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But would that extend to someone promoting a “US Open 9 Ball Tournament” sort of in the manner that Charlie Williams managed to get around calling his event the World 14.1 Championships? I feel like that sort of wording would be something the WNT would take action on. I agree that blanket...

My understanding was that the WPA could maintain their combined ranking or something like that but matchroom wanted them to recognize and legitimize the WNT ranking for 9 ball. It’s not a huge ask. I did some quick searches of other orgs and either there is a singular and consistent world...

The line is largely surrounding copyrights, branding and trademarks. Your Fairfield tournament would be fine because it doesn’t infringe on anything. It’s just a 9 ball tournament across the street. But holding another tournament at the casino and calling it the Turning Stone Championship...

I think the wording has been updated but it’s been there in one respect or another for a while. I remember a few years ago they had a clause about playing in a US Open like event, which they later clarified to be specifically about 9 ball. Billiards Digest posted a response from Emily on...

I think this is a great breakdown. As much as I support t matchroom there is a danger present when the major tour is wholly owned by a private multimedia organization. It’s not like the ATP would ever shift gears and promote pickle ball. But matchroom could, in theory, either pull out or pull...

We don’t know how many players are getting a salary or help from local federations. But it’s surely not enough to leave us with local shortstops and APA 7s. But even if worst case scenario, they lost the top 50 on the Fargo rankings the players don’t have near enough commercial recognition...

The WNT is really at the beginning of building tour and brand which means there is an audience they are targeting that has no knowledge of the best players in the world. If every player from a country with a government funded federation boycotted matchroom, you’d still be left with some great...

I am happy the WPA is speaking more openly. But the representatives REALLY need to work on their elevator pitch ahead of time. They need to be able to answer questions succinctly and clearly about their mission and purpose without using the words “governing” or “body”. They also need to have...

Matchroom has 51% ownership of the WST (formerly World Snooker) and 25% ownership of the WPBSA which is the governing body of professional snooker and English Billiards. To be clear, Matchroom didn’t start this organization. They existed when Matchroom was basically just Barry and Steve Davis...

There was a book on this actually but I’ll need to dig it up to see the title. It’s a mixture of right time, right people and right players. The short version is that BBC was looking to build its programming and snooker presented an opportunity. But to take advantage of that over the years...

Sure, but the question is what type of work does the WPA need to do to maintain that position. What role do they play in securing those funds each and every time? And shouldn’t the objective be to sustain the game through private sponsorships and not government funding? And if that is the...

Agree. If we envision a perfect outcome, let’s imagine Matchroom is tremendously successful and manages to grow to a point where they have a major ranking event every other week (full production, 60-100k first prize). In order for that to happen, they will inevitably steam roll the competition...

I certainly recognize they are all volunteers. But volunteer led and operated organizations can achieve a lot if it is well organized with a sufficient number of people. This is from experience as a (unpaid) senior leader in a volunteer org. I did around 5-10 hours a week on top of my full...

I have no background or knowledge about organizing pool events, so take this as a genuine question. Why is it that Turning Stone is able to host two big tournaments a year at the Turning Stone casino but the CBSA can’t even get a pool room? Obviously part of the answer will have to do with...

Tony Drago won the world pool masters in 2003. Though arguably it was more of a exhibition event at that time. Daryl Peach is the only snooker crossover to win an indisputable major with the 2007. But he had been playing pool for at least a decade at that point.

Only speaking for myself, but I find my best high run attempts are often my first few or my last one lol. It’s not surprising if she may have had a decline in focus and confidence as it wore on.

It’s still a fair guess whatever the outcome is. The conditions are ideal so the balls will spread better than normal and the pocket will receive more errant shots. It’s fair to add on a rack or two (or more depending on the caliber of player) above and beyond what they should normally expect...

W What do you think was driving that statistic? Were players slugging each other? Different rules about the break in play? Equipment differences? Or less knowledge about the rack or the break?

Trial and error. Start by aiming a laser pointer at his ferrul and go from there. I don’t know the theory, but if I had the data at my disposal I could compare winning percentages across different skill levels, formats, tournaments, venues etc. The human element would be baked into those...

That’s interesting. Though a few things come to mind, For equipment difficulty, As you say, different players aren’t equally affected by equipment. Looking the stats between the UK and World Championships this year, the pros maintained a similar break and run percentage despite the UK Open...