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I think Grady was onto something. I also think two way call shots are more sophisticated than two way slop shops. That said, we are where we are. 9 Ball is in good hands with Matchroom.

The Blue Ribbon events (World Championship and US Open) are paying 50 or 60k to the winner. The other Majors pay 30k. I believe this is the same in 2023 as it was in 2022. It's either check or cheque. Both are correct everywhere in the English speaking world, regardless of which one is the...

Yep. Also, a number of top Blackball (as well as Snooker and "American" pool) players have played in some pretty big Heyball tournaments. I recall a team of Chinese 8 Ball players playing in an English pool team tournament a few years ago but I can't remember any beyond that. Also, the...

Mine is a 1/2 cue 57 inches long. My snooker stance is definitely intuitively different to my pool stance but maybe they are not too different from each other. This might go someway to explaining why I am "ok" at both games without excelling at either one 🤣

Intersting! Did Allison Fisher actually play for some time with a 1/2 snooker cue? Or was she referring to when she switched to pool and at first used a 1/2 pool cue with her snooker stance?

??? Really? I've played with a 1/2 (50/50) snooker cue all my snooker playing life and this has never happened.

Tradition. Wood 1/2 jointed cues were more prone to damage when they hit the ball hard. 3/4 jointed wood cues were far less prone. With modern joints, there is pretty much no difference. 1/2 jointed are far easier to carry around than 3/4 jointed but tradition dictates.....

He is a jerk and a stain on the game of pool. Yes he is. Both of these things are true to me. Are they true to you?

I think he is 9-3 in matches across both events. He beat Yapp, Oi, Aranas and He. While lacking in the jumping and kicking departments and being behind even some serious recreational players in positional knowledge, he has serious skills that give him a chance against anyone in races to 8, 9 or...

Agree. Matchroom are top bollox on most things but they miss a trick or two.

Those side pockets look scary. The bank looks easier to me given the precision needed to make the cut under pressure. Clearly not as easy as it looks though.

According to some people, this must have been staged - as it is a physical impossibility to come back from 5-1 down with alternating breaks 🤔

It's nowhere close to being one country.

Probably much the same reason anyone does anything.

My game went through the roof (but then of course plateaued again :() many years ago when someone said, "loosen your grip". I probably would have realised this myself "eventually" but it remains the best piece of advice anyone ever gave me.

I believe the theory is that if you miss your "new center" you are still applying the same kind of side to the ball, whereas if you aim for center ball and miss you can unintentionally apply either kind of side. Of course there are other reasons for applying english to the cue ball. However, for...

Yes but Hendry did say that he wished he had been more like Jimmy (White) and enjoyed it more and had a good time.

Please don't get CJ started.

Which viewers? The ones that complain or the many more ones that don't complain?

Yep, I've been there. It's overrated.