sjm said:

Yes, mine is the delight of a satisfied consumer of the pro pool product, and I know who made that possible. The WNT Tour has brought pro pool to a previously unattained level, giving us the best pro tour this century.

I have no idea how you figure this, but in truth, it is not clear how this is in any way pertinent to our online conversation. I have a long track record of supporting event producers of every kind, some of them old, some of them young, some of them men, some of them women.

At least you have backed down from the extreme view that she has not done anything right and has contributed nothing. The WNT tour has grown because of her skill in reaching out to new business partners and in making deals with venue sponsors.

Matchroom pool is run by Emily, not by the Matchroom machine to whom she reports.

In the business world, it is customary to give credit to the CEO of any company for the accomplishments that have occurred on their watch. Matchroom pool is a wholly owned subsidiary of Matchroom, but it has a CEO in Emily Frazer. The only thing you seem to be sure of is that all successes at Matchroom are due to the efforts of someone other than Emily and any failings of Matchroom must be attributable to Emily, rather than her superiors at Matchroom.

The Matchroom machine, as you call it, was never successful in growing pool in the way that Emily has. You may recall that their first dive into tournament pool came in the early 2000s with the World 9ball in Cardiff. It might have been the start of something big, but it ultimately led to nothing. Matchroom marched no further in the direction of producing major open tournaments. It remained that way for fifteen more years.

Emily, on the other hand, similarly began with just one major open tournament, the US Open 9ball. She made the business model work, and the 2019 US Open 9ball remains, for me, the greatest ever edition. Building on that success, she then methodically grew Matchroom pool into a viable pro tour. Emily succeeded where the Matchroom machine had failed. Her efforts have globalized pro pool in a way that the Matchroom machine never managed. Emily has made Matchroom pool a truly global brand, and it was nothing close to that before she came along.

Matchroom pro pool is a product that is growing rapidly and successfully. As you and I realize, it is a product that still needs development, but only three full seasons of the WNT Tour have been completed, and I am in awe of how good the product is today.

Nobody knows what's coming next for Matchroom pool, but for me personally, it has been a joy ride to this point.

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Bob Jewett said:

Which is normally taken at the end of a turn in which a player has reached at least half of the match length. Poor Pennor had taken 7 shots at that point.

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mikemosconi said:

This week a guy put a Scruggs cue one bay for $725 buy it now- he said that PROFICIENT HAD REFINISHED THE CUE. - it was a very nice looking four pointer. The cue sold immediately, I saw it about 3 hours after the listing hit e bay- already gone. I think that the seller just did not do his homework and that the buyer got one of those once every six months cue deals on the internet. I know that someone here bought a nice Searing about six months ago for around $600.

So these things do turn up rarely, but you have to be looking every day at a minimum to get lucky. I have sold a few cues for way less than actual full market price- sometimes I just feel generous as long as I am not losing money - sometimes I just want someone else to enjoy a cue that I enjoyed, who maybe could not afford it- my way of giving back . I have been on the winning end of many a cue deal- so I never feel cheated in the long run.

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