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Yapp’s Controversial Tournament-Winning Shot in the 8-Ball World Championship … Was it a Foul?

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refs make mistakes. that is part of the game. it happens in all sports and can work for you or against you.

many shots come up that are too close to call. so the tie goes to the runner here and the shooter gets his point.
it works both ways. only when it goes against you do you complain.

if the opponent doesnt bother to go up and watch or ask the ref to watch closely that is on him. if he isnt allowed, then that is a fault in the rules.
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Physics of a double kiss

GideonF
For those on Facebook, here is an interesting snooker video on why there is always a double kiss when the balls are lined up straight in.

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19K views · 184 reactions | The 2026 World Snooker Championship in full swing. But have you ever wondered why some shots always end the same way? In this video, Jimmy White plays a simple shot that always leads to a double kiss when the balls line u

The 2026 World Snooker Championship in full swing. But have you ever wondered why some shots always end the same way? In this video, Jimmy White plays a simple shot that always leads to a double...
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Short Rack 8 Ball

td873
There's already short rack 8-ball for tournament play using 9-balls [4 solids, 4 stripes]. There's even a Saratoga version of this. Your option adds one more ball, so kinda slows down "short rack" that already exists. But, does add a little more variety.

[edit: here's a 2012 thread on it: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/short-rack-8-ball.300077/ featuring the late, great, Mark Griffin]

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Frank "The Barber" Almanza

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A random tidbit that I remember hearing at the time based on the person moving the table. I can't 100% confirm it, but recall it being accurate. If you remember the Green Bay Packers Linebacker Clay Matthews, he had a short stint with the Los Angeles Rams. He bought a house in Calabasas, then sold it when he retired, that is where Frank's pool table ended up. I saw Frank's table a few times and he kept it pristine, always lamenting that he eventually sold it. Scroll down to the "The Billiards Room" picture in the article and you can see the table.

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Former NFL Player Clay Matthews Sells California Estate for $20 Million

The French Provincial-style house was originally listed at $29.9 million in 2021
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World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

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It's two things. One is that there really are more and more elite players. The other is that more data is being recorded and fed into the system - the "pro" (in terms of level of play) game is being recorded way more than it used to be.

Even good old Wikipedia doesn't have records of group stage matches from World Championships that happened really not that long ago. Pool is still fairly young as a professional sport in the all round sense of the word professional.
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World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

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sjm said:
I had the exact same reaction. Fargo 800 isn't what it used to be and calling anyone below 800 elite is probably inappropriate. A Fargo of 790 puts you as World #112. The globalization of pool over the past decade has greatly changed the playing field and amazing players are popping up in every corner of the world.

No doubt, young players in the 775 to 799 range must be viewed as having great possibilities, but to be fair, all players below Fargo 800 tend to be longshots, not contenders, at the majors.

This era of pool is mind-blowing in that the best players shoot so darn straight that the continuing toughening of playing conditions isn't slowing them down much.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the top women's players these days shoot better than most male pro pool players in the 80s and 90s
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