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As expected https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38928002/saudi-arabia-snooker-masters-axed-wst-pif/ There is talk that WPC would be moved back to Qatar especially since WPA tight with QBSF :ROFLMAO: Huge blow to WNT , this is jewel in their crown. This could be start of the downsizing of WNT...

So Rating Increase =rating inflation +skills performance improvement How much is rating inflation? I am guessing ballpark around 20 points give or take a few points. So an 800 player a decade ago with no improvement in skills performance would be about 820 now give or take a few points. Top guys...

Am surprised Germany has most in Europe. Tot Poland, UK or Russia will have more

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For sure, the biggest prizemoney events were few decades ago. IPT$500K won by Efren (paid in instalments) in 2006 about $800K today's money has to be biggest. I think 2nd biggest is Tokyo Open 9 ball $160K in early 2000s ($300K today's money) also won by Efren. Those few W10B in 2000s were $100K...

Yes, I agree :ROFLMAO:

99.9% no WPC this year. WPC is package deal with Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters (which is in jeopardy after venue change last year. There is chatter of Saudi shoving it to Qatar). Saudi PIF scaling down on LIV so same thing with pool snooker deal. Even though MR WNT signed 10 year deal there is...

True. Maybe there is high turnover cannot get folks to take on this thankless job or the ref training system not working I mean PBS brought in so called EPBF refs in previous event but still those refs blundered big time with countless lag-gate controversies, cannot apply rules consistently...

Precisely. Players are paid to play (play to get paid) and refs are paid to ref.:LOL: Dumb rule. How many players would really call foul on themselves when the stakes are humungous? That's why spy agencies have a saying "Everyone Breaks". Forget the cheap words theatrics a player will say for...

Don't write off Robertson & Ding even though they are in much tougher top half. They are the dark horses. Really, they only have to beat maybe 3 World Champions. No sweat.

Clearly ref should have reviewed like Nigel Rees in the foul in that Bustamante -Daryl Peach match. Though in that match Rees only reviewed after someone shouted "Foul" :ROFLMAO::LOL: https://anitokid.blogspot.com/2007/11/francisco-django-bustamante-and-daryl.html Clearly obvious foul after...

Zhao and Ronnie are solid bets . Though I think Zhao may fall to Crucible Curse :ROFLMAO: I think Ronnie will win it this year and retire but he is in very tough top half of draw. If not Ronnie, I think either Mark Selby (in form this year) or Trump...

40 years ago is too long ago for folks like me. Let us talk about more current active best players of these last 2 decades who have not won a major. For this exercise, major is defined as only WPA/PBS/WNT 8B,9B,10B majors, includes World Games (poor man’s version of Olympics) , PBS Las Vegas...