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Shaw vs. Doung Quoc Hoang

sjm
Rocket354 said:
There's a difference between "more to come" and "dominate." Having recently been to Vietnam, I played a lot of pool and saw more interest and enthusiasm there, especially amongst the younger crowd, than I did even in the Philippines. So many teenagers/young adults were playing, the median age in the pool halls had to have been 19, if that. Quite a few also wanted to play me, the middle-aged white guy, once they realized I'm no slouch.

I agree with Jay that there will be a lot more Vietnamese pool players making names for themselves internationally than just the one they currently have. Dominate? Who knows. But in ten years there will be a list of names people recognize...just like there is for Poland, and for Taiwan.
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Thanks for sharing your first-hand experience regarding the Vietnamese pool scene. It was very enlightening.
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Shaw vs. Doung Quoc Hoang

Rocket354
sjm said:
Been hearing this for years now, Jay, but the emergence of a large contingent of world class players from Vietnam has yet to happen. Duong will be 40 in May, and nobody has emerged that seems ready to have the torch passed to them.

Fifteen years ago, many precicted that Taiwan would soon produce a lot of world championship level players, and they were right, with JL Chang and the Ko brothers leading the way. On the other hand, I recall how seven or eight years ago, many (including Jeremy Jones) were predicting that Poland, where pool was growing by leaps and bounds, might begin to dominate in 9ball, but to this point, no Polish player has ever won a Matchroom major or qualified for Team Europe at the Mosconi.

The road to the top of our sport is a very difficult one, and while it would make me happy to see a large contingent of world championship level Vietnamese players emerge, I am less confident than you that it will happen. Regardless, the Vietnamese players and fans are a credit to our sport and their limitless enthusiasm for the game of pool has impressed all of us. I wish every one of them well.
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There's a difference between "more to come" and "dominate." Having recently been to Vietnam, I played a lot of pool and saw more interest and enthusiasm there, especially amongst the younger crowd, than I did even in the Philippines. So many teenagers/young adults were playing, the median age in the pool halls had to have been 19, if that. Quite a few also wanted to play me, the middle-aged white guy, once they realized I'm no slouch.

I agree with Jay that there will be a lot more Vietnamese pool players making names for themselves internationally than just the one they currently have. Dominate? Who knows. But in ten years there will be a list of names people recognize...just like there is for Poland, and for Taiwan.
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Cue pivot SOTW alternative?

Bob Jewett
heater451 said:
... If the cue ball and the object ball were in line, from left to right, then the center of the 'X' would be equally distant from the parallel lines. ...
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Yes, that's what this system says. That means that if the 1:2 simple diamond system works on the table, this X system will go too long. They give different answers for the same shot. Pretty close, but different by maybe a ball, depending on the shot.
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Carom table hierarchy for serious players

Bob Jewett
The brands in recent tournament videos can be a rough guide. I heard a rumor that Chevillotte is out of business, but they still have a website up. The major European brands recently in the US have been Gabriels and Verhoeven. Other European brands are SAM, Soren Sogaard and Wilhelmina -- I'm not sure that any of those sell into the US now.

The two major Korean brands seem to be Hollywood and Min. Carom is huge in Korea.

On all of those brands I think you can expect 2-inch minimum slate thickness and a heated bed.

The major European cloths are Simonis and Gorina.
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SVB comes from the loss side to claim 4th annual Stevie Chan Memorial in Aurora, CO

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At this point in his illustrious career, betting against Shane Van Boening, in any tournament, is equivalent to horse-racing fans betting against Secretariat in the final race of the Triple Crown in 1973. In the $5,000-added, 4th Annual Stevie Chan Memorial at Piazza’s Italian Restaurant & Sports Bar in Aurora, CO this past weekend (Sept. 11-13), SVB was the highest-FargoRated competitor (848) of the event’s 171 entrants. He was the clear favorite, a ‘money in the bank’ kind of proposition if ever there was one. That ‘faith’ in his ability to pull it off in Colorado was rewarded when he crossed […]

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Shaw vs. Doung Quoc Hoang

sjm
GideonF said:
This is true, of course, but Wojciech Szewczyk did win the World 10b and the China Open.

Wiktor has won multiple Predator tournaments. Who knows how much more he would have won if the Polish Federation weren’t trying to sabotage him.
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Yes, knew all that, but I'm just trying to point out that the road to the top is difficult and that just because pool is growing rapidly in a country doesn't ensure that a large contingent of world championship level players will follow.

Of course, in this century, both Taiwan and Poland have demonstrated how a country's gradual infatuation with pool can affect the balance of power in the pro game.

We should all celebrate the growth of pool in every place in which it occurs. In this respect, countries like Taiwan, Poland and Vietnam should all inspire us, not to mention motivate us. It is to pool's great advantage when players from these countries win big titles, fueling the growth within their own countries and inspiring countless others.

The globalization of the game that has occurred in the past decade is one of the best things that ever happened to pool!
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Cue pivot SOTW alternative?

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Patrick Johnson said:
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That's the concept, but as Bob says, both blue "x" lines need to point where the lines from CB/OB hit the rail, which would move your target a little to the left (I didn't describe that exactly).

pj
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I just wanted to add something:

If the cue ball and the object ball were in line, from left to right, then the center of the 'X' would be equally distant from the parallel lines. As the diagram shows, as the cue ball is moved upwards, the center of the 'X' moves towards the cue ball (which moves the centerline and the cushion target). If you think about it a little more, the center will move towards the ball which is closer to the kicking cushion.
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