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    sjm replied to the thread Question about Jose Parica.
    ... assuming we are talking 9ball, some would say Jose had a big edge, including me.
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    There was this time that I would have run 833 but, unfortunately, the 27th ball skidded on me. The size of this run continues to boggle...
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    sjm replied to the thread RIP Billy Lanna aka Billy The Kid.
    I knew Billy fairly well and played him a few times in the late 1990s, when he was playing his best pool. He played more than Fargo 700...
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    I don't agree with all of this, but a lot of it makes sense. When you shoot as straight as Filler, and Earl Strickland played with a...
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    Surprising for sure but, given the usual promptness on Matchroom live for displaying the draw at the majors, one must guess that the...
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    sjm reacted to skogstokig's post in the thread Knight Shot Open 2025 with Like Like.
    filler > gorst > chua ..but then there's the entertainment aspect. both chua and filler are fast, confident players that feeds of...
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    I've seen both Benko and Vogel play live at the Jayson Shaw Junior Open in London. They are very capable cueists with a bright future.
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    sjm reacted to jbart65's post in the thread Knight Shot Open 2025 with Love Love.
    I was waiting for you to challenge my statement, sjm. Based on what? Watching all three play a ton the past few years, especially Chua...
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    Nice post. I think we like Chua for many of the same reasons. Chua is certainly super-aggressive on offense and that, as you suggest...
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    I recall that interview and actually, Efren said "maybe Chua."
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    Based on what? Of course, he and many others can beat them both when in highest gear, but Chua's only major championship came at an...
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    sjm replied to the thread Knight Shot Open 2025.
    Nice to see Chua in form at the prep event for the World 9ball. Of course, a much bigger challenge awaits him, and we'll see if he can...
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    This isn't pool's business model, it is hotel/convention business model. Standard fare for using convention/meeting room space at a...
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    Well said. It's both the pool and the hotel business model. Trust me, I have been on the production end of pro pool and this is how it...
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    To suggest that there are more than ten non-Matchroom pool commentators that are worth listening to is, in my opinion, an exaggeration...
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