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FHE, BHE, or parallel english all have their uses. Hell, there are folks on this forum who'll say if you're any good at all, you won't need any English or a LD shaft at all. I agree, it shouldn't be the basis for selecting a shaft, but you sure should know how to use it. Sent from my iPad...

The natural pivot point on mine is 14.5 inches from the tip. Makes for a long bridge but BHE works like a dream. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

No idea. I didn't get to go. Finals was Monday and Uncle Sam insisted I go to work. : (

Funny you should mention the Japan Open. When I read your post I just happened to be sitting in front of the official final 16 bracket that they let the winner (my local pro Hayato Hijikata) keep. Photo attached. Chang is the third down on the left.

But this is about APA. You get 7 pts for your break. If you can get seven of the ten points available in a rack you still finish the rack up 4 pts. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

There's a big tournament at Huis Ten Bosch near there, all the Japanese pros go out there pretty often. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Here's a link to a Japanese billiards magazine schedule of upcoming tournaments. You just missed the HTB Open. http://www.billiards-cues.jp/schedule/

JB has it right, if you want to opt out you don't play those tournaments. I will concede that the tournament should be up front that the results will be submitted to the Fargo Rate guys. It's the 21st century, you only got one chance to be anonymous, make it count if that's your thing. Sent...

Sounds like Dutch 6 foot blackball. Played it for three years out of the Royal Pub in Brunssum. I don't think anyone here believes me when I refer to playing with 8 cm (3.25 in) corner pockets on a 6 foot table. Small world huh?

Sorry, you're going to have to be more specific. I looked up the APA rulebook and in both eight and nine ball the rule for ball on the floor is ball spots, except for the eight in eight ball where you lose. Now BCAPL is probably different but I'm not the one who introduced APA to the...

Dammit, I forgot about spotting jumped balls.

I guess it depends why he was in jail. It certainly would be too good to be true if you had to worry about a violent felon showing up at your door looking for "his" cue.

Nothing ever spots in APA so player B would have no business being at the table. What if the cueball was on the spot? Then the eight should spot frozen to it on the line. It is impossible to foul when acting in an official capacity. Other player should get the choice to accept it as it lies...

Simply to maintain interest. Halfway through a session the final rankings are pretty much locked in. It is possible in a 14 week session, assuming 8 teams in a division that the #1 and 2 teams won't play each other after week 8 or one team will have a lock on 1st before they even meet their...

How about a format where the top N players are placed in a linear bracket. Then player N plays N-1, winner plays N-2 etc. until the last guy standing plays number 1 for first place. Season standing actually means something. The worst you can do is 1 place lower than you finished the season but...

If that doesn't work. Play his game. Try "no, how about $50". He gets his little piece of pride and can only follow with accepting or badgering you back up to $100. Otherwise it's him who looses the pride.

I wouldn't say it's full. Always room for one more.

First let me concur for the third time that changing format on the fly is a bad thing. That being said I just wanted to point out that no one is complaining that the total payout increased from the proposed $35k to $47k. Anyway, in a full 64 man DE a guy who loses in the fifth round on the...

I already acknowledged that changing the format after the fact is a foul. But I also fail to see anyone complaining about the actual payouts for 3rd through 16th place increasing when they went modified DE. Sure Earl and the other winners bracket final four didn't get a second chance at the...

I just looked at the 10ball bracket. I think this is a little overblown. Of the four guys who lost on the winners side in the final 16, all four lost their next match on the losers side. John Morra went 9-1 to win the tournament while SVB went "only" 7-1. Earl and the other winners side guy who...

If the format was changed mid stream then foul on the director. But otherwise you can just look at it as making-the-cut. Can you link to a diagram of the bracket? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk