Recent content by nmh2008

To be fair, the jump shot looked to be extremely tough…the break shot though, that was unbelievable. Kind of funny that Shane ended up winning that rack. Karl Boyes quote was great: “if you’re just joining us tonight, we are playing 9 ball here folks believe it or not”

To be fair, I suspect a lot of people... those people just aren't going to be people posting on a billiards message board.

I'm actually not sure what they do get that is of value... they get to pay to compete in the WPBA events? Almost certainly in the agreement to restrict competition and for self-preservation. Players have no leverage

Every part of his game seems to be strong right now - he's breaking well (and getting decent rolls), moving well, and jumping well. Feels like he hasn't missed a bank since the Reagan administration. His interview with Molina Mike & Panozzo after the Florida open was outstanding, it is clear...

And Shane is playing as well as I've ever seen him play (though I've only really watched for the last 5 yrs or so).

I agree yet she's grossed, what, $70K in the last 3 years?

I guess it depends on how you define reasonable and how you define elite. To me it is incredibly unreasonable to fine players for playing in alternative events when they are barely breaking even playing in your sanctioned events. How can you be both "elite" and broke?

Interesting - now that I think about it, I don't recall the "top" women's players playing in the Ultimate Pool USA tournaments. Does WPBA have rules that prevent, say, Kristina or Margaret from playing other events like Ultimate Pool USA?

Also, good luck finding the digital pool page for the tournament if you don't find someone sharing the link

Sorry if Mark or Sam is on these boards, but if Sam wants to play a 524 fargo some 9-ball he can do it in the Tuesday night handicapped tournament at his local pool room

With all of the discussion about the paltry money in pool and how difficult it is to financially justify committing to being a pro pool player, one no brainer is that they should be rigging the first round matchups in favor of the touring professionals. Why is Eklent Kaci playing Marvin Asis in...

Quite simply, there isn't enough outside money in pool. There isn't enough money in the pool table, cue, chalk, etc. industry for those companies to justify making pool a lucrative profession. Needing to beat 4 of these killers that play today just to break even is an absolute joke.

Played kind of a stun/rolled forward the cue ball, 3 ball I believe came 2 rails similar to the below. I don't remember where everything ended up, but I remember thinking Meglino might have a fairly easy bank with position on the 4 which ended up in a better spot, but he opted for a simple...

I'm not sure if it was fatigue, the difficulty of the table/equipment, humidity, or something else - but I caught an hour two of action starting when it was like 52-50 and the pace, shot selection, and overall quality of play was not great. Speaking of 3-9 combos, this was one shot I simply...

I don't think there is a legit 650 on the planet that's beating Justin Bergman or Jesus Atencio in a race to 8/9 in an arena on Matchroom equipment in a competitive event. You're not putting packages together in that environment, forget it.