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Yes, Baoanan is good. Just quiet and gets about his work. I think he is Biado's best friend also, so no surprise about his talent.

If anything, I think 9ball has become too difficult, but I figured I'd have a look at the At Large stats from the Reyes Cup first. To...

Unpopular opinion: The traditional* ball set is is too dark across the board and awful to watch/play with. *I am assuming you don't...

I'm really just referring to ball sets having the traditional colors. There are many such sets. Agreed that visibility should always...

Doesn't look like she wants young stars to me. Prior to the Reyes Cup, by WNT ranking, the top five ROW players were Gorst, Filler...

I really don't want to waste time on this I got better things to do. However, when you have crowd-drawing top notch players investing...

Not an excuse. Just my opinion on why a return to the traditional ball set seems unlikely.

A couple of AZers suggested MR is yet to admit the mistake. Actually, at one of the podcasts/interviews, be it Windows Open or Boyes...

The difference is is that you are as hardcore of a pool fan as there is. I am much more of a casual fan and I almost always forget about...

Thanks for sharing that. It's true that as a diehard fan, I may, at times, overlook the plight of the more casual fan. For the most...

Tournaments are not about being fair. They are about growing the game, making a tournament fun to watch, and getting done on time. True...

Thanks, Mike. This kind of event is a fan's delight, for there are always a few champions that swim beneath the game's surface, and...

Yes, and it's the participation rule that's the problem. It goes against the spirit of the reconciliation with WPA. I'd have no...

Yes, that's why the introduction of the purple five was a mistake, but the real problem was that they used a color already in use in the...

Of course you are right. A player with a loss sometimes wins at the expense of one or more undefeated players that they defeated. On...