US Open 9-ball updates thread..

geoff_182 said:
Congrats to Biado for winning, but Yapp was the most impressive player of the tournament by far. Filler, SVB, and Orcollo could have been considered the top-3 favorites going in to this tournament, and Yapp not only beat them, but crushed them all. And to do it on the TV table vs SVB and Orcollo was unreal. Not to mention his sportsmanship of the SVB time-foul situation.
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His sportsmanship won a lot of fans including me. Thou I did want to see Carlo win this.


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buckshotshoey said:
9 foot tables will NEVER be the norm again. Get over it. Look, I dont like it any better than you do... I would love to play on 9 foot tables. But wish in one hand... shit in the other. Which one fills first?

Back to subject, Mr Yapp has a new fan. I love watching that kid play. I studied his pre shot routine, his stance, his stroke and delivery. His cue ball control is outstanding. I would also like to meet his teacher.
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9 footers are the norm for me...I got 10 foot Billiards and a Chinese 8 ball table when we get bored with that. The barboxes are fir the kids and wives.
 
SBC said:
I make more than Shane Van Boening doing what I'm doing....so why would I want to be on the road playing pool for a living?
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Are you as good at what you do as he is at what he does? He is one of the best in the world, in fact, one of the best ever.
Are you? Would anyone pay to watch you do what ever it is you do? Does anyone ask for your autograph? Would anyone even know you outside of your close friends or family?
 
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middleofnowhere said:
Are you as good at what you do as he is at what he does? He is one of the best in the world, in fact, one of the best ever.
Are you? Would anyone pay to watch you do what ever it is you do? Does anyone ask for your autograph? Would anyone even know you outside of your close friends or family?
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That wasn't the question son...
 
SBC said:
9 footers are the norm for me...I got 10 foot Billiards and a Chinese 8 ball table when we get bored with that. The barboxes are fir the kids and wives.
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If you make a living belittling other people, I'll say you are vastly underpaid.
Go suck a donkey dick.
 
Poolplaya9 said:
Not only that, but we also have to realize that a big part of it is just that that is what we are used to. Ten foot tables apparently used to be the standard table size. I can guarantee that during the transition time all you were hearing was "nine foot tables aren't real tables, those are kiddie toys, real men play on ten foot tables, nine foot tables are going to ruin the game, what a joke those tiny easy nine foot tables are..." until nine foot became the new norm and the ten foot guys died out, and so it will continue. Now here we are with nine foot table guys saying the same about eight foot tables because nine foot was the standard they grew up on and were used to, even though those same nine foot guys were a complete joke to some previous generation.
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no one is playing on 8 foot tables... bar boxes are 7 footers...

Jaden
 
BlueRaider said:
8’ tables have always seemed like a good compromise to me for space and playability. I think most aspects of big table pool remain intact on them, but a good bit is lost on 7’ tables.
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I don't disagree with you, because a person who plays great on a 7ft bar table, beats all his friends and other players in the bar, leagues and where ever else they play on 7fts, don't mean they have the same skills on a 9ft, and 9fts have been know to humble even some of the best bar table players. 8fts are either 44×88 or 45×90, or 46×92. And that much closer to the 9ft to transition to a 9ft at times, but not totally.
 
But, if you have no other table to practice on, a 7ft will keep you in stroke, I guarantee it. PRACTICE hitting balls, pocketing them, and cue ball control can be worked and improved overall requardless of the size of table you're playing on. American players just like pointing a finger at the 7fts as the downfall of pool in America, instead of taking responsibility for their LACK of practicing to improve their skills in order to compete on the world stage.
 
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