balls were centennials, and must have been as old as the table. (40 plus years). The rack and balls were completely worn. There was not a chance in hell of getting an even remotely tight gap. About every other ball had a big gap. Well, wouldn't you know it, both me and my opponent were making several balls on the break, and breaking them wide open with no clusters. It was almost shocking.

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And they say there isn't any truth in advertising anymore ! Ha ha

Very nice

For what its worth, Moritz is doing the same eye movements close to an object done with determining vision center. That is, one looks at a line that is broken by a drop in height and finds where the line stays straight. Somewhere between the eyes moving right or left, he sees straight lines as straight and not broken lines. Moritz, instead, finds the pocketing line and the shot-aiming lines or, maybe only for the shot-aiming line, a simple assurance that the shot-aiming line is correct.

bbb had posted above how for some the vision center is affected by viewing the broken lines closer or more distant to your eyes. bbb suspected that Moritz's vision center is affected in that manner.

bbb said:

f you know about sight right i bet he has issues with his "low planar"

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Ted , would you quit going to such great lengths to meet cute women !!!!! Ha ha remember most of the nurses are married and I won't comment on those who aren't !

Sorry but I'm a firm believer in a little humor as a healing aid ! I hope and pray that the staff and you can get through this bump in the road and gives you all strength and comfort to get through it with flying colors !

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