Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

I'll try to catch as much as I can if it's aired on SkySprts again.
If not, I guess I'll watch the nightly wrap-ups on YT.
 
SA96 said:
Super excited, going to be at all 4 days.

I'm just worried that Team Europe have been preparing really hard for this event, whilst USA seems to be taking a more unstructured training program.

Bookmakers have Europe at 2/5, which is -250 in American terms.

The odds slightly surprise me, as I would have thought Europe would be bigger favourites.
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I think the two rookies on team Europe are tipping the odds our way a bit.
 
Bob Jewett said:
For those who think Fargo gives reasonable results/predictions ....

With that average difference in FR, you can say that on average, Team Europe has a 55.3% chance to win each match to five. If you think of each match as a single game and the Cup as a race to 11, that is like a race to 11 for two players who are 30 FargoRate points apart.

That's not an overwhelming advantage. Calculation says that Team USA has a 32% chance to win the Cup. It also says that if USA gets two games on the wire, the odds are 50-50.

As far as betting, I think if you find someone taking USA at less than 2:1 odds, take Yurop.

One thing this ignores is the captains' choice of players. Some players may get to play more/less and that will affect the average rating.

Of course, calculation from FR ignores lots of factors that you might want to include, like home court advantage and the chronic and debilitating team ennui that seems to plague one side. Part of the fun of betting comes from mixing in your feelings/hunches with the cold science of data analysis.
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First-time Mosconi Cup players could also be a consideration, if only minor.
Will
 
SA96 said:
Matchroom clearly don't have much faith in Team USA.

Day 1 will only have 4 games, rather than 5. :ROFLMAO:

Very happy that my VIP tickets are for day 3 and day 4...(day 1 fans are being robbed).

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One never knows. Day 4 has been anti-climatic the past few years. Day 3 also two years ago.

The first four matches on the first day always take some time. The team match alone is about an hour.

I think it's fine playing just four games on a midweek night. It's a midweek night and no need to let things get out of hand early.
 
jbart65 said:
... The team match alone is about an hour. ...
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Yeah, for the last 10 Cups, Match 1 has averaged about 51 minutes, at an average of 6.7 minutes per game. The shortest was last year at about 40 minutes (just 6 games), and the longest was the year before at about 65 minutes (9 games). That's measuring from the lag to the end of the match, including commercial breaks. And it generally takes 15 to 20 minutes after the program starts before they actually get to the Match 1 lag.
 
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For VIP ticket holders, dinner starts about 5PM.

I've been here since Thursday, getting used to the time zone and weather. Only light rain and drizzle so far. (y) ;) Actually, the weather has been pretty good for walking around.

I'm off to York this morning by train to see Ronnie O'Sullivan play in UK Snooker Championship
 
Bob Jewett said:
For VIP ticket holders, dinner starts about 5PM.

I've been here since Thursday, getting used to the time zone and weather. Only light rain and drizzle so far. (y) ;) Actually, the weather has been pretty good for walking around.

I'm off to York this morning by train to see Ronnie O'Sullivan play in UK Snooker Championship
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We enjoyed the train to York for an afternoon/overnight/early morning before picking up a rental car and heading to the Yorkshire Dales last spring. It's a cool town and wish we'd had the time to spend more time there. Great architecture and a fun walk around the central city and checking out parts of the wall and so forth. Looked to be great food options - we had great food at a place called Marzano but again, too many restaurants, not enough time.
 
Bob Jewett said:
For VIP ticket holders, dinner starts about 5PM.

I've been here since Thursday, getting used to the time zone and weather. Only light rain and drizzle so far. (y) ;) Actually, the weather has been pretty good for walking around.

I'm off to York this morning by train to see Ronnie O'Sullivan play in UK Snooker Championship
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SA96 said:
Press conference got spicy.

Tyler told Filler that the rest of the Europe team didn't want him on the team last year, because of the WPA issue.

Shaw said SVB wanted Sky to pick Lukas over Billy. Shane didn't really deny it.
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they need to do something to liven it up. i've got a cheap sweat-bet we don't '7'. MR's probably hoping it goes til Saturday.
 
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