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My Fargorate progression

iusedtoberich
Interesting, the winner, Joshua Manual, CA, was a 548 in the tournament.

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Now he is a 560, 904 robustness. I've never heard of anyone moving up 12 points that already had 800ish robustness from a single event.

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Furthermore, one day after the tournament, he turned off his public matches. It was a requirement of the tournament for them to be on. I'd bet he turned them off right after winning to avoid anyone scrutinizing his prior matches.

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I had scrolled through some of his matches when they were public during the tournament, and it was a ton of 0-1 and 1-0 league matches.

Also interestingly, most people point to Solatto as the sandbaggers haven. Those matches are always public, can't be turned off under any circumstance. This player has not played a single Solatto match.

It would be interesting for @mikepage to do a deep dive into this tournament. It's the perfect recipe for sandbagging. High entry, 30k to the winner, encouraging professional sandbagging for the sole purpose of entering this event with a big edge.

Joshua closed out the tournament with a 2 pack to win first place (according to the write up by the TD, I didn't see it). As a 548!!! Me as a 570 I have played about a dozen 10 ball matches on stream with my local friends over the past year getting ready for this tournament. I don't think I've run 5 TOTAL break and runs of 10 ball on the barbox in that entire time.
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Reference shots - and back hand position

dquarasr
I have made significant progress in the last few months. I'll spare the details of what I have changed.

This past weekend I played my best pool ever in competition. As a TAP SL 6, I played three rounds (matches) of 8-ball in the Title Holders Qualifier tournament. I had three BnR, one in each round, including what might be considered an amateur's Two-Pack (ended round 1 with a BnR, then seven hours later, started round 2 with a BnR on the same table.) In the third round I broke and ran to the 8 but overshot shape and couldn't drive home the fourth BnR of the day. Grrr.

So, I figured since I am shooting very well at the moment, I would record myself to use as "reference" shots, to compare it to any future situations where I might be struggling. I took four angles of the Mighty X drill:

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On all these shots I successfully pocketed the OB with minimal (< 1", 1/2 ball or CB less rotation) or no movement of the CB after contact with the OB.

I noticed one thing, though, that I wasn't thrilled with. My back hand was ever so slightly forward of perpendicular to the cue, maybe 1 or 2 inches.

I think I might be answering my own question here, but what are the pros and cons of having my back had ever-so-slightly forward of perpendicular? I experimented with moving my back hand backward a couple of inches. I don't think I am imagining it, but the hit felt stronger. Indeed, it seems that draw is more powerful. It doesn't seem to affect my accuracy (except when I moved it backward even more, just to see how it felt that way; on these shots I was well behind perpendicular with my back hand; I had a few inexplicable misses in this configuration.)

Is it worth "fixing" my back hand position by moving those 1 or 2 inches back, considering I am shooting very well at the moment?

Thanks for feedback.
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US National Pool Championships, July 5-12, 2026, Dubuque, IA

jeephawk
Bob Jewett said:
I hope that is all worked out, but that's not a theme in pool lately. :(

I just called Big Dog and they have not settled on dates for the 2026 Midwest Expo yet -- so far as the people there today know.
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As of yesterday, they still hadn't - I'm assuming without knowing this has thrown a wrench into the works, but I didn't pry, just asked if they knew the dates for this year.
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