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John Schmidt runs 820

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Kris_b1104 said:
Efren's shot may have been acceptable 21 years ago. But John playing on a table with 5 1/2" pockets in 2026 is crazy. The standard should be higher, not lower. There is no pressure shooting on a table like that, everything will go. So yes, there is a difference. Efren's shot 21 years ago was in a championship match for the win, against a formidable opponent, on a table that he did not design to spec. John's table was literally altered for the purpose of a high run.
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Efren had $200.000 on the line best I recall. When he reaches and shakes his shirt it is an indication his heart was beating like a triphammer! Mike was one of the few people with a winning record against Efren at the time. Efren was even nicknamed the bridesmaid for awhile because he came second to Mike so often. Mike has a mouth but he backed it up for years.

Watching the ball at the pocket it hit about midway of the inside rail. That means it would have fell on a much much tighter pocket. Loose pockets weren't what made that shot work.

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SBE amateur eligibility

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miramachine said:
I find the SBE amateur eligibility so frustrating. One semi deep run with a soft draw in the derby, turning stone etc and you are excluded for life. Meanwhile there are players who don't play those events and get overlooked in the "known ability" and get the play the amateur event. I am looking through the brackets for the event now and see MANY players that I would need a good spot from and are 30+ fargo points higher yet because I had a decent draw in one tourney (DCC banks) I am screwed if I want to play in this tourney for life.
I spoke with Allen a couple years ago about it and when I brought up many people playing in the tourney are much higher fargo he snapped and said fargo don't mean shit. While I agree to a certain extent, I think it is a much more fair way than 1 random tourney finish.

No huge deal and good for those players who get to play. Just so frustrating and wanted to rant
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Absolutely .. Allen treats turning stone like it’s still a major tour stop. If it helps a friend who finished 17th at turning stone talked to Allen about it showing who was in turning stone that year and Allen let him play in the amateur event. It’s always been ridiculous. Btw the use Fargo now.. If your Fargo is over a certain number (it’s low 700 I forget) they won’t let you BUT Allen won’t share your results in the tournament with Fargo.

I love Allen but in typical Allen fashion he waited a week before the expo that year to announce the rule change for Fargo rated players playing and pissed a bunch of people off who had paid an entry fee and were going lol I’m cool with him using the Fargo rating but come on man.. you got to do that earlier or announce that year the next year you’ll be doing that. Lol
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