Exactly!!!! The comments from lots of non-bettors - or haters - are so idiotic. Just pure jealousy and hatreds. Why do you care what happened between the bettors? It is NONE of your business. The "real" backers/bettors have an "understanding" that NONE of you would understand. "TheMarsMan" didn't have a problem of extending the race, and there were 3 other backers who had bigger pieces than him (and if you know anything about pool & gambling, you surely know JMars is pretty well known as a WHALE). LOL
If I were Mike Howerton or JerryF, I would change AZB and make everyone post with their real names, or link with FB Names. It would surely grow AZ Forums, imo. It would be really funny to see how everyone's behaviors changed - For The Better.
Gambling is the Main catalyst for pool to grow, just like poker - Poker would never be this big without gambling. Period. If you want to see pool grow, gambling will be the true power for it. If there's no gambling in professional pool, it would be 100000000% DEAD.