Recent content by Bert van Manen

FC will (as he did last year) pass up on the World Cup in Korea. He feels it's unsafe for him and his wife, following legal fights with both the PBA and a former sponsor of his. That - also - explains his presence in NY, I guess.

My comment was posted in 2012. Sorry for omitting the DJ and Bao matches! :)

When Caudron lost his semifinal in the European Championship of 2013 to Marco Zanetti, he had equaled the world record high run and had a higher average than his opponent. Billiards is a bee-atch.

If you want to compare it to the World Cups, the best thing is to take the average of the last 32. For this WC in Blois, it was 1.556.

Frankly, the UMB plays no part in the operation of the streaming. Soop, formerly AfreecaTV, told me two years ago that I had to do the commentary from home, to save travel & hotel expenses. What they didn't know, was that my motivation for the work was never in the modest salary, but mainly in...

Well, would you believe it! There ARE things we agree about.

Here's a little fact that might have escaped some. Nobody has been able to successfully defend the UMB world title since 1992! (Blomdahl, 1991 and 1992). It was contested in a series of 5 or 6 World Cups those years. The last one to defend the 3C title in one-week events was Raymond Ceulemans...

Nope, I have my referee's credentials but I haven't used them in decades. I'll happily leave it to the pros.

Still have my Dieckman, not going to sell it while breathing.

I can see how you would cherish that one. Well done.

Straight rail is solfège, balkline is music. The Serie Americaine is difficult to master (physically) because margins are always extremely small and stamina is a big factor. But it's not a very creative game, and the strange thing is that the better it is played, the more repetitive and boring...

I remember that. You and a friend of yours were the epitome of appreciative fans, drinking it all in. I am glad you enjoyed the experience, and Bordeaux 2016 was a pretty great tournament! Best from the Netherlands.

I bought a cheap one in the Netherlands for 60 Euro, built like a tank, never a problem. It does three balls, not six, but so what? Takes you four minutes now, instead of two.

If Bob & Bert firmly agree, resistance is futile.

One note: in the free game (at competition level) there is no choice in case of a frozen ball. You go straighr to the break-off. In balkline, you can ELECT to play the break-off, but you can also solve some situations with an "in-and-out" pique. Or, out-and-in, rather.