mikepage said:

What about allowing top tier players to enter the competition at a later round. I don't know, perhaps if you are rated over 750 or reached round 7 in the last two years you enter the competition at round 5 --or something like that?

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sjm said:

Actually, Fedor unscrewed 5-1 behind in the race to nine, allowing the diehard railbirds like me to go to bed.

I think he was conserving energy, having to play the banks final Sunday at 12:00 and the one-pocket final immediately after that. He also surely recognized that Josh was in dead stroke, having just dismissed SVB 9-0 with a TPA 1.000 performance in the quarterfinal and now way ahead of Fedor.

In retrospect, Fedor's decision appears to have been a wise one, as he won the banks, the one pocket and the Master of the Table on Sunday, walking away with some serious cash.

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JAM said:

Yes, I do believe so. He has a huge following on Facebook. When he posts, within 1 minute, he gets close to 1,000 likes, which as a professional on Facebook, he does get an income for his posts. He also has a YouTube channel which brings in income. Fedor is a huge super star around the world, especially in Asia.

His online sales of merchandise, not to mention the $250,000 he won at World's and all the rest of the tournaments, makes him the winningest pool player in this decade. Then there's the challenge matches. I think he will surpass Efren because the money paid out today for pool-related happenings is much higher than it was when Efren was in his prime.

But make no mistake about it, Efren has done quite well and will continue to do well. Fedor, however, is just getting started. He just hit 300,000 followers on Facebook.

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