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The Old Jaybird · Monday at 4:31 PM

I leave it on the table all the time, I never miss when it is there. It's magical!!!!

iusedtoberich · Monday at 4:21 PM

I leave it on, even when gambling, even when shooting the money ball still on it. Doesn't affect anything unless the balls is VERY VERY VERY slowly moving.

maha · Monday at 4:20 PM

just dont play slow players unless you have to in a tournament.

chuckg · Monday at 4:15 PM

I play a guy pretty regularly and he has a habit of taking balls out of the pockets when I am shooting the game ball . I never pull the trigger, in my mind he has just conceded . I have told him numerous times not to do it . still does it tho . Am I wrong ?

Chuckg

Island Drive · Monday at 4:14 PM

MattPoland said:
I really wonder what the future of this event will be (if at all) post-Pat. I still think of it as a continuity of the original lineage of the US Open before it went to Matchroom. But in that way it feels like a time capsule to an earlier era. It's impressive it continues on and pulls the prize fund it does. As a broadcast-consumer of the event, I really feel like it is an event that desperately needs to modernize and stubbornly refuses to do so.

We'll see how their TX US Open 9 Ball rumor plays out.

Flakeandrun · Monday at 4:04 PM

I watched him try a handful of shafts (and constantly taking a weight bolt in and out) over the course of a day here in China. It's a sticker/some kind of directional prompt I would assume.

Flakeandrun · Monday at 4:01 PM

Unmanned shot clocks can't be far off in the future... Every table at my local hall has a camera, so surely the camera can be linked to the scoreboard somehow? I mean, the camera is used to keep score on the snooker table without any human intervention, so surely it can be used for pool... Pool, whatever the level, should use a shot clock. I play some people that make me want to take up a side hobby like still life drawing while I am waiting for a shot...

skogstokig · Monday at 4:00 PM

MattPoland said:
I really wonder what the future of this event will be (if at all) post-Pat. I still think of it as a continuity of the original lineage of the US Open before it went to Matchroom. But in that way it feels like a time capsule to an earlier era. It's impressive it continues on and pulls the prize fund it does. As a broadcast-consumer of the event, I really feel like it is an event that desperately needs to modernize and stubbornly refuses to do so.

my thoughts exactly. maybe admin mike has ideas. i mean pro pool is booming, hopefully with the right sponsors the event can improve and be lucrative

boogieman · Monday at 3:59 PM

Outsville has "On the Money." I'd imagine you could use that target with the original rules.

skip100 · Monday at 3:58 PM

This one wasn't particularly noteworthy or unique in the grand scheme of things but I did like how after all that hemming and hawing, Styer won the game after slopping in a ball.

He also took forever just to rack the balls before the video starts.

Flakeandrun · Monday at 3:58 PM

As you said, most peoples instinct is to remove it. I leave it on when practicing, and as a result, make no real effort to remove it in a game. A referee can do it, or an opponent if they feel so inclined. There are occasions where I will move it for a particular shot, but it annoys the hell out of some people to leave it there, and it kind of tickles me.
Of course it affects rolls from time to time, it's an object on the table.

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