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Has anyone had a recent experience with this site? I just submitted a room closure for a place that did not reopen after covid, so closed for six years. I see the owners haven't logged on here for over two years.

Here's an interview/discussion from that channel with five of the greats.

I don't think that's the business model for this match, but I am reminded of: I wasn't there, but I heard the story from reliable sources. Back when there were some big tournaments in South Lake Tahoe (1980s?), there was a strange one pocket matchup between Ronnie Allen and Bucktooth Cook. The...

Often the players will call a stalemate themselves. In this case, one player was ahead by about 30 points and didn't want a rerack. In the end, Marcel gave them three more turns to make some progress before a rerack. The commentators had seen enough after the first ten shots.

It's on wst.tv in the US, along with all the other matches of the championship.

That article points out that the broadcaster (BBC) got a lot of flack for stopping the broadcast (moving it to a different platform) in the middle of the frame. Who remembers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game

I saw it live. I may have been reading my email, also. And getting tea. The Times article is behind a paywall unfortunately. Here is a picture from The Guardian: They have to hit a red and it's a foul to pocket the black. "The gruelling frame was finally completed in one hour, 40 minutes and...

Diamond used to be a distributor so maybe they have some stock left in a back room.

And then there are the top snooker players who have the toe of their "back" foot more forward than the other. I wonder if that's the best way for them to stand. Maybe it is. It looks bent and awkward and uncomfortable to me.

When you break at nine ball, do you put the cue ball fully behind the line?

Just look across the table even with the two headstring diamonds. See whether the ball is more to the left or right of the diamonds. I think that is easier than seeing whether the edge of the ball is to the left or right of the center of the diamonds, because the situation is symmetrical and...

No love for Shaun? He's the favorite now.

How about thin off white and then long, short, short. At least three ways to score. I think the kiss can be avoided.

I was commenting about a deflection test.

You can get much more useful results by shooting straight at an object ball. Leave the cue ball spinning in place. How far the cue ball moves to the side tells you how far off you were from perfect.

Kicking out in style. Next, be sure to breathe out as the stick comes forward.

I have never seen any rule book that uses whole ball.

The position of the ball has always been decided by its center in the official rules. Some say "base of ball", but then you get into arguments about how large the contact patch is. I think it's only Derby City that does whole ball for nine ball. Also, they allow multiple hits on a close ball as...

I see there are similar products to the CueTracker available for under $30. It looks like it would cost under $20 to make the original. At $50 it would be worth a try. At $500, there are much better ways to spend you pool training dollars.

The BCA rules for 9-Ball were not usable until after 1985 or so. In their defense, I don't think they organized any 9-Ball tournaments. Their optional pushout rule quoted above is pretty bad. The second foul is only failure to hit. A scratch or no rail doesn't give ball in hand.