sjm said:

The evidence says otherwise.

I'd say Filler, Shaw and Oi are the three most entertaining players to watch in today's 9ball game and all three are Top 20 in the world based on Fargo. Hey, at least they managed to get one of them. Getting the most entertaining players is most definitely not the priority here. As noted by many, getting the most deserving wasn't the priority either.

My best guess is that the Manas pick is to compensate for the inclusion of Woodward on Team "Rest of the World." Perhaps this off-the wall choice makes things a bit more competitive, much as the Matchroom proclamation a couple of years ago that Gorst was, for Mosconi Cup purposes, American. Maybe next, Yapp can be proclaimed European.

If Asia went to bat with Yapp, Biado, Chua, and the two Ko brothers, they'd be favored over any team of non-Asians you could put together. Perhaps those who suggest Philippines vs Rest of the World would be better are right. Of course, Manas, based on Fargo, is not one of the 20 best Filipino players, so his inclusion would remain comical.

I truly hope that this event will be a great financial success for Matchroom and that the event blooms into the kind of extravaganza that the Mosconi already is, but as a non-Asian, I don't terribly care whether the non-Asian team wins given that it does not represent anything close to the best team available.

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bbb said:

I have not listened through all of the podcasts so I apologize
But can someone tell me specifically, if it was mentioned what Keith’s eye problems are

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Kris_b1104 said:

How is it the rookie AJ Manas' first time on the big stage in a team event and he's still playing better than the seasoned Woodward who's been here many times. People who thought Manas was gonna crumble under the pressure are hilarious, this guy gambles with monsters regularly in the Phillipines in the toughest of conditions.

It's people like Sky and Billy who you have to worry will crumble under the pressure.

Actually, you can replace Manas with literally any other Filipino who isn't even on the rankings and they will play better under pressure than those two. But they are given chances and chances again as opposed to young new blood. Politics indeed.

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skogstokig said:

i must admit, i got sad checking the fargo top 100 last week. but there's another way to look at it of course, and that is to say look how good this guy was. JLC was a top 10 fargo player for as long as i've known about fargo, maybe since it's existence?

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pt109 said:

I don’t think I’m the only one…anybody who is no longer living who are listed in my phone records will remain there till I croak.
I honor the dead.

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8intheside said:

I’d have to nominate Earl as one of the most entertaining especially when he was younger. I don’t think there’s ever been a player who wore their heart on their sleeve l like him. Earl rubs a lot of people the wrong way, and maybe r rightfully so, but the man just lives and breathes pool!

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skor said:

JB cases make custom cases and they can make almost anything you ask for.
Only thing is that I don't like the interior, I find it to be to tight with a 3x6 I got from him. I think my Schon LTD logo paint got erased because of it (no other reason for it to wear off).
Volturi make nice cases and you can choose Instroke style tubes or padded dividers.
Whitten makes nice cases and still uses tubes (I don't get the current fab of soft padded dividers)
Castillo are also nice, the interior is soft padded dividers if you don't mind them.
I don't think there is a case out there that beats the Instroke tubes interior but it's design is stuck 20 years ago and doesn't fit today's needs like room for a longer jump cue like the modern jump cues and cue extensions. I don't think that there is a good modern case made today to fit a modern player besides some of the soft cases if you're into those type of cases.

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