Though my tendency has always been to favor tournament play, there's no doubt that an action match can be every bit as exciting as a tournament match as long as it features elite players.
Watching two Fargo 720s play for a million dollars doesn't interest me in the least. I would rather watch a couple of Fargo 810 players play for five hundred dollars.
For me, the trend toward longer and longer matches in action is what has steered me further and further away from watching action matches. These long matches simply do not capture my attention. On the other hand, when Filler and JL Chang matched up for a race to seventeen 10ball match in the action room during the 2019 Derby City classic, I found it electrifying.
To each his own.
