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Day three results. What a match between Gonzalez and Salazar. Ignore my line item 🙈 Huberney has been playing excellently this tournament.

All matches are streaming on youtube https://youtube.com/@3cushionusa?si=c2MA4tuTtr3XhnKm

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Do you think it’s worthwhile for novice players to study solutions to defensive positions or is time better spent on more open positions?

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The date is still listed as reserved for the USA on the UMB calendar. The dates coincide with the CSI expo. I'd imagine the event would need to be backed by Predator again. I haven't heard any official news outside of that. I'll ask around.

I’m unsure of any national level events, but my understanding is that the Verhoeven / Sang Lee International Open will not be taking place this year. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1453484611586548/permalink/3667974333470887/?mibextid=WUal2a

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Rui Edgar is playing in the 2024 Porto world cup. His first match is this morning. Excited to see him play.

I haven't heard anyone talk about up vs down stroke in person, but here’s an excerpt from Billiards Atlas Volume 2 by Walt Harris.

Once I heard Jaspers will be there I signed up! Updated players list, some big names here.

College Billiards, San Diego, CA August 16th - 18th, $4,000 added Million Dollar Billiards, Hollywood, CA August 19th - 21st, $2,500 added Jimmy’s Billiards, Milpitas, CA August 23rd - 25th, $4,000 added $250 entry each event I had a bunch of fun playing at Pedro’s place last year for this.

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Yes, the UMB switched to Classone in 2022. Before I recovered my table in 2023, I asked Burak Hashas (recent HCMC world cup 3rd medalist), what he thought of it and if I should switch. He said “it’s a very good cloth. you’ll love it” It plays fast and consistent. Not many surprises from...

Some of the photos appear more blue than in reality. Attaching some more examples of the color of the cloth as requested. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xw2pl7nxwognh3zmybxlo/IMG_6538.HEIC?rlkey=1igq876vu04dq7b9h0ejhan2g&st=0v3mjjgi&dl=0

Classone B2 - Black - High Quality Carom Billiard Cloth. $360 shipped with USPS Ground Advantage. This cloth is a blend of 70% high quality worsted wool, 29% Cordura nylon and 1% kevlar. Durable and predicatable It is the official cloth of the UMB (Union Mondiale de Billard) and is well...

Got the chance to play at GK over the weekend. The 10ft tables and small game tables played beautifully. Strong vietnamese coffee 😵‍💫 Many straight rail players, which was interesting since 4 ball is much more common here in Oakland.

Merckx made 40 in 8 https://vod.afreecatv.com/ST/125662021 Final 16: M. Zanetti vs T. Kiraz Q. C. Tran vs D. M. Tran (made it through from PPPQ!) B. Karakurt vs N. Polychrononopulos D. Jaspers vs B. Hashas N. C. Long vs E. Merckx J.T. Kim vs D. R. Kim Legazpi vs M. J. Cha M. W. Cho vs Caudron