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Six shots on the last two balls of that fifth rack.

Honestly I hate to see Boyes/Appleton win. They were put in at the last minute just to fill a bye.

Pivot point doesn’t mean that you’re actually using a pivot for english, it’s just a measure of deflection. Higher pivot point = lower deflection. You’re right, and I think a long bridge (i.e., a long pivot when using english) would reduce accuracy, because any little movement in your back hand...

Yes, there was no reason to stand by the call. I think Matchroom has a policy that ref’s calls cannot be reviewed. Something similar happened with a call in the Championship League Pool - it was called a bad hit but it was an obviously wrong call, and they said it could not be reviewed. I...

They were using the beeper in the beginning of the tournament. Any idea why they stopped using it?

(Belgium up 5-4) 6 sec 5 4 3 Referee: “5 seconds” 2 1 (Belgium shoots) “Foul” Belgium: “wtf?” (Belgium loses 7-5)

It could also be that the cue ball landed on the 8 in such a way that the 8 jumped up, hit the 9, and kept traveling forward. But I don’t think it would be going forward that fast.

Had Foldes been living in the US at one time? He was in a lot of tournaments in the US for quite few years.

I think the cue ball landed on the 8 a second time.

I know ventilation is good, but those look like TVs with video of fans spinning. :unsure:

Just monthly or yearly. Remember they’ve got the World Pool Masters in 2 weeks and then the World Pool Championship after that.

Round One Winners: Austria Czech Republic Russia Japan South Africa Greece Finland Netherlands Spain Albania Germany Poland United States Philippines Estonia Great Britain A Round Two Winners Austria Russia Greece Finland Spain Poland Philippines Great Britain A Round Three Winners Austria...

This thread should go. Make a new one and let’s leave out the details of his death and the negative commentary.

I hope you got permission to publicize the details. There are very good reasons why they usually are not. ”He passed away” should be enough for people who aren’t in touch with his family personally.

The news doesn’t usually give details of a suicide, which is right in my opinion. If you want details talk to the family.

Like others have said, anyone can hit hard, but can you hit it nice and low and accurately? A soft draw is important because you’re more likely to make the shot; if you need to hit it really hard when you draw, you‘re more likely to rattle the ball.

Here’s a challenge that tests how much draw you can get while keeping the shot as slow as possible. From here: https://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2012/may12.pdf

The best draw strokes would have the slowest speed for a given amount of cue ball action. Set up a shot, make a ball and draw the cue ball back a certain amount (e.g., 3 diamonds, or a table length, etc.), and whoever has the slowest speed on the break app has the best draw stroke.

With races to 7 in the beginning up to 11 in the final, 30-sec shot clock, and winner breaks (!), anything could happen. There are about 10 teams that could win this. Should be fun to watch, with lots of upsets.

I was used to playing with an OB 11.75 for 5+ years, so when I played with friends' Revo and carbon fiber Jacoby with ~12.4 diameters, they always felt too big for me. Now I play with a Pechauer carbon fiber 11.8, and it's perfect for me. It may be true that you can get used to anything, but...