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2026 Predator Bali Aramith Mens Open

J
Monti said:
2 out of 3 sets is too short. Semi and final should be 5 sets.
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sjm said:
They are best of five sets in a World Championship, as we saw a week ago at the WPA World 10ball and also in this week's WPA Women's World 9ball. In each case, I thought the match was two long, but to each his own.
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You are both right. Two of three sets is too short, and 3 of 5 is too long. It's the fatal flaw of the Predator format.

In a 2 of 3 match, one dominant player could win a title in as few as eight games overall.

In a 3 of 5 match, a winning player might have to win as many 17 or 18 games.

Ideally, most matches should take no more than two hours. Championship matches should take no more than three hours.

Lots of long matches simply aren't conducive to pro pool broadening its audience beyond merely diehards.
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Realignment for Mosconi/Reyes cup events

sjm
Mosconi and Reyes Cups are established brands, perhaps needing of some tweaking but not requiring overhaul.

FYI, there are now two WPA world team championship events. One is the WPA World Team Championships which was played in February, with each country fielding a team of two men and one woman. It was a great event and Team Philippines outlasted Team Poland to win the title. This past week brought the WPA Men's Doubles Championship, essentially a relaunch of the World Cup of Pool. On this occasion, Team Spain topped Team Philippines for the title.
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Are high end predators hard to sell on the secondary market?

philly
garczar said:
JOSS? Sweet classic style.
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Thank you.
Going for that old school classic look.
Steve and I went back and forth for about a year bouncing ideas off of each other. He is a very patient gentleman. The theme of the cue was fall colors and his kielwood shaft came with the cue.
His father made a cue for me 10 years prior which he cleaned up for me and I have retired it.
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Realignment for Mosconi/Reyes cup events

Bob Jewett
garczar said:

2010 World Team Championship - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Now I remember it vaguely. About 43 teams of 4 to 6 players, male and female, playing 8, 9, and 10 ball, a WPA event, $400k in prizes. Great Britain won the final over the Philippines: https://www.azbilliards.com/great-britain-wins-world-team-championship/
It was certainly very global with a lot of countries not represented even in Matchroom's current large events.

I assume it didn't repeat for lack of funding.
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PBS Women's 9 Ball World Championship

J
Lowell said:
In spite of better outcome last year (actually winning the same event), I still think Seoa is playing noticeably better overall than back then.

But Chou has been in top form lately, I had her in my top 3 of most likely to win this event when it started.
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Until the finals, Seoa was playing the best I have seen here play. She was pocketing a ball in on most breaks, playing at a faster pace and playing with obvious confidence. A few years ago she was slower, less powerful and more timid.

I do wonder if Capito has been working with her with the break. We don't see women play 9-ball as much as the men since there is no W-WNT. Some of the women really dialed in their break in the Bali event, but many did not.

The women aren't as consistent as men with breaking. Not playing with a template is a big part of the issue, but I suspect it's not the only one.

I thought Chou was on, and Seoa off, almost from the get-go. The break was a clear tell.

Maybe it's me, but it seems that when great players are off, or having a bad day/match, it's almost always evident right away. And rarely do they seem to find their way back into the match.
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2026 Reyes Cup - October 15-18

sjm
A big problem is that non-WNT events are excluded from consideration in the selections, so Team ROW will likely go to bat without Szewczyk, the WPA #1 ranked player in the world.

Filler and FSR are both at the top of their game right now, and Gorst just won the China Open, so that's three players that are formidable. SVB has been a little off since his win at the WNT Florida Open, but if he finds his form again, he'll also be a very tough out. Were Szewczyk to be their fifth, team ROW would be very strong, but I don't see it happening, and I don't see anyone else that will perform close to his level right now.

If Szewczyk is omitted, as a fan of Team ROW, I think I'd like to see David Alcaide selected. He was 3rd in the US Open 9ball, just won the WPA World Doubles Championship with partner FSR, and is a consistently strong performer at the Mosconi Cup. He is very much a player in form right now.

I think this year's Reyes Cup will be close, but my hunch says Asia will defend unless Szewczyk joins Filler, FSR, Gorst, and SVB on Team ROW.
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Allison Fisher - Parkinson’s disease - retiring from professional competition

skiergd011013
One of my pool friends just told me about this. I felt this one. I have met her a few times, and took a class with her. I have photos with her, signed balls, and a signed cue. She will always give you time. What can i say, other than that Allison is a legend. I hope she does not beat herself up by thinking she is disappointing her fans by not being able to perform any longer, as she said she is feeling in the legends of the cue video. I can't think of anyone who has done more for pool than Allison.

I have a neighbor that has parkinsons. It got pretty bad and we saw the decline (shaking, struggle walking etc). He was on the medications, but He ended up leaving the country (we live in usa) to get a medical procedure done. He got some implant/stimulator in his head, and it changed his life. He is driving around and walking better. He was already very elderly, but it helped him a lot. Hopefully Allisons doctors know about this/ all options if or when the need comes.
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Bad home table

GoldCrown
jay helfert said:
I also tried to stay low key but it wasn't possible in the pool rooms. Everybody knew the nickname Toupee Jay and they had me built up to be a strong player, which I was not. The real.players spotted me the seven or a couple of balls in One Pocket.

On the second cue Ernie made for me I had him leave my name off. In the bars I never carried my cue. I always played off the wall with a house cue. I looked for one with a good tip and the lighter the better, often playing with a 15 or 16. My name meant nothing in a bar.

I must have played in over 100 topless bars. They almost all had a bar table or two and guys who wanted to show off for the girls. Great for me! I actually had guys who couldn't make three balls in a row keep raising the bet. They wanted to act like big shots. I used to call them (in private) pool imposters. If you got their nose open they would play and play until they won a game, and then celebrate their victory.

I wasn't looking to hook up with any of the bar girls but I won't lie and say I never did. I had girls lead me into the restroom and take advantage of me. LOL!!
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Toupee Jay. .. I love it. We have Richie The Wig in our room. I wonder what my name is😆
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