skor said:

Chua is more focused on providing for his family and he makes more money in Chinese pool with less expenses on WNT.
He also dropped all his social media activities.

Can’t really blame him.

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He won $50,000 at a Duya event he finished first in during the spring.

I'll miss him on the WNT tour. He is one of my two favorite players to watch, but I will check out the Duya tournament.

I think Chua left social media in part after he was accused of cheating (wax on the ball). Really outraged him.

He also just opened up his own pool hall and retail-pool equipment shop (with money earned on the WNT). Busy life, plus he has a few kids.

Chua is playing at the Formosa Open this week. Top prize is $15,000. Ko brothers playing, too.

No word on if Chua will show up at the US Open. One of Matchroom's promos in July showed Chua, and two different promos showed Ko Pin Yi.

Given the tournament's prestige and $100,000 prize fund - not to mention $50,000 for second place and $25,000 for semifinalsts - I would not be surprised if they all attend.

Seems fearless, has beaten all the top players, at one time or another

Jaden said:

They were pretty snug....especially the sides. Playable but snug.

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did you play any pro?

garczar said:

WTF??? You post shit just to post it with zero regard if its true or not? Are you braindead?

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I post things as part of a conversation people are having, other’s post what they think and they’re not correct either. Pick on them for awhile, my ice cream is melting.

vintagecollectibles831 said:

It is pretty amazing how much some of those vintage BMX bikes are worth, these days. I was a huge fan of this movie called, Rad, and seen it like 100 times, lol. I really sucked on a bike, lol, but I really loved that Silver GT BMX bike so much. I thought that it was like the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, lol.

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I got a Hutch Pro Racer in 1984 for Christmas. I was shocked because we didn't have a lot of money and it was expensive. There is one on ebay right now. It's $9,500. If only I had the foresight, that would buy me some nice cues.

Of course I would not loan any of them to guys named Scooter.

garczar said:

Technically you could but the camera placement/focus/scale would have to be perfect.

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Actually, if you know the opening distance, you can calculate the back of the pocket opening distance and calculate the angle reasonably from that.

garczar said:

People using AI to find table 'facts' is getting waaaaaay past old.

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I think people who are always playing the “Get off my lawn” act are waayyyy older!

Duane Remick said:

Plays as good as anyone Ive watched....
in this set, couple times out of line, but great recovery cuts and also nice, close jump shot
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that guy has a very complete game. there's not one aspect where he's lacking, really

garczar said:

You think all that is correct? I seriously doubt those faces are 136-138. I put little stock in AI fact searching. BTW, WPA specs are 142deg. No way those pockets are that far off.

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Never said it was correct, said it was what AI said.

You can't measure pocket angle looking down from the top. Angle is correctly measured off the tip/point of the cushion.
If you neasure the top edge you will be a degree or degree and a half off

Island Drive said:

ball appeared to be sitting slightly inward on the pocket nose.

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To me, the ball looks like 1/4 ball on our side of the pocket point. That puts it on the flat of the cushion. That can't be driven through the point.

skor said:

He will earn over $7000 if he finishes last (3 days of work)
Only expense is plain ticket, the organizers pay for everything else.
That's a better chance than any WNT event to earn $7000

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It's not even clear if he has to pay for the plane ticket. Could be that everything is paid for.

Got to wonder where all the money is coming from and if it can last. Attendance and viewership probably aren't paying the bills.

If Saudi Arabia thinks pool events cost too much money, the Chinese govt, if it is involved, will eventually draw the same conclusion. Chinese teams used to pay big money to attract foreign soccer players, but they have cut back a lot.

David in FL said:

What size table?

Are the balls 2.25"?

That should be fun!

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9' table with 4-1/8" pockets. The balls are the 2.25" Aramith snooker set (full set, but i only use 10 of the reds).