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Mickey’s bridge hand was precariously close over top of the 9-ball so the ref had to watch for that too. I think Mickey just beat him to the call because of that. The result was too blatant that I give him benefit of the doubt that he would ga e called it.

It’s wild for me. The event sounds great on-site. I saw an $80-$100 stream package and thought it was way overpriced for a single event. Without an interest to see a stream, I gave up caring about the results. I didn’t bother following the brackets or paying attention to the social media...

Bugs me how overpriced the streaming package is. I’d rather have just the TV table and pay $40 (maybe $60). AccuStats feels like a grift. Makes me not care about this event. I’ll maybe watch the bracket but thats about it.

I play in bars where you notice half the high balls have the number in the stripe and half have the number on the white and it’s hard to get a tight rack and you have to strategically pick where the odd balls go to get the balls to better freeze up. So in those scenarios I’d much rather bring...

Funny that Billy loses to Archer and Oscar goes hill-hill with SVB. It is such a tricky thing. I can’t remember the last time Oscar was at the MC and wasn’t in the running for weakest link on the team. I can remember Billy coming in very clutch quite a few times. But also Billy hasn’t seemed...

tell a story Thats true. He lives that up pretty well with the stand in the chair, “I’m the king now”, and the finger shushing. I just remember when I last went and a guy yells “Tyler Styer, I want you to f&ck my girlfriend.” I think Matchroom doesn’t want anything that goes too far making...

Here’s my take. I’m okay if nobody reads it. First Matchroom could have just sanctioned while building the WNT and there’d be no conflicts. If they think they can make millionaires of these players, why not wait until that value proposition is realized before creating the circumstances that...

I’m a big fan of using a stripe as the cueball to define what the miscue limit is and when someone makes an attempt at draw have them look for a chalk mark to see if they actually hit where they were intending to on the cueball. I think all the advice in the video is great. I’m just a big fan...

It’s extra tricky given the BCA is the continental member of the WPA. So in theory they are meant to represent all of North America (Canada and Mexico too). In theory we don’t even have a national federation specifically for the US. But if we did the BCA would likely be a candidate. And in...

Honestly I’m with you on that. I like the argument that if the Olympic Games isn’t the pinnacle of achievement in your sport, it shouldn’t be in the Olympic Games. Consider how the World Games is ran with 1 carom table, 1 snooker table, and 2 pool tables each running a 16 player invitational...

True. And ultimately it seems preserving authority and structure is a bigger motivation in Asia when you consider how many Asian countries willingness to dump serious money on sports (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, etc). More of a factor of financial influence, political power, and prestige. But...

I appreciate the correction. I was misremembering from our exchange last year. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/yapp-banned-from-wpa-tournament.556695/page-6#post-7620230 Ironically, it does feel like an obstacle that could be easily overcome if you consider the value opportunity it...

True. EPBF can make that claim much more for Europe. But ACBS likely sees themselves as taking over the “mantle of the IOC”. And they likely consider the value built by the APBU as their asset now.

Let’s start with the bid to get pool into the Olympics. The IOC first says to be considered you need to be a sport with membership in Sport Accord (formerly GAISF). Sport Accord says you need to be a contest played internationally with a single top level governing body with an official set of...

Rules said the same thing in 2014. Here’s a copy of a draft of the rules in 2014. https://www.playcsipool.com/uploads/7/3/5/9/7359673/official_rules_of_csi__170714__1.pdf I kinda think it doesn’t need to be called out explicitly because it’s already addressed. The balls should be racked in...

As a fellow Lansing, MI resident I take great pride seeing this on the wall of a local bar. He was 100% a Michigan hall of famer. But for the US or World? Maybe for meritorious service. In the best player category, I'm not sure he stacks up to his contemporaries. I'm a person that only...

I do think MR harmed the players with how they handled all this. Barry announced they weren’t sanctioning anymore because the WPA wouldn’t use their ranking list for 9-ball. That feels like a thin reason. Nothing stopped MR from operating their tour with the WNT rankings while WPA ignores...

Given the strict parameters of the premise, I’d say 1 then 2 then 3. I feel like deflection is the easiest thing to misjudge. Swerve is situational on speed and usually people shoot with spin firm enough to mitigate it a bit. And object ball throw is angle dependent for taking effect but it’s...

I think it’s an interesting time. Matchroom will clearly and obviously never sanction again. We’ll see how long they can keep the world championship. They haven’t made millionaires of the players yet. Obviously they have a more entertaining presentation of pool. But it’s foolish to ignore...

As far as I'm concerned, the World Pool Masters, World Cup of Pool, Premiere League Pool, Mosconi Cup, and Reyes Cup are absolutely exhibitions / invitational events. Matchroom might have a merit-based selection process in effect but they fully reserve the right revoke an invitation. Molina...