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Phenomenal performance by Magpantay, obviously. Seemed like he never failed to runout when the layout was there. Played some great safeties and kicks and hardly looked perturbed. I kept thinking he would falter or the pressure would get to him, but it didn’t. I suppose it’s a Cinderella story...

Got to wonder what Emily Frazer was doing at the final in Qatar for a 10-ball event sanctioned by the WPA. The thought occurred to me during the tourney that MR ought to align with Qatar to make the event 9-ball in the future, with ranking implications for both the WNT and WPA. The Qatar event...

The shot clock is 35 seconds. Going to be an odd semi quartet that no one could have predicted.

Young Hong Kong player who seemed to amass a very good record as a junior. Fargo 750. Obviously the biggest win of his career. https://www.hkbilliardsports.org.hk/en/athlete/fu-huan/ Filler has not been the same since the WNT-WPA spat. Less consistent. I think he needs to play in more...

Ah, the bane of youth. Yannick Pongers knocks out defending champ Daniel Maciol, knocks out Gorst, knocks out Ameer Ali. Now the 20-year-old is down 8-0 to FSR.

I don't see much difference in Shane. He was a bit nonchalant for a month or two earlier in the year, but it didn't last long.

Fu Huan seems to be a young up and comer based on his excellent junior results. Fargo of 750.

Neuhausen is such a pleasure to watch. Never seems rushed. Excellent pattern play. Constantly improving tactics and safety game. Great stroke. Nice touch. Never seems to have to force the ball. Trying to figure out how he doesn't become one of the top five players in the world. Not coming up...

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A lot of the matches today were long despite a shot clock. Close matches. Race to 11. Ten ball just takes longer. I thought Ali had the kind of smart game to thwart a young, blazing gun like Pongers, but Pongers is an incredible shotmaker. Not a player any higher ranked opponent wants to face...

Good news. Great to see Filler back. MR still needs to be more transparent and get the Reyes selection process right. I admit, I wonder if SVB forced MR's hand. They could not keep out Josh and let Van Boening in after he missed a bunch of events. But it would have been a big black eye to...

Qatar bracket shows Niels coming back and beating Hoang 11-9.

Shaw made some questionable decisions in his loss - a pushout that SVB didn't even bother looking at and his final shot on the 10 ball in the last game. Still a bit shocking he had to face off against Neuhausen in his first match. Gorst has had a rough go since the China Open. Premature exits...

Kristina Tkach got her green card in December 2022. Gorst got I-140 status in March 2023. Official green card status typically takes 3-12 months from that point. Haven't seen any confirmation that he received it. In an interview with an Indiana publication last year, Gorst also said he and...

We know travel takes a toll on pool players. We don't see it as visibly as in other sports, but away teams always underperform relative to home teams. That's why most of the best players put a big emphasis on conditioning nowadays. It's even more important with events spread so far and wide...

SVB got unlucky after he shot the combo. A little less hard and the 8 ball ends up near the side pocket for a shot. That exchange likely doomed him for the match. But a great sequence to watch.

Again, until he travels regularly to play the best regularly, I don't have enough to go on. Based on what I can see, he has the game to be among the top 10-20 players in the world. But there is only one way to know for sure.

I've used a bunch of extensions because I use one fairly regularly. Longoni is my favorite. Connects superfast. You can stack them. The and 4 and 8-inch combo is the best one to buy, but I own the 12-inch one as well. Lucasi has a similar setup, but their top line of extensions only work with a...

I thought the format worked well for this event, but I would have made the first round of matches a race to 11 instead of 10. But 10 was much better than a race to 9 given it was single elim. Frazer seemed to commit to a Philippines Open next year in an interview near the end of the event. I'd...

Regardless of Fargo, he is a very impressive player. Just very calm and plays smartly.