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I think it’s more about reducing time between racks rather than speeding up the games themselves. Although the latter may be part of it as well.

I can see how a performance coach could add some valuable analysis. Coaching and sports psychology can be sport agnostic. But I would have expected her to be discussing things like body language and routines and other aspects of psychology. It just seems like she isn’t paying attention or is...

I wish tournaments would track packages like they do breaks in snooker. Players casually say “everyone is running 4 and 5 packs” but when you tune in your rarely see anything more than a 2-3 pack. And then AtLarge posts his stats and the high run for the steaming table is one 6 pack and a...

The best advice I can give Sky is, he just needs to make more balls than the other guy. Specifically, more 9 balls. So if he can do that in the next tournament, he will have a legitimate chance to win it.

I think when you have two ambitious tours/promoters conflict will be inevitable. Matchroom can't easily move or dictate dates because they are limited by Sky Sports broadcasting schedules. On the other hand, CSI is aligning its events with various league championships. Another aspect I...

Even if they could make it 10/10 they couldn't make it 100/100. And 15/20 is a pretty low percentage for pool unless there is a guaranteed reward. Good percentage play means taking as many shots and patterns that you are 90-99% on. As already stated, there is no value to the bank. Its lower...

Absolutely it makes a difference. Just like with 9 ball and 10 ball, the balls open up easier. During the high run attempts it was noted that the players didn’t need to play nearly as many secondary breaks.

I think I read somewhere that the tables are 4.25”. So not as tight as the premiere league. It appears that matchroom is going with tight 4” tables for invitationals and 4.25” for the larger opens and majors.

Yes, they have replays. Sometimes they don’t have the first day up (possibly due to broadcasting issues). So if day 1 disappears after the live broadcast don’t panic yet. In general pool replays on DAZN stay up for about a week after the broadcast.

Correct snooker is more centralized. Even with more global events, the qualifiers for all events are in the UK which basically requires a pro snooker player to uproot and base themselves there. Not all do, but certainly any pro player who doesn’t reside in Europe does. For example, the pro...

How much do top American players, or even pro pool players in general, practice with each other? One thing that struck me about snooker is many of the top players practice with each other regularly and only play for maybe a tenner.

I had a chance to watch the podcast and I do support their aims. I think they have some great ideas, but I just don’t see where they have leverage to enforce the code of conduct or the changes they want to the game. Darren mentions getting the WPA house in order, but I’m not sure how they can...

That’s definitely why we need a proper global pro tour. They’ve assigned rankings to whichever event pays the sanctioning. But ultimately it seems like the top ranked players in the WPA are the ones that travelled to the most events. I’ve never cared much about their rankings because they...

Assuming we are talking about the same thing, the nice thing about matchroom is they have two sessions and you know that you can sit down for 4-6 hour sessions of pool. But for this tournament (and the pro billiard series), they finish the first match and there is an hour wait (or more) until...

Nice post, I always assumed that the primary motivation for overpaying the winners was for marketing purposes. It looks good to say that you should have $60,000 first prize. I agree with you though that this doesn’t grow the sport. Also, the other downside to the seeding this year that I...

Last year at the American 14.1 event they allowed 100+ ball runs to continue. But since these matches were played on 4.5” diamonds, I don’t think anyone is worried about 700+ ball runs. Or even 300+.

I have no idea what Kelly Fishers financial situation is so I won’t comment. But those net worth sites are highly dubious. Especially when dealing with fringe celebrities where very little about their financials are publicly posted.

I understand this, but I still would be interested in seeing the data to get a better understanding of how it works. I’m not math guy so I know I could be completely wrong in all my assumptions. It makes sense that this would in theory be just like a race to 8, but the interesting wrinkle is...

H i know Mike posted a video on this before. Although it sound convincing, I’d love to see the data sets that were being used. I don’t think a 700 player has a better shot at beating SVB in this format per se. But it’s hard for me to believe there isn’t a slightly increased chance of a, for...

I can’t speak for everyone but I think at least some people are having flashbacks to previous association/union attempts that scuttled promising opportunities. So in that case it’s less of an anti-union sentiment and more of a concern that history might repeat itself. But we really don’t know...