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These are not official rankings, of course. Matchroom still hasn't released or updated its Mosconi and Reyes Cup rankings. Which is ridiculous. The failure to do this by now is inexcusable. It should have been done in January. The point totals do seem to be accurate. They should have started...

The complaint about smaller ranking events is somewhat odd to me. The Beasley, for instance, was also held in 2025. It's not new this year. Shaw's complaint centers on standard of play and equipment. He appears to be arguing MR has lowered its standards and will now just about let anyone hold a...

Shaw is being advertised on Matchroom flyers for the Scottish and UK opens. He's been viewed as a strong supporter of Matchroom since the WNT began. So his comments should be taken seriously. There's no doubt MR/WNT has lost momentum. While they got much of the schedule for 2026 out earlier...

Naturally Molina Mike jumped all over this comments to bash Matchroom and Frazer. Seems to be his raison d'être these days. Mike Pannazzo was fairly critical, too. Pannazzo said he expects the U.S. and Asian contingents to the UK Open are going to be “very light.” “It’s kind of the new...

More grumbling about the WNT. It started with a thread from Elliott Sanderson. Sanderson posted on Facebook about his 9th place finish at the Beasley Open. Jayson Shaw and Denis Grabe responded. The big surprise was Shaw’s comments. He is not a happy camper. SHAW: Unlucky pal. Ps these small...

It's one thing to expect players to call fouls that are obvious, particularly when there are no refs. I support that. But fouls based on science and not visible to the naked eye are a different matter to me, especially if a ref is used. Teach the science to the refs and let them make the...

Lots of founders shared such sentiments, as I noted earlier, Bob, but the "masses are asses" is quite a ... "paraphrase" of the longer Hamilton remarks you referenced! 😎 *** I am amazed at how fired up AZB posters are about the Yapp shot. Personally I don't think any player should call a...

Come now, sjm. Citing ... a Wikipedia entry with no attribution to an original source (because there is none). Wikipedia! The word 'ass' has been around a long time. No disputing that. But the construction of the phrase "masses are asses" definitely has a modern tinge, not an 18th century one...

Alexander Hamilton said no such thing. It's not how people talked in the 1790s. Perhaps the 1890s or 1990s ... Hamilton did think the masses might not be capable of governing wisely, and he wrote or spoke such sentiments in words more suited to his times. But he also supported the Constitution...

Predator covered the hotel costs for top players at the recent Euro competition in Italy. We could see more efforts like this over time.

I do wonder about the murky finances of top players. How much money do they get from sponsors a year? Do sponsors ever pony up to get them to go to some big events, etc. On the face of it, your argument makes sense. Few pros can afford to travel and pay entry. And yet ... dozens of top pros...

Turns out Wiktor Zielinski has been working with Alex Lely. Can't say I am surprised. Zielinski has looked more focused and less petulant. Wiktor wrote on FB: "Thanks to...

I own two Longonis, both with a Luna Nera carbon shaft (they call it graphite). One for a pool hall locker and one for home. Before settling on Longoni, I tried a bunch of production shafts - Predator, Cuetec, Becue, Viking, Pechauer, Lucasi, Whyte Carbon and a few others. I liked Longoni and...

Big win for Zielinski. He hasn't fulfilled his promise since winning the Las Vegas Open back to back in 2022 and 2023. This is his biggest tournament win since then. I am a surprised Hubert Lopotko got to the finals. Solid player, but not someone who has shown he could get to a final in a...

SVB didnt play at this event in 2025, 2024 or 2023, it seems. Sky did play in 2025. Bergman playing in a WNT ranking event will be cause for champagne! (-: I mostly watch matches with a shock clock unless the players are playing at a fast pace. Or I skip between shots. Predator uses a...

The success of the St. Louis event has naturally raised questions about whether the Predator Billiard Series is overtaking the WNT. Fair question. As I posted in the St Louis thread, Predator did an excellent job. I wrote: "The competition between Predator and MR is really heating up ...

SVB and Bergman weren't there last year, either. Sky did play. Strong field again this year. Lots of players obviously are there to help their sponsors, who likely contributed to their travel and other costs. Niels Feijin, the reigning champ, isn't flying to the US to just play in this event on...

Not sure slo mo is relevant. Refs and players seldom have the advantage of slo mo in most pool matches. Not sure whether Predator even had instant replay available, as MR sometimes does on its TV table. Even then, the camera might not be at the right angle. Unless pool becomes big, and Eagle...

Wish someone who make an elegant white butt. Everything is so dark these days, esp because of carbon shafts! Only notable, mostly white butt is the new SVB Cuetec.

No one knows what Yapp was thinking in the moment except Yapp himself (sometimes I am not even sure what I am thinking on such close shots). In any case, Cornerman told us what Yapp said about why he reacted as he did. Sounds plausible to me. Cornerman's explanation also sounds plausible to me...