for a simple answer to those that are in still the beginning stages of learning about pool. put a stripped ball on the table and the top of the strip is very close to max high and bottom of it max low.

next, the ball doesn't know what happens after it is hit or cares. its gone.

and your stroking is not a factor in what the ball does.

Bob Jewett said:

Matchroom did run the World Pool Championship four times around 2000, but the entries were all invited.

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wasn't it until 2007? the had it in taiwan and manila a couple of years after cardiff. so eight years?

garczar said:

please stop using ai as your 'fact' source.

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Yes. And it is not even Artificial Intelligence. It is a language model (LLM). LLM output is words, every new word is a result of the LLM calculating a probability for a set of words.

I think I could even play around a bit and create a couple of AI agents which are being taught one aiming system each and then let them argument with each other which one is the best

Bob Jewett said:

Perhaps you could follow up and list the World Pool Championships that Steve Davis has won. Maybe they were at one pocket because I don't think he has finished higher than 17th at 9-ball. Edit: he finished tied for 5th in the 2000 WPC including an amazing win over Efren Reyes.

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A good example of asking a language model how pool players compare to snooker players. People still think AI (LLM) has intelligence. Especially with abstract concepts like this AI output is simply bullcr*p.

Jaden said:

I didn't say "I" would have those higher average breaks, I said top pool players should have higher average breaks if they dedicated themselves to it. There isn't incentive to take the risk for the higher level pool players they're succeeding at what they're doing. The only ones who have tried were already declining in ability when they gave it a shot.

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Alex was 36 when he tried to make it through Q school in 2014. He had won the DCC 9b in 2013 and won MoT at the DCC in 2015 (second in 9b and first in 1p) and 2016. And Alex wasn’t new to snooker - he won the Canadian championships more than once and runs centuries. That said, I’m sure he would have had a better chance to get his card if he’d tried it a decade earlier.

Also, just getting your card doesn’t mean you will have much chance. Many players make it through only to struggle to win enough matches to stay on the tour (as happens with golfers). And despite all the money in the sport, it’s very top heavy in terms of payout. The 64th player on the one year list made under 50,000 pounds.

Could someone like Filler in his prime make a run at it? I think so, but would he have a chance to get into the top 64? It’s tough - the field is packed with players who are unbelievably talented and who’ve played the game their whole life. Players like Hendry have said that unlike the 1990s when a top player could expect easy matches the first few rounds, now the field is so strong that top players can be upset in the first round.

garczar said:

Buddy knew exactly what he was talking about.

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AT ALL TIMES. And don't you forget it.

RIP

VTEC John said:

I'm sad to report the passing of an active and fairly long-time member, Dennis Bossa, known here as L.S. Dennis. He was my close friend of many years, a great husband, a car nut, a guitarist and an avid, intelligent follower of politics. But all combined, those things did not remotely compare to his love for pool. Dennis happily misspent his youth in Executive Billiards, the Redwood City room owned by BCA Hall of Famer Dorothy Wise and her husband Jimmy. You can read all about that in his posts. Rest in Peace, Dennis.

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Sorry to hear about Dennis, he will be missed.
Thanks for bringing us the word, as many times we never really know why some members stop.
RIP

jazznpool said:

Hardtimes was in Bellflower. Just South of the 91 and Bellflower Blvd near Artesia.

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That was HT2.

maha said:

okay vern petersen owned bell flower billiards .he was there . i was there. maybe it was also call the palace. he sold to a guy named butch something.
then it all went to hard times is that right?

then i never went to hard times.

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It was always the Palace to me (70s) I missed all the monster action. They did have the golf game going, I guess those guys were small businessmen. Anyway the Palace moved down the street a few blocks, they setup a room for the golf table and one maybe two other 10' snooker tables. maybe half dozen gold crownish tables including one super tight. I can't remember if they called that the Palace or Hardtimes. Next I know big Hardtimes was in full swing up the street. Keith should know all this stuff. @JAM ???