sjm said:

I'm going on memory here, but I believe that, because the DCC 9ball is a WNT rankings event, the higher ranked WNT players are all guaranteed a spot if they wish one. I'd venture a guess that the Top 64 by WNT rank are guaranteed a spot should they want one but really do not know exactly how it works. I'd guess that all former DCC 9ball champions are, similarly, guaranteed a spot.

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That might make more sense, maybe there are 64 spots reserved and counted towards the final number that I am seeing

sjm said:

Where can I see the players list?

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Once you sign up for the tourney you can see the list on digital pool. I am not sure you can see it without being signed up.

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skogstokig said:

eric got a cold serving from mr. brunswick

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That was rough. An absolute momentum stopper for easy-e and a bad look for that model table.

Monti said:

Didn’t the mosconi cup start as USA vs uk?

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No, the first Mosconi was in 1994. Team Europe featured eight players, four from the UK, three from Germany and one from Sweden.

Had dinner with Richard Black last week and was able to get the cue in front of him he both positively identified it as one he made either in 76 or 77 and also stated it was given as gift to Dorothy Wise.

Evidently he did not give many cues away and this one stood out very distinctly. He also was able to add that the blank was a Gus Szamboti which was pretty cool.

Everything the original seller claimed has turned out to be true. Can't wait to get this cue back from Scott fully restored.

Only mystery now is who was "EK" and why did they stamp their initials in the cue. Current theory is this is the person who did the work to extend the grip area. and it's was someone Dorothy used to work on her cues, hopefully someone on here may know a name.

Does anyone know of a maker or cue mechanic with the initials EK?

mikepage said:

If we look at the 23 matches in the last 10 years, Shanes effective opponent rating is 832, and he would be expected to be a slight favorite overall. In those matches he won 79 games and lost 93. That's the expected performance of a player rated 808.

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Is that based on the Fargo of his opponent at the time those matches occurred? If it's based on each player's Fargo of today, it's misleading. Players rated as high as 832 is a relatively new thing. It wasn't so long ago that the list of Fargo 800 players had almost nobody on it and I'd have to bet that some of the Team Europe's against which SVB competed did not feature even one player that was Fargo 800+ at the time.

Finally, SVB has been a top five player in the world for about fifteen years. In view of this, his performance in singles at the Mosconi has been terrible. By Fargo, he has probably been the favorite to win over 90% of his singles matches.

sjm said:

eam Europe took countless beatings in the first fifteen years of the Mosconi Cup, but they never asked to increase the pool of players from which they could select

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Didn’t the mosconi cup start as USA vs uk?