Recent content by kingwang

Still going strong in the NYC area! There are at least three 14.1 leagues around here that I know of.

How do the teams get picked? I'm a fan of Ryan Hsu's game but I feel like it's been forever since I've seen him in international competition. He's one of dozen of elite Taiwanese players, so I wonder how they chose him out of that group.

Some of the best players in the world bend their bridge arm, though.

Usually players with a bent bridge arm would float their arm above the six there I think. It's just simply his form.

Both are accepted. Bent is probably a little more common, but look at players like Hohmann and Alcaide for examples of straight bridge arms.

What's the name of the tour? Is there a site or Facebook page?

Having the finals at 1:30am local is kinda insane, no? That's something I would expect at the Derby City Classic, not the China Open.

Looks like this is a thing already. I've been casually following the Sharks Billiards Association, a pro 9 ball league in the Philippines. There are teams, drafts, etc just like the NBA and NFL and other team sports. Quality of play is extremely high - quite a few established 800+ players, and...

They're Filipino clickbait peddlers. This type of shit is what they always publish. They were having a field day last year during the whole Kaci wax-gate thing.

Yes, poor word choice on my part. I meant it more as in "attracting". Unfortunately, I cannot edit the title now.

There's a smaller Duya Golden Nine event going on in Malaysia right now. The first place prize is only $20k USD, tiny compared to the domestic Chinese events. Aside from the usual suspects (Ko brothers, Orcollo, etc) I was surprised by how many 9 ballers joined. Johann Chua Baseth Mocaibat...

Thorpe looks great. Hit a great bank after a Pongers miss and then broke and ran the next three racks.

I think rigging the draw is exactly how you lose credibility and mainstream attention. The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA basketball and football, World Cup, and all other legitimate mainstream sports have a common through line: the tournament seeding is based off of performance, not marquee matchups.

I love how the comment section is basically 20 of the world's top pros saying "yep fuck that guy" 😂

That is correct, Mike Pruitt is a friend of mine.