U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

Lowell said:
I'm a little surprised that Billy is the last American standing.

He's on a comeback right now, let's see if he can stay composed.
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They all looked good, just didn't get there. I'll have no issue with whoever is chosen.

Personally id like to see Berg. Shane fared no better than Tyler, Billy is still there, Fedor is....well Fedor.

I honestly thought all our guys were gonna pull through and we'd have to have a 6 man tourney to fill the spots. I'm literally open to anything at this point
jbart65 said:
Lots of things could be said about Billy, but as Lincoln supposedly said of Grant, he fights. You can always count on Billy for that.
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He's hitting the balls good. Him and T chohan play wayyyy better than they're given credit for because of banking or 1pckt. Fact is, theyre both champs and Chohan is given the least respect of all of them, when in fact he's(chohan) in the top 5 - Shane, Fedor, Bergman, then...Chohan, Billy, Sky, Meglino, Oscar, Tyler, Earl, Corey, who am I missing?
 
Fourteen of the final 16 players have been on the US swing since Vice City.. And all eight of the quarterfinalists will have been on the US swing except for Gorst, if he wins vs Morra. He only played in Vice City and Phoenix.
 
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I had Vogel as my guess for who wins the tournament from the last 64, fun to root for the underdogs and nice to see he's in top 8 already. Let's see how far he gets.
 
Positively Ralf said:
I've been wondering something, did they move the US open 9 ball to texas because the state has one of the longest running 9 ball tournaments in the country with the Texas open? Also, I know there was some documentary released within the last year or so about pool in texas.

I know those are stretches but any chance those two things had a say in them going there this year?
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They are getting a great turnout. We love pool. So cool to see all kids playing in the tournament. There are some very short people signing autographs.
 
Frosty said:
I watch it for its beauty, the same reason that I play it. Second guessing and multiple looks of those that need to look 5 times at the obvious ruin that beauty. Often they’re just time bandits attempting to get in their opponents heads. Some like Moritz are just anal retentive OCD types that don’t trust in their training and instincts.

You say you want to get better? You’re learning bad habits watching players like that. In some disciplines like 1 pocket, shots require more reflection, as they’re a myriad of factors that affect shot selection. 9 ball is pool by number, you know what ball you’re on and the the accompanying order after that, there’s nothing to agonize over or look at 17 times.

Again, what some kindly call “deliberate players” in rotation games, are those that use it as gamesmanship or those that don’t trust their instincts & training and what they’re eyes are showing them, neither of these is something to aspire to.
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The Juniors don't need a shot clock. They think, act and react very quickly. It was good to see Gavin Mathews take a deep breathe before each of his last two shots. He had to fight for the win.
 
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