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That's a fair answer. It also explains why top players favor it when they gamble, I suppose. They want to increase the skill required...

Yup, agreed. When the entertainment value of the pro pool product is not the priority, as is typically the case in action matches, any...

It eliminates some of the most entertaining shots in the game as well as some of the most thoughtful. Combos and caroms on the money...

I hate the constant cries for "fixing" the game. Why penalize players for studying the game and elevating the level of competition...

Before we "fix" nine ball, I want a data-based definition of what is broken about nine ball, with a large data set and no guesstimates...

Absolutely right. Pool is a better game without the jump cue, but it's not going away in an era where cue manufacturers are making so...

Yes, as noted in another thread, although I left London when I was four months old, I am English born, so it is exciting for me that...

I don’t put him as goat but I do feel he was playing as good of rotation as anyone today from what I actually saw during those years. If...

Agreed. In fact, the Mosconi Cup, more than anything, introduced American pool to European players and fans. Although Eurotour began...

Agreed 100%. The WNT break is actually pretty difficult.

Yes, that's the choice. I'll take 9ball over any call shot game and the "ten ball last" version of 10ball is just silly, but 10ball is...

Agreed. No way it goes in 90%. It's well over 70% for the elite players, but the cut break needed to make the one in the side from the...

I think 9-ball is already lost, the rack is so simple that you can always make the 1 or the wing ball if you know what you are doing...

I don’t think the game was broken before templates came along. As long as people had to hit them firm the game was fine. There’s not a...

The only change I would suggest is to enforce the 3 points rule that will require a bigger break and may cause more misses of the 1 in...