Bob Jewett said:

If your number is 7, I'm proposing you break nine balls and remove whatever is needed to get you down to 7. You pick which ones to remove.

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maha said:

stick around and dont desert us. you are a great poster.

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Mensabum said:

Either of the last 2.
They both play strong.
I just put a new tip on one of them that will get broke in here in an hour or so.
I play just about everyday, and work my tips a lot, so they don't last long. 4 months, maybe. I like how I still have a backup while one is down for tip replacement.
I use a hard tip, btw...

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JohnnyOzone said:

Having watched the semifinal matches, and part of the finals, I have come to the conclusion the UPL format is even worse than the ball-count formats like VNEA. It's great when the pros and 700+ players are playing, but it ceases to be real pool when the amateurs are playing. When the announcer, who is trying to promote the UPL, says that the player for the team in the lead should NEVER even try to pocket a ball, and try to make the first game last all 30 minutes, how in the world is that real pool? How are these 300 and 400 Fargo players ever going to improve when they are rewarded for not trying to win the game? How could that be fun for anyone?

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sjm said:

I agree that the European crowd got out of line once or twice, but much less than at other Mosconi Cups. Referees laid down the law early in the 2025 Mosconi, with fans who got out of line while a player was over the shot getting a reprimand. Honestly, I expected that, after the 2024 embarrassing behavior of the American fans, the European fans at Alexandra Palace would be rough, but they were surprisingly civil and, at least for the time being, are more respectful of the players than the American fans. This year .... well, we shall see.

The Mosconi is a marathon, a race to eleven matches. The anything can happen in a short match argument, to me, has never really applied.

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