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sjm said:

Definitely some truth in what you say, but ,,,,

I think that Matchroom's jump into producing the World 9ball in 2000-03 may have been the single biggest moment in the growth of pool in Europe ...
Whether the World 9ball might have been the launching point for a tour even back then is certainly debatable, but the four events in Cardiff are among the most important ever staged because they jump-started Europe's wide participation in American pool.

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I should have interviewed you when doing my research! No surprise, you are a fountain of great info. Please keeping adding and correcting as necessary.

I do wonder if Hearn was already thinking a global tour when MR got involved in the early 2000s with WPC. We had two recessions, in 2001 and 2008-2009, and they were probably a big setback.

kollegedave said:

Were you happy with his work? If so, would you mind sending me a PM with his contact details?

kollegedave

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Absolutely.
He has a website.
www.dzcues.com
His work is some of the cleanest in the business. He is fairly well known in Cue Maker circles.

Yes, LS Dennis was an excellent poster on our forum. Sad to hear this news. Condolences to his family and friends.

Swighey said:

SVB was never the keenest of travellers. Now that he has a World Championship in the bag and has probably made enough money from the game to see life out, I'm not surprised if that reluctance to travel has kicked back in.

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Panozzo also said ... SVB likes Asia and will travel to some events in the region this year.

After listening to SVB on the Boomer and Freezer show, my sense is he will play in all big events in the U.S., plus all "world" title events. So WPA 8-ball and 10-ball. He seems obsessed with winning a "World" 10-ball championship to pad his resume. He speficially mentioned playing in "WPA" events, but I don't recall him mentioning the WNT by name.

If I am right, SVB will play in the WPC, Florida Open, Arizona Open, maybe the Phoenix Open, and the U.S. Open. And he'll play in the big Predator/WPA events I already mentioned.

He'll skip the UK Open and the Philippines Open.

j2pac said:

I sent mine to Bob Dzuricky.

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Were you happy with his work? If so, would you mind sending me a PM with his contact details?

kollegedave

VTEC John said:

I'm sad to report the passing of an active and fairly long-time member, Dennis Bossa, known here as L.S. Dennis. He was my close friend of many years, a great husband, a car nut, a guitarist and an avid, intelligent follower of politics. But all combined, those things did not remotely compare to his love for pool. Dennis happily misspent his youth in Executive Billiards, the Redwood City room owned by BCA Hall of Famer Dorothy Wise and her husband Jimmy. You can read all about that in his posts. Rest in Peace, Dennis.

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My condolences on the loss of your friend, and a long time AZB member.

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Swighey said:

I don't see the diluted fields (compared to a few years ago) being an issue. The fields are strong, new players are coming through, and there are more and more elite players - the game is way stronger at all levels. It won't be long before the "diluted" fields are stronger than the fields of a few years ago when all the "top" (according to someone's list) were all repeatedly at the same events.

Pool is booming globally in terms of strength, exposure and participation.

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You might be right, but hardcore fans do like to see lots of established players in big tournaments. I know I do. That said, there is no other sport whose history is very useful to figure out a likely path of pro pool/the WNT.

maha said:

okay vern petersen owned bell flower billiards .he was there . i was there. maybe it was also call the palace. he sold to a guy named butch something.
then it all went to hard times is that right?

then i never went to hard times.

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I'd like to here some stories from the Peterson days.

I was going to say that a cueball can't possibly "know" anything, it just reacts to your tip. However after some more thought I suspect that in my case, the cueball seems to know how to find almost impossible angles to scratch and give my opponent ball in hand.