What, in your opinion, is the minimum Fargo you should have before entering a WNT Open?

you want to play with big name pros. make a game with them and get spotted instead of playing even in a tournament. then you truly can have a chance and be a favorite if you make the game right.

ive done it and won big money, and that is better than beating one in a tournament and not getting any money back anyway.

plus many will play you cheap and give some personal instruction.

WNT Florida Open 2026, August 4-9, Orlando, Caribe Royale

Bergman plays Jesus Atencio next.

SVB gets Souquet.

Tyler Styer vs Elliott Sanderson.

Skyler vs Petri Makkonen.

Either Chris Reinhold or Shane Wolford guaranteed to get to the final 32. Styer could play the winner.

Styer has the easiest path to the semis, then Sky. SVB would probably have to go thru Filler.

Bergman would likely run into Zielinski if he gets past Atencio.

WNT Florida Open 2026, August 4-9, Orlando, Caribe Royale

Twelve Americans advance.

Thorpe should have been one of them. Couple of bad decisions cost him vs Eklent Kaci. Meglino also lost a tough one to Stefan Huber, 10-9.

Top players ousted:

Naoyuki Oi
Jonas Souto
Mario He
Jeffrey De Luna

Those were the only four players in the event who have Fargos in the top 100 globally to get ousted. The other 39 players with top 100 Fargos advanced.

30 min practice spurts.. better then hit a million balls?

Once you "get in stroke," you can stay in stroke by hitting a few balls or a rack or two. Thus you see pro players take one practice rack before the match starts. No tournaments, okay, hit balls for 30-45 minutes just to stay in stroke and be ready. Worked pretty good for me.

Here's a short cut no one ever told you about before (except maybe me). I call it the Hard Hit drill. Set up long straight in shots from all different angles. Hit the ball pretty much as hard as you can, over and over. Don't worry if you're making the shot or not. After awhile you will start making some. Do this for 30 minutes (using both corner pockets) and then back off to regular speed. Voila, they're all going in! Try it, you'll like it.
I have done the "hard hit" many times...knock the hell out of them.

FWIW, that is what I teach beginners who do not have a stroke and are poking and afraid to hit the cue ball.

What, in your opinion, is the minimum Fargo you should have before entering a WNT Open?

Destroyed most of my remaining faith in humanity...
At least you had some to destroy

But seriously, people that constantly go to AI to post a forum comment might as well keep it to themselves. You provide nothing of value at all to conversations. Any of us could do that anytime. That’s not in the spirit of conversation. IMO.

Can you run 3 or four balls? Ck it out.

Straightline....
The wing balls don't go in the corners they bank above the corner pockets and into the kitchen.... the 9 is racked on the spot same as pros, sometimes players never make a ball on the break but not always.
Sometimes the 9 will bank into the upper corner, If you break and are hooked, you can roll out same as the pros do.
If you lose your first two matches, tables open up for play, or you can spend your Day time doing something else.
By six o'clock almost every table that was being used is open for business for anyone.
Everything players dislike about late night play, is not in this business model, it's designed for the room owners as well as the players and no hotels needed. Each rack including racking avg three minutes max sometimes a rack takes less than a minute.

How would rate American Carom Cue?

I will only mention two, but I know he ( Mr 3 Cushion) used others!
1. Paul Dayton Cue ( I own)
2 McDermott Cue( Sold To someone else)

Everyone use Longoni.. I got one.

Dieckman Made Mr3 Cushion ( Bad Boy of Chicago), But doesn't mean he use it!!! Dieckman Made many cues for Champion 3 Cushion Billiards Players.

Schuler Cue. I collect them!! (old Ray Schuler,not Jacoby SLC)

Kilby ... Never use one>>>

McDermott .. Thinking about buying one

Tiger.. Gave to a tournament for prize and Raffle. Still got one!! Undecided if I like it.

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