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    Chinese pool starting to steal more and more 9 ballers, even without the big prize pool

    Yes, poor word choice on my part. I meant it more as in "attracting". Unfortunately, I cannot edit the title now.
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    Chinese pool starting to steal more and more 9 ballers, even without the big prize pool

    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...
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    U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

    Thorpe looks great. Hit a great bank after a Pongers miss and then broke and ran the next three racks.
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    U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

    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.
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    U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

    I love how the comment section is basically 20 of the world's top pros saying "yep fuck that guy" 😂
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    650 Fargo Quits Six Figure Job to Pursue Pro Pool Dream...or YouTube Fame?

    That is correct, Mike Pruitt is a friend of mine.
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    650 Fargo Quits Six Figure Job to Pursue Pro Pool Dream...or YouTube Fame?

    I'm surprised at how many notable matchups he's getting. He got Thorsten Hohmann first round in a 3-9 loss. Pretty lucky, given he should be often drawing less notable opponents in the 700-780 range and still getting crushed.
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    Breaking from the head spot

    You're not alone, I wondered this for a while as well. Seems like an obvious solution and seems like the vast majority of viewers would not care.
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    U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

    Tuned in to see Melling tee off on a 390 Fargo. Lag to last ball, 30 min total 😬
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    Revolutionize Tournament Structure

    Entry fees need to trend towards zero in the long term for pool to become a mainstream and viable sport. There's no world where you can sustain competitors primarily off of other competitors. The first round of play is basically a qualifier, which is common and what other sports do. It was...
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    Zhangjiagang Station (Peri event)

    Thanks for sharing. Do you know why they're playing American pool? I would have assumed American pool tournaments would have been a rare breed these days. It's really interesting seeing the Chinese specialists try non-Chinese pool. From the few minutes I watched, they're way worse than you...
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    Master Mechanical Bridge or Rest Technique

    @dr_dave do you know the origin of the horizontal forearm dogma? Almost every instructor or tutorial teaches it. I've chatted with several pros and instructors about it and nobody knows why or where that "best practice" came from.
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    FargoRate app - is there a way to see recently added games?

    Let's say my robustness increased by 80. Is there a way to see what those 80 games were? This is NOT the same as the most recent matches in my history, since FargoRate does not always process games in order. For example, those 80 games could be from last week, last month, or last year. In my...
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    U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

    What's the limit on foreign participation? I haven't heard that one before. And they definitely are not only interested in the biggest names. They're basically interested in as any and all foreigners playing their game.
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