U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

Have you ever thought that people that have played both new and old formats may in fact have logical takes? I'm 66 and have seen 9ball played in both the classic two-shot, hard break era and the current cut-break, duck-n-hide one-foul of today's game. IMO most of today's 9b is about as exciting as watching snails fk.
I missed classic 2-shot by a generation. Although, when I was 16, I got trapped by some old timer that got me to play 2-shot 9 ball. I was so lost. Haha!! Memories. That was the only time I’ve played that format or even saw it played. I think I’d enjoy it now though.

I know for a fact that many of the previous generations have excellent takes on pool. I’ve read them every day for years here on AZ. But when the horse is dead. Stop beating it.

U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

I can’t wait until Stu‘s wrap up, and I’ve only been here for a day and a half, but the venue set up itself for these past two days has been amazing. Obviously, a lot of people know I go to a lot of events,… And this one was a lot easier to watch any match you wanted to, and it seems like all the tables are enjoyable and playing well. At least I haven’t heard anybody saying that the outer tables were playing poorly or anything like that. And there were so many exciting matches yesterday. One of the greatest single days of pool I’ve ever attended.

The downside…? The food. The concessions hot dog and nachos is about the only thing moving. I guess I was expecting that since it was in Dallas that there’d be 100 things to do for food within a small walking distance, but there really isn’t. Fortunately for me, my hotel is easily within walking distance, and it has a restaurant with good food, but with the near 95°F heat, you gotta be used to the heat to go outside and walk a quarter to half a mile. Fortunately I’m from Florida. And I noticed not too many people made that walk.
To be in Texas and not have a bbq truck on site is criminal

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