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I think if people took the time to read the article that was posted in post 10, they would understand it. Here is a simple table showing why it's a win to switch. You Pick Prize Door Don’t Switch Switch 1 1 Win Lose 1 2 Lose Win 1 3 Lose Win 2 1 Lose Win 2 2 Win Lose 2 3 Lose Win...

It says exactly what you were asking. You can place the cue ball anywhere on the playing surface and then move it after until a legal shot is executed. Anywhere to me means that you can see if a ball fits through a gap or not. I have never considered this a foul because you have an...

Here is the rules on ball in hand from the WPA. See the highlighted below. 1.5 Cue Ball in Hand When the cue ball is in hand, the shooter may place the cue ball anywhere on the playing surface (see 8.1 Parts of the Table) and may continue to move the cue ball until he executes a shot. (See...

Don't forget hair dye also... No hate, but what a combo.

I may be out of the scene a bit more than I used to be, but surprised to see 3 names I don't recognize in the final 16 of an invitational tournament of this size. Gerson Martinez Boza (Peru) - https://www.instagram.com/gerson.martinezboza/ Wins over Kun Lin Wu, Khalid Alghamadi, Morra...

Still want to be the captain? :D

Pj, The thing that reminded me most of pool, besides the substance abuse, was when the mom realized she had a talent on her hands and used her to begin making money for the family playing chess. After that, Beth was skipping school to enter tournaments and was the bread winner for the family...

EDIT: I have been off of the forums for a while and it seems like this was already discussed a bit here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/queens-gambit-netflix.521600/unread. I didn't mean to double post but didn't go back two weeks to see this was already talked about before posting. I...

The Association of College Unions International over the summer made the decision to discontinue their National Collegiate Pocket Billiards program. This program held its first national tournament in 1937 and was the longest running national tournament that I am aware of. From my...

I live in a place that doesn't have a pool hall around. There are two bars in the city, each with two 8ft. tables. If you wanted to run a tournament/weekly event with two tables and no more than 16-20 players, what would be your ideal tournament? We already are using one of these bars to have...

I have not been involved helping ACUI with these the past two years, but it still excites me none the less. I don’t have many details on this year’s event except, the tournament is hosted by the University of Illinois. Here are the two brackets: https://challonge.com/ACUI_2019_MEN...

There are two new Lincoln commercials featuring pool. One stars trickshot artist Steve Markle: https://youtu.be/0gdNXUpqqCk And the other featuring Matthew McConaughey: https://youtu.be/9fvXSF9bya0 Thought they were both pretty cool. -Ben

http://www.matchroompool.com/news/usa-take-england/ Looks like a great tune up before the Cup. Excited to see this. -Ben

I have been wondering lately, while watching FargoRate grow in popularity of use, what does a 100 ball runner look like in FargoRate. Now, I know FargoRate doesn't take into consideration the game of 14.1, but I think it would be interesting to examine where some players are rated and discuss...

Does anyone know if any of the major/regional billiard magazines/newspapers have digital archives available for their entire catalogue? Not looking for anything in particular just curious if these companies have leveraged their entire catalogue of work. Thanks, Ben

Think you are the best pool player in collegiate pool? Compete against the best and find out! Qualifying Tournaments for the 2017 ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship: University of Michigan Independent Qualifier Feb. 11–12 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | University of...

Think you are the best pool player in collegiate pool? Compete against the best and find out! Qualifying Tournaments for the 2017 ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship: University of Michigan Independent Qualifier Feb. 11–12 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | University of...

June 10, 2016 The Association of College Unions International will be hosting its Collegiate 9-Ball Championships, June 10–12 at Arizona State University. The annual competition will bring together 27 men and 10 women competitors from 19 institutions who qualified at preliminary tournaments...

Calling all custom cue sleuths! I am wondering if there is anyone who recognizes the cue maker of this "custom"? I just picked this up and don't know much about it. It looks like it is older. Definitely has either ivory or animal bone ferrule, a huge pin, and a wooden joint insert on the...

http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/12484-mosconi-cup-team-usa-qualification-schedule/ I am all for transparency and separating points for 9ft. vs. 7ft. tables, but holy convoluted mess, Batman... I wish the pros good luck in scheduling around these events. -Ben