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Billy Thorpe

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Rocket354 said:
I started after that, learned by trial and error, and wasted literal decades of my life working 10X as hard for half the results.

The fundamentally sound players of today would trounce the top players of the 80s given a time machine. Earl, Sigel, Hall could hang, but pretty much all the others would get steamrolled by even the 50th best player today.

Thorpe is exactly what most top players of then would look like if magically transported to today's game. A talented player, fighting an uphill battle against poor mechanics, and ultimately just an also-ran.
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And Thorpe's form isn't even as bad Keith McReady's!
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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iusedtoberich said:
One of our members here is an ER MD living in Florida, and he goes to big football games all the time. It's a requirement to have X amount of Dr's on site when there are X amount of people in his state. I suspect it's the same thing with police. Probably varies by city/state, but that's the general idea.
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Sometimes the venue has certain roles, and sometimes the county has certain rules. I am a Texas resident and I rented a ballroom once they asked if we’d be serving alcohol I said yes. They said contractually. I am obligated to have so many police officers per person. So it could have been a convention center requirement or a municipal mandate.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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Kris_b1104 said:
2x US Open 9ball titles
1x World 9ball title
1 x World Cup of Pool (w/ Alcaide)
1x World 8ball title
1x DCC 9ball
1x World Junior 9ball title
3x Mosconi Cup titles (66.7% match win rate)

I'd say he qualifies. He just did it in a much shorter span of time rather than throughout his tenured career.
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FSR doesn’t have the volume of wins you would expect from a hall of famer but the quality of his victories is obviously top shelf. Kind of like a Brooks Koepka who performs best in the toughest situations and can seem mediocre otherwise.

FSR’s only win since 2024 listed on Wikipedia was the Little Monster Men's International Ten-ball Open. By contrast Filler has 13 wins listed in that time period including 2x DCC and the UK Open.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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datnodude said:
Rogan wasn't terrible commentating on the filler far match., I didn't expect him to be back in the both again. He won't save pool. You all have been saying that for you 2 years now.

Was nice to see pool back on espn
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I have no knowledge of this, but I would not be shocked if having Rogan lined up to do commentary on the finals helped to get ESPN to agree to this.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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Lowell said:
I appreciate his love of the game but that doesn't mean it's appropriate for him to commentating throughout the duration of the match.

Especially given that he's a polarizing figure
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My political opinions are about 170 degrees the opposite of Rogan's, but that doesn't mean I can't respect his love of and respect for pool. Not everything has to have politics dragged into it.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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I lost 20 on capito.

There was probably a ton of security because they like to shoot people in Texas

Do we have to put el Ferrari in the HOF now?

Rogan wasn't terrible commentating on the filler far match., I didn't expect him to be back in the booth again. He won't save pool. You all have been saying that for you 2 years now.

Was nice to see pool back on espn
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Sanchez Ruiz Makes History With Second US Open Title After Epic Hill-Hill Thriller

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Francisco Sanchez Ruiz etched his name into US Open history once again, defeating Robbie Capito 13-12 in a dramatic hill-hill thriller to become a two-time US Open champion. Four years after lifting the famous green jacket for the first time in 2022, the Spaniard produced a remarkable performance to deny Capito the biggest title of his career and become just the tenth player in the 49-year history of the event to win the US Open multiple times, and move up to 3rd in the World Rankings. “It feels amazing. I gave absolutely everything to win today, and it worked. I feel […]

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Billy Thorpe

Rocket354
Brookeland Bill said:
Fundamentals. You should have started in 1960. You learned to play by trial and error.
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I started after that, learned by trial and error, and wasted literal decades of my life working 10X as hard for half the results.

The fundamentally sound players of today would trounce the top players of the 80s given a time machine. Earl, Sigel, Hall could hang, but pretty much all the others would get steamrolled by even the 50th best player today.

Thorpe is exactly what most top players of then would look like if magically transported to today's game. A talented player, fighting an uphill battle against poor mechanics, and ultimately just an also-ran.
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