Naturally Molina Mike jumped all over this comments to bash Matchroom and Frazer. Seems to be his raison d'être these days.

Mike Pannazzo was fairly critical, too. Pannazzo said he expects the U.S. and Asian contingents to the UK Open are going to be “very light.”

“It’s kind of the new reality of WNT events,” he said. “We know it’s not all going well at the player base.”

Pannazzo and Molina contended the players are unhappy with lots of things. Prize funds, standards of play for smaller ranking events, the supposed unwillingness of MR to communicate and listen, favoritism for selection to the Mosconi and Reyes cups.

They also complained about the difficulty of traveling to Yuma for the Arizona Open.

bradsh98 said:

Gold Crown III

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They must have a lot of hours of play to start wearing the wood grain off of the Formica. I guess Im lucky that my GCI has no wear, chips, dents, or scratches in the Formica.

When I bought my Aramith Black set, I had it with plastic sealed with the Aramith logos all over the plastic. Hope that helps

toomanybugs said:

Tops

These are for you Matt (the pictures not the cues).

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That white wrap cue looks sweet.

More grumbling about the WNT.

It started with a thread from Elliott Sanderson. Sanderson posted on Facebook about his 9th place finish at the Beasley Open. Jayson Shaw and Denis Grabe responded.

The big surprise was Shaw’s comments. He is not a happy camper.

SHAW: Unlucky pal. Ps these small ranking events need to go should minimum 20k added

DENIS GRABE: Thats what I was talking 10y ago. Now we back again. Standards and $ money need to be set for it to be a ranking event

SHAW: Stupid need be proper events with good added money. Show the top players playing these events not worth it and every place have different tables different pocket size winner breaks alternate breaks shambles

GRABE: 100%. And also players opinions are not being asked

SHAW: We are just sheep and the expect us to follow has to be a point where we all come together and stand up for the better

GARY DANIEL GULLETT: Isnt that what Matchroom is supposed to be doing?

SHAW: What do you mean, bud?

GULLETT: Isnt it Matchroom thats taken on the task of building the sport, in this instance, in USA. Choosing venues that meet the standards and requirements of Matchroom. Added money, table specs etc. I support Matchroom and hoping they are the savior the sport needs to grow. But if im to be honest, it seems the shine has worn off and its become stagnant. I could be way off base but thats what im seeing from a fans perspective.

SHAW: No I think that ship has sailed they just putting events together to fill the calendar up and making it look like we have all these ranking events

(NOTE: I am not sure if the final Shaw response was to GULLETT's question or Grabe's comments. The sequence of responses was unclear).

I'm supporting ABR this tournament. Anyone But Ronnie. As a Scot, I don't want him to beat Hendry's record.

Mensabum said:

No. This one has no logo. Only way I knew it was a Joss was the serial # stamped on the joint.

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Does the serial number start with cl or c then the numbers?

Wow, just wow! The Ronnie show is awesome. No quarter will be given. 3-0.