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    China Open Observation

    If I recall what I saw Friday, they are playing alternate break so a "lesser" player cannot put together packages because of loose pockets. If somebody loses. it's because on that day the other guy played better, not table conditions.
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    Calling a Safety Shot

    1. Yes. must get a rail or make a ball after contact. 2. The most useful time to call safety under BCAPL rules is when you want to make one of your balls but not shoot again. You call "safe", make the ball, but the shot passes to your opponent because when you played "safe" you did not call a...
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    Is this type of hit legal?

    I thought you were leaving never to return! My hopes and dreams dashed again.
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    8 ball is a love/hate relationship

    Solid -stripe racking, while very common, does not conform to WPA or BCAPL rules, which state that the two back corner balls on the rack should be one solid and one stripe.
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    same ole six and seven

    I took the bumper off of my playing cue, installed a brass female fitting like a snooker cue and use a snooker style extension when needed.
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    Which 8 Ball rules for TAR 28?

    IF you want to see some strategy and a more difficult run outs, let them play last pocket 8 ball.
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    WPA World team Championship?

    I can't get any of the 4 to open.
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    China Has 2 Women per team?

    When I looked, I thought I saw Pan Xiao TIng on the same team as Fu XiaoFang and Chen SiMing on the same team as Liu ShaSha or vice versa.
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    looks like Ralf is mounting a comeback too. was 8-2, now 8-5
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    He's making a lot of silly mistakes too.
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    appears that way. now about 2 hours. finals scheduled to start 4 hours after semis start
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    according to schedule, semis start at 2pm Doha time. Look at world clock to see what time that is wherever you are. I assume same stream channel
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    In my mind Ralf and Daz are the odds on favorites because of previous wins and experience,,but as close at the QF matches were, it could be anybody's title for the taking.
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    should start 25 minutes from now, whatever EST that is.
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    Is there a schedule available anywhere? Found it. Quarter finals start in about 30 mins. I guess something will be streamed
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    Wu, Alex not in the Worlds

    He never got the Singapore passport although he tried so he could play as a representative of Singapore. That PO'd the Taiwan Billiard Association who then banned him from playing in Taiwan. At that point he decided to get China passport. A series of bad moves by a talented young man.
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    9ball World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2012

    Li He Wen has been around in China for a long time. He lost to Alcano in the semis of the WC a few years ago when Alcano beat Souquet in the final to win. Li and Fu Jian Bo won the World Cup of Pool team title in Europe twice in the past few years. Very strong player who has a lot of action in...
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    Wu, Alex not in the Worlds

    Did they finally decide to let Wu go back and do his service? The last I heard there was some controversy over it because he has a PRC passport and is technically not a Taiwanese citizen. Therefore, they were reluctant to have a Chinese citizen serving in the Taiwan military. That got settled??
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    What Countries Tours Allow US Players?

    Not sure about the other countries but I do not know of any "tours" in China like in the US. Some of the tournaments here are for China players only but many are open and anyone can come and qualify and play.
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    Applying precision English.....

    Agree. I use the same methods to shorten or lengthen kicks if the natural angle is blocked. First came to my attention on a Grady video quite a few years ago.
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