Recent content by Architect

Old BCA championship at the Riviera had the open teams tournament which only allowed one "Master" or I believe "Grand Master" skill level player per team. 5 people played in a match like they do now. They also had the Masters level tournament that allowed a team of all Masters level players...

I can understand the feelings of Thorsten playing under the German flag for past years, but I think he switched when he got his official US Citizenship. Being in the US for over 20 years, paying taxes, following the official process for getting a green card and then official citizenship, while...

Jayson Shaw is probably glad Styer came in ultra clutch and will play him next. Manas is Jayson's kryptonite lol

This is a very interesting analysis. Most commentors post match continued to claim that Bergman was breaking bad and that Cousins dominated in that regards, but Bergman was playing significantly better after the break. Cousins had one more miss and 2 more fouls but essentially broke and ran more...

A "professional" is based on whatever the person views themselves to be. Just ask the person if they, Savannah in this case, considers herself to be a professional. Though you may hold a specific title that includes that term, such as PGA members, whom are called "PGA Professionals". I make my...

That's awesome to hear! He had some moments in the recent predator tournament where he played really solid. He also had some moments where he showed that he needs to get back into the tournament grind mindset. He has potential to go deeper in those tournaments than any US player other than Gorst...

I think everyone has their ideal team in mind but needs to remember Matchroom does this to make money. The rule that the top three money winners are selected is because they want that talent to show up in tournaments to drive attendance and viewership. Mosconi is a reward since the travel...

A random tidbit that I remember hearing at the time based on the person moving the table. I can't 100% confirm it, but recall it being accurate. If you remember the Green Bay Packers Linebacker Clay Matthews, he had a short stint with the Los Angeles Rams. He bought a house in Calabasas, then...

In league one night we had 2 situations where the shot was close, we would sometimes record them for review. The first hit was very very close, but a bad hit, the second was also very close but a good hit as we could essentially identify a specific frame. I ran both recorded videos through...

Justin proved this tournament that he can play solid, be clutch, and win against the top players in world. I watched nearly every one of his streaming matched in singles and doubles and wanted him to crush it every time. But...he also makes more mistakes than the top players in the world that's...

Im guessing one of the reasons they aren't playing big money sets is it doesn't make sense from a backing standpoint. They are pretty close to 50/50 on who wins, but then the winner gets a cut. Use 50/50 winner money split as typical, though that can be negotiated. It's a bad bet to take...

Just curious about how many people say he is better than Shane after the break. Is that saying that if he broke better he would be world champion and a 5 time US open champion as well? If that was all that needed to improve in his game he should have done that years ago. I'm a huge fan of his...

I think the situation that is not being looked at is from a side better point of view. Imagine you had $5k on Guama and were watching from some remote location. The match ends and you are ready to send your $5k, then word gets out that Oscar modified the table prior to the match and didn't...

If you go into a match knowing your advantage is how to play the dead rails on your table and you realize 10 games in that your table is different, your focus has changed and you start wondering what is going on. Your opponent seems to now understand your own table just as good as you, and now...

I think the original action was $30K per side and that was posted and paid. The other $50k is a convoluted mess of many people making side bets with the backers from both sides and is only digitally recorded.