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Yes, if you watch pros shooting the last ball on the table, or doing those spots in the Predator events, they often use outside spin. Part of it may be to avoid a scratch, but I think it’s mostly because they think they’re more likely to make the ball.

Nice video. The only one that surprises me is that using outside isn't helpful. I can think of two ways it might be helpful, excluding the situation where you can't see the correct contact point and you need to use spin to make it: 1. Outside spin can reduce the chance of a skid, and 2. it can...

I would think that, if you aim the center of the tip at a particular point on the side of the cue ball for spin, a smaller tip will actually contact the ball a little further off center than a larger tip. If true, that could make people think the smaller tip imparts more english or is less...

I just saw it on the brackets. 3-0, that’s all I know.

USA beat Spain, unfortunately not on YouTube.

I bet Matchroom would have mixed feelings about the Mosconi Cup being a semi-final to another event. I’d guess they would rather create another, separate event, maybe a Philippines Open?

It’s kind of amazing that there isn’t one USA woman above 700. Our highest, Jennifer Baretta, is 680 but I don’t think she’s playing (pro) any longer.

They’re just like soccer shootouts, which everyone loves! *sarcasm* They’ve got to drop these shootouts. They’re a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Points are earnings in 2023 ranking events.

Clearly, posting on the internet is the best.

I'm interested in this too. I doubt it, but it's definitely something you hear players talk about: "These new predator balls skid a lot."

Nate one issue that I’m wondering about is the weight/balance of the cue ball. I’m sure the electronics and battery are light weight in there, but how do you compensate for that so that the cue ball gets back up to the weight it should be, and how do you make sure there’s no imbalance?

In addition to Shane Wolford and Oscar, Billy Thorpe is another contender after being off the team a couple years. I‘d like to see Oscar this year, and the “second Shane” have his first Mosconi experience on US soil next year, assuming he has a good 2024. Filler is a lock for team Europe, in...

I wonder if tighter pockets would solve most of the issues with this event. I don’t really think the break was the problem, it was just that, in eight ball, you’ll virtually always have a shot after the break, and almost always run out from there. The game is too easy for them, the break is t...

That is THE reason that everyone talks about as to why people use Taom. Occasionally you’ll hear people say they can get more spin; they’re probably the same people who say their carbon fiber cue gets them more spin. I have seen people who miscue more often with Taom, so that might be a reason...

Not for banning players from playing in tournaments by pool’s best promoter?

lol, if you’re that guy’s partner you’d need to stand FAR away when he shoots.

Yeah, it’s one thing if a player shows up late in the morning because of oversleeping, but it’s pretty rough to give someone a penalty for staying in the frickin toilet too long.

I’d bet anything the Matchroom World Pool Championship is his first place, US Opens are his second, and this is his third.

I haven’t heard any context behind this. Is there any reason to believe it was a bad call?