How does Predator PBS seed tournaments?

Jasmin vs Siming actually isn’t surprising, because Siming hasn’t played much and therefore is low ranked.

Tkatch vs Liu was WPA 3 vs 21, which is crazy to me. Someone in the comments on the broadcast said it was only top 16 that were seeded. If so, I guess that makes sense and everyone outside the top 16 would be random. I don’t like it, but it’s their money so …

And Siming doesn't have any deep runs of late in these Western tournaments

How did Steve Mizerak hit this cueball?

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Shot at 37:12.

I was watching this and that shot was amazing to me because I'm looking at the tangent line and was surprised to see the cueball land where it did . How much english did he put on it? Was it reverse? Also, considering how light he hit it, how did it have enough speed to even hide behind the six ball after it collided with it?
Soft stun, maybe with a little right spin to kill the cb off the end rail.

2026 WPA Predator Men's World 10 Ball Saigon

Not for me to tell you what you should enjoy. I, of course, respect your opinion here.

Still, here on the forum, we often compare pool to the two major individual sports of tennis and golf. Neither of those sports has the same philosophy as pool.

In tennis, at the majors, they don't lengthen the sets when they get to the late rounds and they don't add sets either. At Wimbledon, the first round is best of five sets and so is the final. In golf, they don't add a round or more holes at the majors, either, even though they could. In golf, they play 72 holes at both the Texas Open and the Masters.

Only pool sees the need to lengthen the matches in the late stages of the majors. It's not for me, but to each his own.

For the record, I didn't enjoy the old race to 17 finals at the WPC.

Yeah, I agree that it’s personal preference.

But to address the points you make, in tennis a normal tournament is best of 3, the majors are best of 5. They also had a different approach to 6-6 in the 5th set (at least at Wimbledon). US Open Golf plays a full extra round if tied after regulation.

For pool, I think a WC should at least be 5 sets (I’d be fine with it throughout the tournament).


I am also influenced by snooker, where bigger tournaments are longer races and increase in length as you go deeper. The snooker World Championships is a best of 35 (race to 18) (played in 4 sessions over 2 days). It’s a marathon for sure, but probably why the greatest players win so many of them (Ronnie 7, Hendry 7, Davis 6, Reardon 6, Selby 4, Higgins 4).

Does top spin and bottom spin affect the cue ball's path after hitting a cushion?

.... Does the vertical spin affect the cue ball path off the rail?
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Yes, depending on the situation. If you shoot a shot firm with a ton of top, enough forward momentum can still be with the cb after it leaves the ob. If so, when the cb hits the cushion it will bend back toward the cushion as it bounces away.

Shooting a shot with draw may cause the cb to leave the ob with backspin still on it, then when it hits a cushion the back spin will change the normal rebound angle. It could make it a wider angle off the cushion or a more narrow angle, depending on the cb speed and angle of approach when it hits the cushion, and of course the amount of spin still on the cb is a factor also.

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Funny how people think that some scandal from 30+ years ago is keeping pool out of Draftkings. No, they just know almost no one cares and it would be wasted effort.
Point shaving scandals never stopped basketball betting. Even college ball, where for a long time the athletes weren't paid (at least, officially), and so were in prime position to be corrupted.

How does Predator PBS seed tournaments?

I guess a better question is do they even seed them? How are there so many high profile matches in Rd 1 of these events. Like Jasmin vs Simeng on the womens side, but so many others on the mens side too. here are some on the mens side that seem like they shouldnt be happening, but here we are.

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Jasmin vs Siming actually isn’t surprising, because Siming hasn’t played much and therefore is low ranked.

Tkatch vs Liu was WPA 3 vs 21, which is crazy to me. Someone in the comments on the broadcast said it was only top 16 that were seeded. If so, I guess that makes sense and everyone outside the top 16 would be random. I don’t like it, but it’s their money so …

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