Recent content by jbart65

https://probilliardseries.com/events/ Last year, Predator had six men's events aside from the Euro Tour. This year it has eight. Predator's two biggest events are the 8-ball and 10-ball World Championships. They are also the only two that pay pretty decent money. In 2025, none of the other...

I know lots of people want to pile on Matchroom. Its made plenty of errors while the Predator Billiard Series has greatly improved. Yet Predator alone can't provide enough money for pool pros. Predator only has eight events all year, and not all have big payouts like the ones in Vegas and St...

Maybe, but I doubt the WPC won't be held at all. You'd think the Saudis would let it be moved if necessary. Guess we will know soon enough.

These are not official rankings, of course. Matchroom still hasn't released or updated its Mosconi and Reyes Cup rankings. Which is ridiculous. The failure to do this by now is inexcusable. It should have been done in January. The point totals do seem to be accurate. They should have started...

The complaint about smaller ranking events is somewhat odd to me. The Beasley, for instance, was also held in 2025. It's not new this year. Shaw's complaint centers on standard of play and equipment. He appears to be arguing MR has lowered its standards and will now just about let anyone hold a...

Shaw is being advertised on Matchroom flyers for the Scottish and UK opens. He's been viewed as a strong supporter of Matchroom since the WNT began. So his comments should be taken seriously. There's no doubt MR/WNT has lost momentum. While they got much of the schedule for 2026 out earlier...

Naturally Molina Mike jumped all over this comments to bash Matchroom and Frazer. Seems to be his raison d'être these days. Mike Pannazzo was fairly critical, too. Pannazzo said he expects the U.S. and Asian contingents to the UK Open are going to be “very light.” “It’s kind of the new...

More grumbling about the WNT. It started with a thread from Elliott Sanderson. Sanderson posted on Facebook about his 9th place finish at the Beasley Open. Jayson Shaw and Denis Grabe responded. The big surprise was Shaw’s comments. He is not a happy camper. SHAW: Unlucky pal. Ps these small...

It's one thing to expect players to call fouls that are obvious, particularly when there are no refs. I support that. But fouls based on science and not visible to the naked eye are a different matter to me, especially if a ref is used. Teach the science to the refs and let them make the...

Lots of founders shared such sentiments, as I noted earlier, Bob, but the "masses are asses" is quite a ... "paraphrase" of the longer Hamilton remarks you referenced! 😎 *** I am amazed at how fired up AZB posters are about the Yapp shot. Personally I don't think any player should call a...

Come now, sjm. Citing ... a Wikipedia entry with no attribution to an original source (because there is none). Wikipedia! The word 'ass' has been around a long time. No disputing that. But the construction of the phrase "masses are asses" definitely has a modern tinge, not an 18th century one...

Alexander Hamilton said no such thing. It's not how people talked in the 1790s. Perhaps the 1890s or 1990s ... Hamilton did think the masses might not be capable of governing wisely, and he wrote or spoke such sentiments in words more suited to his times. But he also supported the Constitution...

Predator covered the hotel costs for top players at the recent Euro competition in Italy. We could see more efforts like this over time.

I do wonder about the murky finances of top players. How much money do they get from sponsors a year? Do sponsors ever pony up to get them to go to some big events, etc. On the face of it, your argument makes sense. Few pros can afford to travel and pay entry. And yet ... dozens of top pros...

Turns out Wiktor Zielinski has been working with Alex Lely. Can't say I am surprised. Zielinski has looked more focused and less petulant. Wiktor wrote on FB: "Thanks to...