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The sad news that Joe Porper has passed away has been posted by his magic company's Facebook page. As a pool playing magician there were 2 items I wanted to protect the most important things I use in each world - a Porper Card Clip for my cards and a Pirper cue case for my cues. I was lucky...

Couldn't have put that better myself! Ooh! Any way of getting a copy of this or for it to be put online? Might be best to PM me. Thanks

From what I have heard, the Mosconi Cup prize fund is half of the planned US Open prize fund - $150,000 - with $20k per player on the winning side and $10k per player on the losing side. I can't double check just now but I am sure BH mentioned that all previous champions' names will be...

I wish I could watch the stream but the match is at 1am in Scotland and I'm up at 6am for work tomorrow. Blooming time zones!

Oh and to answer the question of the thread, I'm hoping that Jayson can get his first Open. Not that I'm biased or anything, oh no no no... C'MON JAYSON - RIGHT INTAE THEM WEE MAN!!! I now return you to your usual sane(ish) debate.

Sorry to be a pedantic so-and-so but Ralf won the US Open in 2002. If memory serves, that was the year of the live TV broadcast of the final and the ever-changing shot clock rules.

I've not read all of this thread as I can't be bothered wading through the personal attacks on Boyes, so I don't know if this has been mentioned. While what he did may not be in the spirit of the game, rules are rules and where would be we be without them? Oh yeah, here! This precedent was...

Here's a link to the tribute video that was originally shown in the video I linked to in my earlier post. This time, the sound is sync'd up properly. https://vimeo.com/104730663 Happy viewing.

Childhood memories! Rempe playing in the World English 8 Ball Championships is one of my earliest pool memories. He was the first pool player I really remember watching play. At the Straight Pool Hall of Fame induction ceremony last month, there was the usual video montage of clips and...

I'm very sad to hear of Rich's passing. I only met him and Cathy for one week, nearly 9 years ago when I attended my first and (so far) only US Open. I had spoken with Rich via the CCB on the run up to it and both he and Cathy made me feel more than welcome, introducing me to many of the others...

On a slightly different, yet similar, vein, I'm going to be in Houston for a few days in mid-April and am looking to get my cue re-tipped as soon as I can (I don't want to have to send it away, which is what I'd have to do on this side of the pond). I've had a look at the Big Tyme website and...

For those of us in Scotland, it isn't really a surprise. There are many players who have known him a lot longer than I have and he has always been mentioned as a future superstar. But that was on the 7-foot English 8-Ball (Blackball) tables. Now, on the 9-foot American tables, those...

Hi Doug. Hope you're well. The DE charts that AZBilliards are showing for the Open is actually one massive 256 player DE chart, not 4 separate charts leading down to a few players in the latter stages (like the EuroTour does). This does, however, mean that when a player loses in the winners'...

Jayson is a brilliant player who has come from the game of Blackball (8-ball on a 7ft table with 2" reds and yellows and tiny snooker-style pockets but different rules to the 8 ball game that Darren Appleton and Chris Melling used to play). His match on the TV table on day one of the Open did...

Sure, Hatch played Appleton and won - in America! Let's see them play the return match on this side of the pond. If Hatch wins, fair play to him. If Appleton wins then I think a neutral venue should be found for a "deciding" leg. As for Karl's Facebook comment, it's a wonderful little reply...