kanzzo said:

... to improve the chances of you (or any sponsor) to never having to pay it out, I even would ante up the challenge, that only the first to get perfect score in both drills gets it

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There is no "sponsor" other than the Billiard University (owned by me and Randy Russell).

How much are you willing to offer for the first person to get a perfect score in both (or either of the) drills? We can have that be an AZB-only bonus prize. You might be the only AZB user with enough dedication and skill to go for it. Although, if you offer a bonus prize for the Follow Matrix Drill, I will definitely put in a little extra effort to try to be the first to 100.

DeeDeeCues said:

Craig Montana, on the upper Madison River. Fly-fishing bucket list for many.

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Don't forget about the Big Horn River the moss is starting to grow and the fresh water shrimp and all the other interesting bugs will be hatching like there's no tomorrow !
A 9' 5 weight forward fly line on you're fly rod is a good idea for most days , on others a 9' 3 weight can be a fun time with plenty of backing !

freds said:

TMAIDR* - pool player never-went-to-class misspellings and bad grammar have much more charm and are far more readable than this generic AI generated stuff.

* Too Much AI, Didn't Read

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Why does it matter? I don't think Evan is holding himself out as Ernest Hemmingway.

He posted that to his FB page, because that accurately articulates the message he wants to communicate. Whether he wrote that or agreed to its accuracy doesn't mean it isn't true.

Choosing to concentrate on whether this message is generated by AI rather than the accomplishment of beating Fedor in the biggest one pocket tournament known to man says more about you than Evan's alleged use of AI to express a deep sense of accomplishment and gratitude.

To me, this is like noticing a baseball player has dirty and wet clothes after winning the world series. The story is not champagne-covered dirty clothes, it's that a new champion exists. Choosing to take notice of something other than the hard-fought victory is its own communication.

kollegedave

Badpenguin said:

Wow, they really spared no expense to restore that room and table. I wonder about what they were saying about chalk for the cue sticks though, I didn't think chalk became a thing until at least a century later.

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I wasn't there, but reportedly players discovered about this time that the points of the cues would work better if they rubbed them into the ceiling plaster. Tips were still about 30 years away. The chalk holder was needed because the ceiling in that room is inconveniently high.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

Different pocket sizes and shapes make potting balls harder/easier. Speed of the cloth can make a big difference (though at pro level I think all tournaments will have pretty fast cloth no matter the brand). Ball can bounce of cushions/rails different on different brands.

Personally think a good player is a good player on any table, but tighter pockets will allow the most accurate players to have an advantage and slower cloth might give someone with more cue power an advantage.

Though this tournament was organised by Matchroom who use Rasson tables, so not sure why the person you were responding to was talking about goofy Predator tables.

And Filler has had plenty of success at the Derby which uses Diamonds. So I don't really agree with MarkJames viewpoint at all.

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UK open, US open and European open use diamond tables