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How low do you get your head when you shoot? Glasses are designed so the focus point is in the middle of the lens. With a more stand up posture that works, but if you have your head right over the cue you aren’t looking through the center of your lenses so you aren’t looking at the right part of...

I like this definition. Like I would take prime Pagulayan over many “better” players if I I had a pick a player to win when down many games to another champion player.

Cylindrical?

It was an interesting choice by Taom for sure. I would assume it was a conscious decision - that they didn’t want to undermine their round branding of the round chalk by offering a square version. The Pagulayan allows them to capture that market but not directly compete with themselves.

He didn’t? He explained why Saudi pulled out and also said the first 5 years of the deal are likely already paid for (meaning WNT has the money for another 2-3 years).

Good insight from Mike Panozza: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14YVtnZyFqy/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I don’t love it, but at least they have a shot clock throughout the match. A time limit without a shot clock is a much bigger issue, IMO. Of course with a shot clock, most of the time issues disappear (although you still can have games with safety battles that bog down). To some extent the...

It was announced as 10 year deal originally. Of course it’s not specified as to whether there are opt-out provisions and/or what penalties there are for ending early.

Yes. The B side plays out like a normal 16 player bracket (for example) but ends when you get to the 3/4 match and those players split 3/4. The loser of the A side gets second. By the way, unfortunately pace of play can still be an issue. The TD reserves the right to put a time limit on the match.

In my area a Monday night tournament is run as a modified double elimination. Bar box. Usually eight ball on the A side and nine ball on the B side. Once you get put on the B side, there is no coming back to the A side. The B side plays as normal but 3/4 doesn’t play - they split the B side...

Thanks for correcting me on the year. Orcollo was trying to get Filler to play banks. No dice. I also remember that the Chang vs Filler match was late starting because Chang’s tip had come off and they needed to wake up Steve Lomax to put a new tip on! (Maybe it was just find him not wake...

This reminds me of being in the Pool Action TV room at the Derby in 2015 or 2016 and Chang was warming up to play Filler a set of 10b. Chang breaks like a cannon and Alex Pagulayan says “If I could break like that I wouldn’t have to play one pocket!”

It’s amazing to me that pros continue to have issues with the math (or maths if you prefer). Ding almost blew the counter clearance by playing position on the yellow when he needed at least the brown. Fortunately he was still on the brown and noticed it before he made the yellow.

From 5-0 Allen to 5-3, looks like it will be interesting tomorrow

For a second there I thought you were suggesting one shot with both inside and outside english!