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interesting, have never heard of that before. I have played a lot of tournaments where the 2 behind the 9 Is mandatory with the assumed goal to make it less likely to have a run out with a slow break. I admittedly don’t know enough about the split of the balls after the break, to know which...

Interestingly the rules now for BCA/CSI say that the balls should be placed in random order, but it does not specifically call out pattern racking or strength/effort of break. That definitely leaves it open to be manipulated. I would prefer if at least the 2 was placed in the row behind the 9. I...

Tough to check the rules from 2014. They can’t have been banned for the SVB Orcollo final, as that was the most blatant example of pattern racking I have seen ,unless the refs/tournament directors decided to ignore it. I certainly agree that it should be banned from all tournaments/leagues.

When racking for myself, I just put the 2 behind the 9 and the rest are random. For my opponent, I just leave it completely random and concentrate on getting a good rack.

It was the BCA Nationals the year after the SVB Orcollo match, so there were referees and nothing was stipulated in the rules against it. We were not called out for it once by referees nor by opponents.

I don’t disagree with that. I definitely don’t look fondly on the one tournament i did it, even though it was within the rules. It just feels like an unfair advantage, not to mention that it makes for hideously dull racks of pool.

There have been a few blow up's recently in NYC over certain well known rack manipulators, manipulating 9 ball racks and soft breaking in order to give themselves an easy layout after the break. I have played in tournaments that allow it and it makes the game a farce. I utilized it in a...

I can only assume it is because if you have a users email address it is far easier and cheaper to promote events and news. It irked me as well, but it is a pretty smart move.

Nice out, but no real magic. Everything just set itself up nicely. Regulation jump, wired caroms and a nice bank, but nothing out of the ordinary in there.

Thank you Jorgen. I really appreciate the knowledgable opinion. I have a pretty jabby stroke, which I think is a big reason why I always had an issue with inside until I switched to carbon. I will have to give my friends kielwood shaft a try to see how it compares.

Is a kielwood shaft closer to CF shaft or regular maple shaft in terms of playability? I only ask, as the OP alluded to the fact that he did not want to invest a lot of time in adjusting to a significantly different type of shaft. My own personal story is that, I gave up on using a CF shaft...

I do think for a true annual state championships, you would not need to tier entry fee's. You could have it a flat $100 for everyone, as the prestige of playing in the state championships should be enough to draw a decent turnout. You could seed the top 16 or 32 based off on Fargo, so the top...

I love this idea. New York used to have a handicapped State Tournament, which was a massive face palm for me, as it remove the credence and prestige of being a true "State Champion".

You have a number of high 600 or 700+ Fargo players playing a qualifier, but have 500 Fargo rated players who get a free ride and then ranking points for basically showing up to events and getting points for getting a bye into the second stage? I would have thought they would want the best...

I also have a news background (Sky Sports, CNN, NYDailyNews, etc) and this is spot on! The only way that this will change is if people care about who wins or loses and there is an appetite for the public to consume news about the sport. Just look at what Matchroom has done with darts. They have...

Sky Sports in the UK is their ESPN and they did mention the World Pool Championships, although it falls under Snooker in their site taxonomy. They are of course broadcasting in the UK on their smaller channels (Sky Sports Arena), but this is as mainstream as pool will currently get...

Knowing Matchroom and their close affiliation with Sky Sports, I can tell you that they 100% did not drop the ball. The sad fact is that mainstream sports outlets do not currently care about pool, as the vast majority of the public don't know of or care about the players. Matchroom's secret...

Some pool players will play slowly however big the pockets are. The usual suspects have been boring the pants off of their opponents and viewers for years. They are able to play at a faster tempo as they do, when a shot clock is introduced, so you have to ask yourself why they feel the need to...

Yes it makes no sense at all. He does this every tournament until there is a shot clock, you would think that they would have caught on by now.

Any match is better than this, but I agree there were a bunch of great alternative matches they could have shown.