middleofnowhere said:

Do the commentators care anything about this match. Jennett Lee is the worst. I wish she would just shut up and watch the match.

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I didn't want to agree with this, but ... dang, yeah. To his credit, Wilson has tried several times to intervene, but I think he might have given up

Edit: I mean, now she's into the weeds on the difference between various production cue balls. Come on, man.

jay helfert said:

jay helfert said:

If you want to get a look at some of the young talent on the Philippine pool scene, check out the Capito Sports Bar on Youtube. They have regular pool fights (money games) there featuring many of the best hustlers in the Philippines. You will see a bunch of guys who could terrorize poolrooms and tournaments in the USA. Most play in that 750-800 range. I am constantly amazed by the level of play I've seen there.

It's a really cool atmosphere with thousands of pesos being bet on each game. I enjoy watching all the action going on between games, almost as much as the game itself. I tried to bet on a match last night but no one would take my bet. I'm a foreigner and they won't take a chance with me.

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If you want to get a look at some of the young talent on the Philippine pool scene, check out the Capito Sports Bar on Youtube. They have regular pool fights (money games) there featuring many of the best hustlers in the Philippines. You will see a bunch of guys who could terrorize poolrooms and tournaments in the USA. Most play in that 750-800 range. I am constantly amazed by the level of play I've seen there.

It's a really cool atmosphere with thousands of pesos being bet on each game. I enjoy watching all the action going on between games, almost as much as the game itself. I tried to bet on a match last night but no one would take my bet. I'm a foreigner and they won't take a chance with me.

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Here is a video of what that area looked like when I lived there and an old picture of Efren in one of the bars. Pool cue maker Mario Paras is to the left of Efren.

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I'm Nick. I will always say good job to a room that uses non-hospital hospital operating room lighting. ha ha ha.

HawaiianEye said:

I was playing in ND state 8-ball bar table tournament and they had that patch BS where you put it by the pocket when you are shooting the 8 ball.

We were playing hill-hill in a match and I break and run the table down to the 8 ball and it is a tapper. The patch is on the other end of the table, I point my cue at the pocket and call the pocket and the guy nods his acknowledgement, so I shoot it in and he IMMEDIATELY says, "you didn't put the patch by the pocket" and runs over and finds a referree and I lost that match and went into the loser's bracket.

I would never have done such a chickenshit move to anyone.

That is why I always preferred gambling to playing tournaments with nits.

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Never used markers myself but I have been nearby when they were using markers many times. I have seen basically this move over and over. A slight point with your stick is plenty good the whole match then when Ray Charles could have seen which pocket you were shooting at, "you didn't call your pocket"!! Often a game or even match stolen that way. With the team crap sometimes it is the captain or somebody else calling it. If my own team tried to pull something so lowlife I would hope I palmed a coin out of my pocket and pointed it out on the pocket iron. "There it is."

Guess this is why I have never played on a team. This seems like where these offenses are most common. Most even half sporting people give one warning anyway. I do think things are different playing on a team but you make that plain before the first ball is hit in the match.

Just had a thought, bring your marker from home. Be sure to load it in cat or dog poo so people can smell if you called the pocket or not!

While I have little sympathy for those that won't come to pre-event meetings, I have little respect for those that try to legislate wins.

Hu

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Patrick Johnson said:

#!?%^* inflation.
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Just my $.05

maha said:

no machines no future.

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This makes me a sad panda