“The prize money, the prize money”. Sick of hearing about the prize money. Is it good that players can win better purses, and make a living at this game? Yes, but at what price? Frankly tired of MR, Emily, Championships in God forsaken holes like Qatar, Saudi Arabia etc. World Championships should be held somewhere where those that actually play the game can attend, enjoy and support the game, irrelevant of “the prize money”. If it has to be held in places no one will go in order to get better purses, it’s just not worth the trade off. YMMV

Price lowered to $325 shipped

Well there is a war going on in that region.
It’s time to bring it back to Cardiff and it’s glory

If the prize money is secured for the next 5 years, they should host the event in the USA, and not somewhere like Qatar.

St Louis would be a good place...

maha said:

i bet every one of the top players just use the red line when they shoot.

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Nobody'd admit to it. How many red lines can you sell anyway?

rempe and reid both played about the same speed. id say rempe was more consistent. jimmy never talked about any of the stuff he professed later on in life. at least as far as ive seen or heard.

i bet every one of the top players just use the red line when they shoot.

Mensabum said:

Best one I've seen yet.
Wish I could draw like that. I still do balloon people and stick people.

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MS Paint - o - mation.

Mensabum said:

I'd take 20 mins at this point.

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Start the clock when you leave the room. Works every time.

i work with 3D designing and printing, in the medical field. when i come home from work i don't want to see a computer, much less a 3D printer..

ronnie, zhao, murphy looking the strongest. what a shootfest it could be in both QF and semi there.

selby i guess is doing his black magic on the bottom half but i haven't seen much of it. mark allen finishes his matches strong, and i still think he can win this. i haven't seen wu yize much in this tournament, but him vs selby today is like fire and water. i'll root for wu but my wallet roots for selby

billiardshot said:

What AZers' Can do 3 printing??
The real question what AZers' can do 3printing ... or how does it help AZBilliards??

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I 3d printed pool cues. I can show some pics tomorrow.

I thought it is maybe for some game of carom, where the red is worth 5 points. Aramith does some carom balls for Korean carom with numbers on, just not in this dice pattern. And they did their 5-Ball game as well with carom sized balls. But that’s a guess as well

kollegedave said:

Some current professional players are showing ways to make a professional life in pool work (SVB, Fillers, Gorst, Yapp, and Biado). These players (and others) show there may be a future for player that treats their pool career like a profession and not an extended adolescence.

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that's very well put. i also wonder what future there is in approaching it from the gambling angle, rather than trying to get sponsors, work on the social media thingie (which i admit to still not fully understand) and play tournaments

you have some good points about AI and higher education, none of us know what the future holds. a small digression on that, i saw the other day an AI ping pong robot that could beat all but the very best male players. wonder when we'll see something similar in pool

Yeah too bad. Just showin' off knowledge.

OP is long gone!

maha said:

just use the red line and be done with it. its as accurate as any and more so, as using the ghost ball works for a beginner but you also have to estimate its size when mentally placing it there so that adds in mistakes.

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The red line is essentially Reid's method. Jim Rempe is in print saying Jimmy Reid went 20 hours without missing anything. I'd settle for that as a pool game. lol

Actually, snooker pockets can act like pinball bumpers and be perfectly willing to spit long distancae.