jasonlaus said:

Nah, he works on them when I go down there, havent been down in a few years due to work

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That’s great.
He’s great at it hopefully you’ll get it back soon.
Speaking of Dennis cue. I just picked up one.

gerard soriano said:

100 is such a Mental Barrier. Its not easy but you have to learn to shoot the 83rd ball the same way you shot the 3rd ball. Running in the 70's &80's there is no doubt you willpass 100 very soon I wish you the best in your Quest ! IMHO

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I think I will too, maybe today!

I like how you said "you have to learn to shoot the 83rd ball the same way you shot the 3rd ball" instead of saying "just shoot the 83rd ball the same way you shot the 3rd ball". That is a very hard thing to do. It's like telling a person with depression to "just be happy" or telling an obese person to "just eat less". I used to get nervous going into the 50's and 60's, but now I hit the 50's and 60's all the time and I don't think twice about it. The more of these types of runs I get, the easier it will be for me down the road (I hope).

I still can't watch the replays. I was busy yesterday but looking forward to catching up and when I click on them they are only a few minutes long.

Surely someone else has noticed this and would a few people mind to see if it is happening with them? Thanks.

jbart65 said:

Something is odd about the Matchroom draw. How did five of the seven U.S. players in the event end up in the same quandrant?

In the "U.S." Open no less!

And how does Gorst end up playing SVB in the round of 32? Gorst should be the No. 2 or No. 3 overall seed, SVB no worse than No. 33 since he came from the losers side of the draw.

The top seeds should be rewarded by NOT having to play a player like SVB in the round of 32.

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There is about a 3-4% chance of this happening (5+ US players in the same quadrant). If it happens again next year then we can call it a conspiracy

Something is odd about the Matchroom draw. How did five of the seven U.S. players in the event end up in the same quandrant?

In the "U.S." Open no less!

And how does Gorst end up playing SVB in the round of 32? Gorst should be the No. 2 or No. 3 overall seed, SVB no worse than No. 33 since he came from the losers side of the draw.

The top seeds should be rewarded by NOT having to play a player like SVB in the round of 32.

Matt_24 said:

I was able to add a nice custom Joss to my case. A custom order from the 89/90 season. Looks good next to the Nick Varner Joss.

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Did you see that red Joss on FB? Red wrap, and points? Very nice cue, btw.

datnodude said:

I don't have the data on this, but it seems filler gets an escort to the final 8 every tournament

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Looking at recent events, he doesn't. When he won the European Open, he had to beat Wojciech Szewczyk, Jayson Shaw, Niels Feijen and Mario He. SVB, Biado and Yapp weren't there, either.

He is always a high seed. Sometimes he gets fortunate when lesser ranked opponents beat higher-ranked ones. But if he were getting easy seeding all the time, he'd be winning more WNT majors.

Cornerman said:

Interesting to hear that. I remember JL Chang was notorious for hitting well after the 00 showed, and I had wondered about I want to say that Stu told me the rule. Someone needs to correct me if that is no longer the case.

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I think I've seen that rule at AccuStats events. I really don't recall whether I've seen that consistently applied at WPA events like Predator or Eurotour stuff.

But my gut says I've never seen that applied at Matchroom events. I'm pretty sure they expect you to execute the shot within the time, i.e. cuetip contact the cueball. They don't have language about being down on the shot and not getting back up.

skogstokig said:

januarta's event rating is crazy.. he's gonna win a big one real soon. could be this one

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If they both win, Januarta will play Filler.

Cornerman said:

Interesting to hear that. I remember JL Chang was notorious for hitting well after the 00 showed, and I had wondered about I want to say that Stu told me the rule. Someone needs to correct me if that is no longer the case.

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it's no longer the case. 30 sec is 30 sec now, for both predator and MR events. big kaci was possibly even worse than JL chang. looked like the screen had froze

My latest uses a Prather curly maple forearm. 6 long/short points, Olive wood and Rosewood. Black mother of pearl inlays, imitation ivory collar and butt plate, with maple and Kielwood shafts.