Bob Jewett said:

Some tournaments explicitly do not have video reviews. Do we know what the policy was in this match?

Personally, I think the ref should use whatever info is available to make difficult calls.

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Do you think the next revision of the WPA rules could make this more explicit?

Right now the Regulations say “If a player needs a decision to be taken, the first person to be contacted is the referee.
The referee will form his decision by all means that seem suitable to him.” Obviously that could include video but it doesn’t mention it.

The only reference I see to video is this under Area Referee:

If a dispute arises between two players in an unrefereed Match, and the area referee is
asked to make a decision without having seen the cause of the dispute, he should be
careful to understand the situation as completely as possible. This might include asking trusted witnesses, reviewing video tapes, or reenacting the shot.

garczar said:

I was being facetious bud. AFAIK all he's ever done is travel and gamble HIGH. Gotta be some form of income. Never heard of him owning any business.

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I thought he sold hot dogs… Regarding his gambling, he probably has paid off his house/cars and has a fully funded retirement account.

skogstokig said:

mike had no business being in that final. being seeded TO the final was nothing other than a monetary gift from his buddy KT..

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I watched a bit of The Hustler last night. Reminded me of Mike copying Paul Newman before the final. Funny in a way but I think the con ran in the IPT was Mike conning Kevin. I suspect that Mike really thought he could turn back the clock with the heavy cloth but the train had left the station. Mike might have stood a better chance had he played an American but playing Efren who had been adapting to every kind of equipment since he was a child didn't work out at all for Mike.

The experiment was interesting to see. Mike would have probably had a better chance in the final had he came up through the event. We usually see players in the semi-finals and finals and they all look like monsters. Easy to forget the players have been tuning in tough competition to get where they are at. Mike didn't have that fine tuning. The other side of the coin is that it is highly unlikely that Mike would have gotten through the field to get to the final. Father Time is a cruel bastard!

Hu

I first got into watching 9 ball because the snooker player Steve Davis started playing. He was the main person I supported back then, but instantly fell in love with Reyes, both because of the player he was, but his mannerisms just gave me the vibe he'd be a lovely guy. For me Strickland was the guy I hated that I wanted to lose. Was good having someone to cheer against. When I was younger, just thought he was an arsehole. Now I'm older, I more feel sorry for him and feel he probably has mental health issues. Bit of a flawed genius, maybe cut from a similar cloth to Ronnie in snooker.

From the European point of view was good having a "baddie" to cheer against at the Mosconi, definitely made me more invested in it.

JAM said:

It's curious why a few American prospective Mosconi Cup candidates are missing at this WNT ranking event. Maybe the juice is not worth the squeeze anymore? And I don't understand all the byes.

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Actually, quite a few of them are present. In part, the absence of those American Mosconi hopefuls who are skipping the event is because of the favoritism that has been shown in Team USA selections in recent years. Few American players view the Team USA wild card selection process as a meritocracy, and that, as Ocar Dominguez has noted, has demotivated them. On the other hand, the conveniene was there, as the SBE event actually worked well with the pool calendar, just about 750 miles from the Predator Pro Billiard Series event that just concluded in St Louis.

I'll give a shout out to all the Team USA hopefuls that are in this field.

Yeah was there yesterday. 5 9footers and a box. Got on the 20 dollar 9 footer. Had to wait about half hour. Won 3 racks then lost the 4th. Signed back up but there was at least 12 people ahead of me at that point.

They need more tables. Like 15 would be perfect, hell even 10 or 12 is better then 5.

Hopefully this is someting that gets corrected for future events.

skogstokig said:

it's streaming on the billiardnet channel.. back pocket 10b and the usual suspects

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Not what I meant. I went up last night. The action room was only 5 9 footers and that was it. They did have a barbox, but everyone was throwing their shit on that.

Got on the list for the 20 dollar table Waiting about a half hour. won 3 racks, lost 1 rack then signed back up and had to wait over an hour to get back on the table.

The streaming action tables are in the Expo area and not in the action room.

Quesports said:

Earl like so many incredible people can be outrageous but his accomplishments are just as outrageous,

There was a time when he was the best of the best and that cannot be argued by anyone .,

Cuetec sucks. Earl is right about that. 100%

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A few years ago when I was down in Owensboro both me and Nick Varner had the same impression of a Cuetec cue. That being as follows:

"The only good thing about a Cuetec is that you can put a string on it and go fishing with it the next day....."

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iusedtoberich,
Did you go back and play on the new Gold Crown again? Have any second thoughts?

I will tell you that my new Diamond Professional does play a little faster than my Gold Crown IV.

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