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When I left China about 2 years ago. the kids that I saw and played against who were taking coaching and playing every day were not state sponsored or coached. I was most familiar with the situation at the Pan Xiao Ting pool room in Shanghai. there were 12-15 boys and girls, ages 10-15 in...

Very Good. :grin-square::grin-square::grin-square:

+1. Seems like people lacking an intelligent response can only throw down a dare.

What kind of pin?

I call my own fouls and I must admit also tell my opponent if he is about to shoot the wrong ball. Even though it may technically be the wrong thing to do, I have never had anyone complain about my interruption to tell them " you're shooting the wrong ball." If a ref makes that same call then...

Agree. Integrity is important to me. If I play with someone who does not call fouls on themselves, it tells me a lot about their character.. One advantage of living in Asia is that everyone calls fouls on themselves.

Second semi final on now. Fu vs Biado. Fu leading 4-1, but both have played really sloppy pool. Now 5-1 Fu after another Biado mistake. Fu B&R - 6-1

Looks to me like no Americans made the final 16. Shane was knocked out by Daryl Peach 9-8 and Johnny by Chang Yu Lun in the 32 round matches.

Fu has been around for quite a while and is one of the best in China. He and Li Hewen won the team tournament in the Netherlands a couple years agou beating Reyes/Bustamante.

So far today, Archer , Ortmann, Appleton all knocked out

still here. where are you? will call. Still wish I had bought that Tad cue from you

As I recall he went to Singapore to coach and play on the Singapore national team and was to be paid a lot to do it. To play on the Singapore national team you must be a Singapore citizen. To become a Singapore citizen requires several years of residency. As I remember the sports council tried...

Many good matches to choose from. In the 4pm session with Wu Jia Qing/Wang Ming match should be good. Most people outside China do not know Wang Ming. He is from Shanghai and is an unusual character, but a very strong player who does not get out of China often to play. I am sure he and Wu have...

[/B] Had the same thought. Hope he is taking this time to read the rules. I doubt we will get a "mea culpa" from him.

The OP made his declaration because he had not bothered to read the rules beforehand. No other possible excuse. To not know the rules and then withdraw because you were caught in a violation is the height of arrogance I think. I don't agree with all the rules either, but that does not give me...

Well said. Rep to you

It is worse than a normal foul in the rules. It is unsportsmanlike conduct.

Do not believe everything that you see on a video. Read the rules and know them yourself. You obviously broke the current WPA Unsportsmanlike Conduct rule. The penalty that the referee imposed was about the mildest he could do. He could have ejected you from the tournament. By telling the...

Correct. Lining is No 1 in WPA rankings which are based only on results in WPA sanctioned ranking events.

I believe you are correct. However, the announcer on the stream, Bob whatever, said several times that the loser of the Yang/DeLuna match was going home. Just one of several things he called wrong.