jbart65 said:

You can never take one match as a definitive assessment of talent and talent gaps. Bergman this year has beaten Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, David Alcaide, Wojciech Szewczyk, Quoc Hoang Duong and Arseni Sevastyanov.

In the PLP, he also won races to 5 vs Aloysius Yapp, AJ Manas and Kledio Kaci.

Any European who ends up on the Mosconi team will be better than Bergman. But Bergman is good enough to be competitive. The U.S. just needs players 4 and 5 to hold their own.

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Bergman handled Bergman!

jbart65 said:

Now that I think of it, Frazer didn't say if it was 1,000 total including all weekend sessions. Or 1,000 for any one weekend event. Maybe it's several hundred apiece for different sessions. So cumulatively 1,000.

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And you need to include 254 players who might want to watch the finals. And maybe their guests.

Jaden said:

Instead I engineered screw in extensions in solidworks through several iterations, and 3d printed them in solid ASA. printing and adjusting in solidworks as necessary.

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On the one hand, I love that. On the other hand, I want a pool table built by the Amish with no power tools. A conundrum.

One other thing on Sky. He lost to Manny Perez 9-7 in his first match. Turns out Sky and Manny lived together for "three or four years," in Woodward's words. Woodward also said he scratched on the break four times in the match.

Bob Jewett said:

If they are going to seat 1000 spectators, they will have to quadruple the current bleacher seating, which is about 270.

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Now that I think of it, Frazer didn't say if it was 1,000 total including all weekend sessions. Or 1,000 for any one weekend event. Maybe it's several hundred apiece for different sessions. So cumulatively 1,000.

Bob Jewett said:

If they are going to seat 1000 spectators, they will have to quadruple the current bleacher seating, which is about 270.

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That has to be the plan, right? They don't have the premium seating set up yet, so I just assumed the configuration would change. Maybe today.

jbart65 said:

... The weekend crowd could rival Hanoi in numbers and energy, with 1,000 tickets sold.

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If they are going to seat 1000 spectators, they will have to quadruple the current bleacher seating, which is about 270.
Edit: 255.

Remarkably candid remarks from Sklyer Woodward about his poor play recently. This what he told a WNT interviewer after a win yesterday.

“It feels good to actually practice for a week. I can show up at a tournament and actually start off playing good instead of trying to play myself into stroke, like I have been the last year or two.

Just telling the truth. It actually does feel good to be playing good the whole time instead of up and down. It’s nice."

Woodward said he was upset at his poor play and early exit from the Arizona Open. He recounted his reaction:

“Well, I said a few nasty words. I called my wife, and said, look, babe, clear my pool table off. When I get home. it’s all on. I’m practicing.

I haven’t had motivation since before Covid, really. I don’t know what it is. It finally triggered me. It feels good to actually want to play pool again instead of just show up at the tournament and play. I can get in stroke within in a couple of matches, but it feels good to practice and feel way more confident and comfortable over the ball."

Well, at least Skyler Woodward is honest!

I watched the end of his second match yesterday. I came away thinking, man, Sky can really play when he’s dialed in. Too bad it doesn’t happen often.

Woodward admitted as much in a candid post-match interview. Here’s what he said.

“It feels good to actually practice for a week. I can show up at a tournament and actually start off playing good instead of trying to play myself into stroke, like I have been the last year or two.

Just telling the truth. It actually does feel good to be playing good the whole time instead of up and down. It’s nice."

Why did Woodward start practicing again? He said he was upset at his poor play and early exit from the Arizona Open. He recounted his reaction:

“Well, I said a few nasty words. I called my wife, and said, look, babe, clear my pool table off. When I get home. it’s all on. I’m practicing.

I haven’t had motivation since before Covid, really. I don’t know what it is. It finally triggered me. It feels good to actually want to play pool again instead of just show up at the tournament and play. I can get in stroke within in a couple of matches, but it feels good to practice and feel way more confident and comfortable over the ball.

Still in, still kicking, baby."

mikemosconi said:

What cushion is on the GC7? I recently played on one and it was slower than a Rasson table for sure. I would say it also seemed a bit slower than a Diamond.

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Artemis makes it, but it's not public information if it's the exact same cushion Diamond uses. It is slightly higher than the Diamond cushion. I can say that with certainty, as I measured both at the Hopkins Expo.

CocoboloCowboy said:

not understand all the people who have to gamble

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It's like alcoholism. An addiction for the people that "have to". My sales pitch included, "The money is a way to keep score." A quarter on the 9 is an easy start er on to the slippery slope of an interesting way to spend off work time.
Or a gambling affliction. Sometimes the adrenaline level gets elevated when playing for more than I have in my pocket. An exhilarating experience for sure, cue the Uneasy Rider exit.

Positively Ralf said:

Also, I know there was some documentary released within the last year or so about pool in texas.

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Specifically.: https://www.texaspoolmovie.com/

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jax_joe said:

Miss Emily don't look at any of that frivolous crap.

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Not sure I agree with that. She was at Skinny Bob's right before the Frisco announcement was made. It's possible that Predator just beat her to the punch.

Blue bolt?

It still tickles me when the toddlers think they have , a

"Real Game".
I still giggles at the "Lessons ".
My sales pitch often include Ed "I pay for lessons. "
After appropriate pause, "of course I charge for same."

My morning fitness includes A cue stick.
Consider the stick fighting art. So even without a taable stick practice is available. Make the postures the foundation and the stroke mine. Using the camera to observe for later analysis.
Perfect the balance then posture then juggling.
Simple as that.

My fitness program definitely gets the Seniors edition.
Precision is preferred to power at my age. no wonder the old cs'ers play one pocket.
Precision avoids the necessary of power.
The exer geni program can be followed with just the stick.
All the way down to the floor using a perfect dead lift posture. The stretch to ceiling should go to the high dive form. Even go to the tip toe.
Simple fitness is easy to start. How you proceed is in your ♥.

I wouldn't be against some rules limiting which chalk you could use on the WNT tour. We want to see the best players duke it out in the best playing conditions. If some brands of chalk cause more kicks/skids then why not outlaw it. It seems most of the pros are moving away from the traditional chalks and getting annoyed with the pros that haven't both in snooker and pool.

From Mickey's telling of events (which Darren disputes) it does sound like Darren acted like a bit of a dickhead towards him, which I don't think is justified though, whatever you think of the chalk.

billiardshot said:

Does playing Pool with Families or Friends mess up your real game??
In my opinion Yes. Because I don't want them not to enjoy the game!
But it cause me a little mental break down. Special when we go to a bar to play.

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'Playing Pool with Family or Friends' is my real game. That is why I built a pool room and bought a table. I spend a lot more time, and have a lot more enjoyment doing that than I do playing in league or tournaments.

Does it affect my game? Probably not. When playing against weaker opponents, I attempt patterns and shots that I would likely not select in league or competition. That keeps the game interesting and keeps me sharp.