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    PBS St Louis 2026 (Men’s World 8 Ball Championship, Mixed Doubles, Women’s Open, Bank Pool), 1-8 April, Half Million Prize Fund

    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...
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    With Joshua winning in Vegas, does Fedor's backers still want some?

    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...
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    Bergman will play WNT events in 2026

    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...
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    Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

    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...
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    Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

    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...
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    Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

    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.
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    Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

    This is an interesting situation. Oscar is a very standup guy and would never intentionally cheat and his character shows that. But it seems that the scenario is "Guama accepts the action that Oscar comes and they play on Guama's specific table the way it is." Oscar is allowed to practice before...
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    Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

    If the US wants to improve in the Mosconi format is to play the event style matches like the Euros did before the event. Whether it be exhibition or money challenge an Asian team, or another group of US players (For example a team of Oscar, Chris R, Lukas, JB, Mike D), this would at least let...
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    2025 Reyes Cup, Oct 16-19, Manilla. Team Asia vs Team World

    Duya Legends Golden Nine Classic Jinan Station Ko Ping Chung eliminated at 49-64th place Ko Pin Yi eliminated at 17-32nd place Wu Jiaqing eliminated 5-8th – He lost to the overall tournament winner and was leading going into the final 2 racks but ended up losing to the overall winner. Nice to...
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    Who wins in a "Rest of World" vs "WPA" match?

    Who wins in a "Rest of World" vs "WPA" match? Gorst, Sky, FSR, Shaw, Neuhausen vs Filler, SVB, Eklant Kaci, Ouschan, Kazakis? Seems like probably favors WPA. Some of the doubles matchups would be fun to watch like Filler and SVB.
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    If a gun was put to your head to choose one player to pocket a difficult shot for you, who would you choose?

    I know this is geared towards pool, but if it was to pocket a ball not worrying about position and to simply make a pressure shot, perhaps RONNIE O'SULLIVAN?
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    Matchrooms Concern

    I think it has to do with the perceived future in getting good at pool. What do you get from it? A few social media posts where you hold a trophy but all the keyboard "experts" calling out every flaw and saying that you aren't actually that good because you wont challenge SVB, Filler, or Gorst...
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    What do you think of custom cues from Taiwan, or cues made in Taiwan, in general?

    Take a look at North Demon Custom Cues, I think they are North China but could possibly have some Taiwan presence as well. Pretty fancy stuff that is up there with all the other high end cue makers.
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