VVP said:

Filler, Biado and Gorst are streaming on their YouTube channels when they are playing. Anyone else? The "official" stream is a joke. Need binoculars to see the table, at least yesterday. I didn't watch today.

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552 games is not low robustness. Typical central limit theorem guidelines often suggest convergence to the mean at sample sizes of 30-40.

I don't think you need diagrams. The main point is hiding the CB, learn to see that and you've got it.
I really like the music. thanks.

I thought the format worked well for this event, but I would have made the first round of matches a race to 11 instead of 10. But 10 was much better than a race to 9 given it was single elim.

Frazer seemed to commit to a Philippines Open next year in an interview near the end of the event. I'd expect the same locale.

I thought comments of Johann Chua were interesting about support for pool in the Philippines. He seemed to indicate the sport had been fading in popularity among the public. On his FB page, he wrote:


"Had a super early exit this last Philippine Open. Lost on my first match and didn't have the chance to play more. To other's point of view, it is painful or brutal.

But for me, seeing the venue flooded by our kababayans, I felt like I already won. It has been awhile, it has been more than a decade since I last saw that kind of atmosphere and audience here in our country. My heart is full and grateful to say that billiards is getting known again. The hype, the cheers, and the intense pressure are back. Nakakakilabot!

To Matchroom Pool and Ma'am Emily Frazer and Sir Putch Puyat, thank you for making this event possible. Thank you for bringing this wonderful event to us. Please promise this is not the last. MORE LIKE THIS TO COME! The event brought so much joy and thrill to my kababayans."

In the second game of Shane’s match some guy that looked like a prince tapped him on the shoulder but Shane hardly acknowledged him. Anyone know anything?

Vahmurka said:

Yeah, agreed. But coming from Iraq must be hard to get a visa to some places. It was just recently he was denied a visa or getting some issues about it, which made him miss one of recent international events.

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Regardless of Fargo, he is a very impressive player. Just very calm and plays smartly.

jbart65 said:

Low robustness. It would be nice if he could play regularly at Predator and WNT events outside the Middle East. I'd like to see how he performed with all the travel and playing against the best in the world regularly.

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Yeah, agreed. But coming from Iraq must be hard to get a visa to some places. It was just recently he was denied a visa or getting some issues about it, which made him miss one of recent international events.

Love the pockets on my blue label Professional. They hold 11-12 balls which is nice if practicing at times. They also don't mark balls, or at least mine haven't. Something I cannot say about the two places I play league at with 7' Diamond ProAms. The one place just put new tables in for this years leagues and they mark balls horribly. You can scrape the black clumps off with your fingernail.