Johann Chua and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz have been named as the final captain’s picks as expected.

The format for selecting players to the Reyes teams was clearly altered to allow Matchroom to avoid having to remove anyone who qualified via points but did not participate in all major WNT tournaments. I get it, but if that’s what they wanted to avoid, perhaps Matchroom ought to get rid of the rule for next year.

Matchroom will still have to disqualify some players who have enough points to qualify for the Mosconi, namely SVB and Filler. Won’t be a great look.

I credit Matchroom for sticking to its rule, even if I don’t like the rule.

RidgeRaider said:

Hey, neighbor!

I'm in Milwaukee, not far from state fair park actually.

I really appreciate your offer. I am positive I'll take you up on that and pick your brain about some things.

Do you shoot around here?

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Mostly stick around the Racine Kenosha area. Its rare that I go up that way to Romines or a tournament. You're also welcome to come down to Kenosha and check out my shop. I'm usually in there every Saturday.

Lol. I would often make a production lining it up so people would know in case it went.

lakeman77 said:

I think, think being the operative word, he's a cue maker from Canada. Value depends on the cue.

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I believe he passed away not to long ago. Brian.

skogstokig said:

nah, they have it wrong in the article. it's fedor, moritz, sky, jayson and one more

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What I thought, something was wrong. Who checks these things anyway? The makings of a pretty strong team imo. If you want a vet take Ouschan, and if you want a younger star chose Labutis. Both of them are coming off strong performances. I'd like to have both of them on my team and remove Sky. Then it would be a real gunfight.

That's a nice looking older sneaky. Got a lot of miles on it but probably pulled in a lot of change for the owners. $100 no problem! You probably got it in a PS for 50.

jay helfert said:

Mickey Krause?

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nah, they have it wrong in the article. it's fedor, moritz, sky, jayson and one more

ShootingArts said:

Anybody trying to hit center pocket all the time is taking away over half the possibilities on the table. I like to brush the long rail on the way to the corner, rattle twice, and fall. "You almost missed!" Damned hard for the other player to not drag out the money for "one more game" when if things had been slightly different they would have won.

Better to be lucky than to be good! (and hitting a million balls helps you get very lucky!)grin

Hu

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Long before Efren, when I got "lucky" and made a combo or billiard on the nine I would always act like I got lucky.

8intheside said:

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/551992/reyes-cup-2025/

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Mickey Krause?

This might also be Kingwood... might reach out to Theresa on FB to confirm..

skogstokig said:

no, they don't. they have their own events and they keep proving that asia > europe > USA.

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Meaning they can be manses if given the opportunity.

jjohnson said:

30 seconds per shot is reasonable is if you are learning and focusing to remedy errors and perfect your routine.

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But you said ''at best'' not for beginners and thats what you calculated your numbers on.A beginner will not stay a beginner very long, so
your numbers cannot be correct.

And I just watched a bit of Buddy, a deliberate player, he shots at 7-16 seconds per shot, timed from when his bridge hand touches the table, so nowhere near 30.

straightline said:

This is mostly directed at the MC but I'm not picky.

PUT THE GIRLS IN.

At least they got stuff to prove...

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no, they don't. they have their own events and they keep proving that asia > europe > USA.