hello said:

Paypal is legal thievery.

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Evidence? I've been using it since 2005. Never had an issue, nor has my wife who uses it weekly.

easy-e said:

He is probably staying home to get ready for the Ultimate Pool Grand Finals! Doesn't want to ruin his stroke by playing on the big tables...

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Styer is married, of course, and has a life. He is a virtual shoo-in for an automatic Mosconi spot. Two players among Gorst, Woodward, Bergman and Hohmann would have to finish in the semifinals. Even then, Woodward or Bergman would have to win the event outright.

Gorst just needs to finish one round ahead of Hohmann to get the third auto bid.

Tyler was smart. He played in the UK Open to negate the need to travel to the Philippines. Woodward,Bergman and even SVB, I believe, had to play in the Philippines Open to qualify.

epoxypop said:

Pay Pal only offers buyer protection if the seller refunds the money to them. I've used pay pal for 20 years now i'm done. Pay Pal is owned by ebay, which is in bankruptcy .. I'm not sure any other pay service offer fraud protection, hopefully my credit card company will

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I quit using Paypal last year. There are several better pay services available now.

Kris_b1104 said:

Interesting first round eliminations:

- Bustamante (only interesting cause he beat Fedor last year)
- Pagulayan
- Neuhausen
- AJ Manas
- Lukas Fraccaso-Verner
- Max Eberle
- Corteza

You know what they all have in common?

Their opponents were all Filipino.

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And four of them are also Filipino!

SA96 said:

Duong should beat Thorsten in a potential last 32 game.

That means we need Fedor to reach the last 16.

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Don't count Thorsten out just yet. He will play better in each successive match.

Looked good to me. Definitely close, though.

Paypal is legal thievery.

Omrider said:

That's not an issue. Thorsten does not intend to play in the Mosconi Cup.

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He could change his mind.

nicksaint26 said:

I’m going to predict Robbie Capito winning it all. Should be a great tournament with a lot of fairly unknown monsters.

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Not this one. Too much Pinoy firepower!

skogstokig said:

majority of euro commercial rooms pool tables range from 4.5" to 5".. and shallower shelves than diamonds. more specialized clubs will have tighter equipment.

taiwan is probably the country that's had tight american pool tables the longest? or japan? just what i've heard.

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My local club is Rasson's with 4" pockets, which is all I've really played 9 ball on. There is another club near me with more forgiving tables, but they are much slower and I find it nice getting to play on a faster cloth. I'm guessing the club I play in probably is a bit more demanding than the average UK club, though I'm not sure what the norm is.

Rocket354 said:

Team Europe vs Team Ex-Europe.

I hope Thorsten gets on the MC just to have some new (old? Old-new? New-old?) blood on the team. He'd be at least as good as any other option for the 4th/5th spots.

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Now if they just get Filler to defect to the USA...

I did try it with the large arrow, but... was it good? I think so/frikin close.

datnodude said:

Damn Centeno lost to thorsten, and Moritz was the first pinoy casualty, losing to some dude named Meynard Tipawan

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That "dude" would be 800+ if he got rated on Fargo.

Kris_b1104 said:

I don't think anyone from USA is spending "thousands" to get to the Phillipines.

Thorsten lives in NYC, and a round trip from New York to Phillipines is under a grand, and once you land, everything is dirt cheap due to the USD to Phillipines Peso conversion rate. Hotels should not be too expensive, even an Airbnb will do the trick.

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A nice hotel can be had for 100/nite. That includes the breakfast buffet.

garczar said:

did a lil dig and apparently if Paypal's investigation comes out in your favor they can pay out even before they are made whole themselves.

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As it should be ..unless you work forthe biz that has to pay it out!

Rocket354 said:

Team Europe vs Team Ex-Europe.

I hope Thorsten gets on the MC just to have some new (old? Old-new? New-old?) blood on the team. He'd be at least as good as any other option for the 4th/5th spots.

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skor said:

Hohmann is playing Chezka Centeno in the first round, he might get beaten by a girl.... hahaha

A lot of unknown Filipino players, will we get a new star?

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Did you happen to see Meynard's win over Moritz? That guy is a serious player!