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That's side betting. Nobody has suggested the absence of side betting, but the money on the side is not the stake for which Tyler and Edgie are playing.

Good stuff. Tin Man's got you on a good track. I'll add that, although rarely talked about, there is something called mental stamina. The ability to stay focused and do all the work in both shot conceptualization and pre-shot routine for long periods of time is one of the distinguishing...

Yes, so he's not a player without some credentials.

I believe Edgie Geronimo came 5th at the 2021 US Open 9-ball.

Tyler made about 30K in prize money last year, which is probably more like 20K after expenses. Do you know anybody who bets years of net income on a pool match? Using the term "in the middle" overstates the size of the bet by two times, and calling money that is bet on the side as being in the...

Won't make it this year, unfortunately. Darren Appleton told me he'll have a booth there. Hope everyone will drop by his booth and show him how we feel about him! ... and of course give hm some business!

It's because the rules permit them to have a pre-shot routine (inclusive of shot design) that takes nearly thirty seconds, so many of them both practice and play at that pace. Agreed that it should rarely take thirty seconds, but history has shown that the majority of pros take as much time as...

Agreed that John is a solid commentator on that rare occasion that he's in the booth.

Shane Tyree is the perfect choice to take over the reins, but he steps in at a time when the BCA Rankings have become a joke. The BCA rankings, at present, are too dependent on performance in the newfangled race to four ten ball events and penalize the many who often prefer not to compete in...

I THINK IT'S MUCH BETTER NOW.

Gorst and Filler, obviously, and also Jayson Shaw.

Yes, well said. Especially on this forum, many expressed the view that Kevin Trudeau's deep pockets ensured the long-term sustenance of the IPT in 2006. I was not among them. In truth, capable investors are the first, not the last, to walk away from a losing business venture. Matchroom is...

On paper, this match seems pretty even to me.

It's a Catch-22. For big events that require use of the grand ballroom of a hotel, pool's business model doesn't work without the kickback to the event producer that comes from the promise to fill an agreed to number of room nights at the hotel. That's the event producer side of the coin. The...

I think we're basically of one mind here, Steve, and I agree that most of this is unavoidable. In most scenarios, the interests of the event producer are not compromised, but on that rare occasion that those interests are compromised, I don't like it.

Agreed that chops and savers are everywhere. One way you might handle it is this: When two players choose not to play the final, which happens all the time, there is no need for any proof. They have denied the event producer a final that the producer paid for. If first prize is $4,000 and...

The thread title says there is a purse, so we're talking about tournaments here. Action matches don't have a purse. Dumping and splitting a purse are two different subjects. It's scary how often players split the purse and forego the final.

I could care less about the backers. When their player splits first/second, they'll make a score. The real loser when there's a chop is the event producer that put up the added money, expecting its patrons and other viewers to get to watch a final. Why should the players have the right to...

Fedor might be the best but in the last two majors in which both he and FSR played, Sanchez-Ruiz won the World 8-ball while Gorst tied for 17th and Sanchez won silver at the World 10-ball while Gorst won bronze. Yes, it's very close, but until we see Fedor outperforming FSR, let's not rush to...

The biggest name in the history of European pool is Ralf Souquet.