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Think WPA will include a break box if they officially put 9 on the spot in their rules? Because if you're breaking from the side rail and still pocketing the wing ball, someone is going to control the CB and 1B to make the game too easy. The last EuroTour event looked like 9-on-the-spot without...

There’s layers to answering that question. First is that we are talking about this because Matchroom plays 9 on the spot. And Matchroom uses the world standardized (WPA) rules except where they state their own event specific rules. So that’s where they’ll spot balls per the WPA rules (on the...

That was odd.

I usually love taking my daughter to this event but she’s out of state right now. *pout*

The big thing is that pool fans have seen tours come and go. Many because their business models were not sustainable. It’s a talking point to know whether Matchroom’s growth and investment in pool is sustainable for us fans. And at the end of the day we are talking about curiosity. There’s...

This is my effort to look through all those listings, tease apart the holding structure, identify when each company incorporated, and what the most recently (2023) profits were for each. A common narrative is that boxing, darts and snooker are subsidizing pool which operates at a loss until...

gotcha. It’ll be interesting once this finishes its first annual cycle and posts its financial report. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14923346/filing-history

Kinda curious how you obtain their financial statement like that. I wonder if there’ll be a different breakdown available now that the World Professional Nineball Pool Corporation has been created if you’d see a separate financial statement for that or if it would have a special callout in the...

What leagues even have a 45-degree rule anymore? I don't think BCA does. VNEA got rid of it just last year. I don't believe APA has that rule. And it's certainly not part of the world standardized rules for professional play.

Super interesting because any response I give why general elevated shots shouldn't be treated as fouls would also apply to my original "elevated into rail" example, e.g. the common practice has embraced it, the affect of the additional contact isn't blatant, etc.

I know in fouette shots you can get the tip out of the way of a double hit thanks to the tip offset, maybe a little cueball deflection, shaft flex, and an tip redirection off the curved ball. And the key is that it is not a miscue. However for shots like this, is it possible to get the tip...

...but what is a "ball" really?

I agree that knowledge is an advantage. I use it all the time. I also have “systems” I use to play the game. Sometimes I rely on “feel” too. I have personally experienced entering a tournament in a very systematic mindset and performed very well for many hours but my matches continued...

I definitely agree being too systematic can burn your brain out over long sessions and tournaments when you get into late nights. I went through a phase of that.

I’m following the principle. What is the story in terms of how pocket sizes are determined for an event like US Open? Are they getting rails of variable sizes and then using a standard facing? Or are they getting rails of a standard size and getting an abnormal facing? What facing sizes are...

I'm not well versed on table mechanics and measurements. I'm familiar with the playability of 5" vs. 4.5" vs. 4.25" vs. 4.125" pockets firsthand from playing on 7' and 9' tables of each. But I'm not familiar with how tables are built. So I'm asking to understand. Does that mean...? The table...

I think this image... Isn't demonstrating a parallel-lines player picturing a ghost ball. I think it's just demonstrating when you use the parallel lines approach that it will all line up properly upon contact after the cueball has been struck and aiming was long over with. I think a...

They equally overlap over the contact point. That needs to be the “correct contact point”. If they equally overlap over the “wrong contact point” then they will unequal overlap over what should have been the “correct contact point” and in turn it will not even contact that point.