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And last month he competed both in World 8-Ball and the Philippines Open

I could imagine players who play in APA master division are more likely as a group to be players who have games in FargoRate from other competitions. That might lead to the impression you are more likely to be able to look up a rating for them. But I'm pretty sure there are no APA leagues...

Below are the active GBR players above 725, with Joe Prince on this list. We're not currently importing UP games. It would probably be fine to do so. Games played with somewhat different rules on perhaps different equipment that would seem at first glance to taint the ratings generally actually...

If we look at the 23 matches in the last 10 years, Shanes effective opponent rating is 832, and he would be expected to be a slight favorite overall. In those matches he won 79 games and lost 93. That's the expected performance of a player rated 808.

I can imagine someone like SVB is a moving target, like each event he plays in probably bumps his familiarity up quite a bit. I think people did not appreciate this enough when, for example, Filler started playing Chohan in one pocket. Filler at the end of a long set with Tony was not the same...

Yeah that doesn't really smell right. Here is another interesting qualifier story. 2019 China Open: Anton Raga and Jerico Banaras Raga: 22-year-old came in through qualifiers and lost 10-11 in the finals (to Kaci) Banaras: Played incredibly in qualifiers (828 speed) bringing his rating to...

Magpantay was listed as #10 Asian a few months ago. Also he beat Moritz 15-to-10 in 10-ball games in World 10-Ball just a few days before this.

JAM's record is now 6545943 to 1 in language usage.

I asked Jonás Souto (Spanish) how to pronounce his name, and it wasn't YOE-nus The J is a breathy H and the accent is on the second syllable. So it's more like ho-NAHS

There are 3 events where Superman and Clark Kent are in the same room at the same time. 2022 Sharks Invitational 2019 Manny Pacquia Cup 2015 World 10-Ball If you scroll down here, you see one JB finishes 65 and the other 33. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_WPA_World_Ten-ball_Championship

lol... The first match is the bigger surprise. The noname Kuwaiti is I think in FargoRate as Mahmoud Charif (as opposed to Sharif) from United Arab Emirates, and he is rated 707.

https://qbsf.qa/ui/events/details?eventCategoryId=44211425-c364-4406-4036-08de15f211c8&activeTab=brackets

THAT is some fun information. Thanks Stu!

Yes. And importantly, the pond seems little from our outsider perspective. But it may not seem little to the top women or the top Middle Eastern players who have reporters and fans waking up early to make sure they catch the big match and interview the competitors. And it is, I'm speculating...

This is an interesting comment, and I'm wondering if the operative issue is not so much the day job as the experience being in the later all-eyes-on-this matches of the tournament. Compare, for instance Kelly Fisher (around 760) with Chris Reinhold (around 760) and imagine both getting to some...