mdc said:

I’m curious though, what would it take to revive the world championship? Seems like there are plenty of straight pool players, or players capable of playing the game. Is it money? They have officially recognized championships in just about every other major game, except one pocket.

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Yes, the biggest hurdle is (surprise) money. The WPA claim to hold the rights to "World Championship" for pool events. And from the WPA Sanctioning rules @ https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/240427-WPA-Sanctioning-Guidelines.pdf

A "World Championship" event requires:

• $200,000 in added money
• Sanctioning Fee - negotiated, typically not less than 7.5% of added money
• Application from a WPA member

marek said:

I believe your math is not right, its 820 divided by 14 in straight pool so its 58 and some change

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I thought there is 15 balls in a rack, not 14, lol. They do shoot that 15th ball, but they just do it on the next rack each time, lol. Okay, so I guess that makes sense, lol. Each rack is actually only 14 balls, in 14.1, lol.

KenneyTran said:

I might have a Jacoby V4, 12.3, 3/8-10 but i also have it tap into radial for my cues. I’m thinking have it at SBE so people can test cues. If you want i can also sell it. 350$ shipped.

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Thanks for the offer. I'm going to try to find one that is already in the Radial pin configuration but I will keep it in mind.

mdc said:

Yeah, he needs to release the video immediately. No reason to wait. I’m curious though, what would it take to revive the world championship? Seems like there are plenty of straight pool players, or players capable of playing the game. Is it money? They have officially recognized championships in just about every other major game, except one pocket.

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Would take money, good scheduling, and players showing up. No one showed up for last year's event at the International (that 14.1 being what was the old American 14.1 event).

If the balls are frozen (which appears to be the case) then it's a legal hit. The referees and Karl Boyes were probably confused, partly because of switching between games and short memories (Karl actually played a fair bit of English pool after he "retired"), and partly because this isn't too common a situation.

The discussion in this thread is quite interesting. I have heard and understand, time and again, arguments that the touching ball rule in snooker/English pool/Ultimate Pool is less controversial. It is indeed less controversial in its implementation - but it is completely illogical, especially in pool. The WPA rule makes sense and is (or should be) easy to implement with a professional referee, a knowledgeable amateur referee, or two knowledgeable players.

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BeiberLvr said:

To me, it sounds like there is a slight difference in the sound of the shot played by Dr. Dave and the shot played by Quinten.

Dr. Dave's shot is more muffled.

Quinten's shot has more of a hollow sound.

Could just be my ears though.

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As a rule of thumb, I never use my ears to judge a shot because it can be too unreliable. Part of that is because I shoot with an older tinky Revo that can make very routine shots sound like miscues sometimes. Circumstance, observation and ball action should be more than sufficient.