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From that angle, seems quite possible to hit the 8 first, but in any case, the replays to me are inconclusive. As I said earlier, sometimes it is hard to know. Maybe even impossible. The player doesn't always have the best angle. The ref is supposed to get the best angle. I am not going to...

I don't begrudge Duddy at all. She knows the game even better than she plays it. I've heard her commentate -- pretty good, no pun intended. She also has a reputation as an excellent instructor. She comes across as quite personable in interviews, too. She is, of course, a fine-looking woman who...

There is simply no way to know what Yapp was thinking or if he knew it was a foul. People are so certain of things, but you just don't know. There have been many times when I couldn't tell if I committed a foul. Sometimes my mind and eyes are focused on several things at once and I don't know...

No. I don’t. It still gets on my hands, my clothes, my table and ends up elsewhere. There is a reason so many users of Taom, pro and amateur, talk about how ’clean’ it is. They, and I, aren’t making it up. It’s the ONLY reason I buy it. I don’t want to spend much on chalk, but there is no...

It’s not complicated. Cheap chalk gets all over everything. If I could buy a cheap chalk that didn’t, I’d buy it. None exist.

And yet, for years, Kamui was really the only premium chalk. Now you have Taom, DrV, Pagulayan, Predator, Turning Point, Navigator, Molinari, Mezz. Gorst is going to come out with his own.

I am enjoying the Titlist chalk. Really like how well it applies to all tips, including phenolic ones. Definitely different than Taom, or Kamui. Still not sure I will switch from Taom V10 green, my preferred chalk. It will depend on how long one piece of Titlist chalk lasts. Going to spend...

Eric is the one who never refers to Duddy as the Billiard Bombshell. He is easily the best Predator announcer and the only one I really like. No way Predator snatches Jones or Boyes. They get to comment on the US Open, WPC and Mosconi. Predator can't match that. One thing Predator does that MR...

I like women's tennis as much as men's tennis, though not as much these days since there are no Serenas or Steffi's dominating the circuit. The men are really a two-man show now with Alcaraz and Sinner.

I am well aware of her branding and nickname, sjm. Yet the older announcer doesn't just keep calling her the Billiard Bombshell for branding purposes. He just has that classic old-guy sound to him when he's talking about a pretty woman. Like he's been in love with her forever or something. If...

Jeremy Jones suggested in a recent WNT broadcast that the WCP of pool would be coming back, but no details were offered. MR really fumbled that one. It was my favorite of the invitationals. Predator, to its credit, picked up the ball and ran with it. The competition between Predator and MR is...

When the pay debate comes up in this sport or that, I now just sit them out. I can't see the revenue, ticket sales numbers or number of viewers. I have no way to judge where the money is, especially in pool. Only the promotors see that info, and they will make their judgments accordingly. If...

Hard to believe Yapp won another big one, especially given the luck involved in 8 ball with the rack for breaking. Wow. Albin Ouschan self destructed in the semis. Terrible safety down 9-8, then an astonishing miss when he got another chance. Fu really should have won the women’s title...

Small sample size, but Bergman did beat AJ 5-3 in the PLP and he finished one spot higher. (Also beat Yapp 5-2 and Hoang 5-3.) Watching the 9th rack in Yapp vs Zielinksi, I was shocked to find out 8-ball does not have a three-foul rule. After this painful rack, Predator has to add some kind...

I didn't mention breaking as a weakness because Bergman actually broke pretty well at the PLP. He struggled a bit the first day to pocket the one, but seemed to get the hang of it the rest of the week. The Matchroom break rules appear to benefit Bergman. He doesn't need a powerful break to...

So his passport would have run out. Let's hope he renewed it, but I am skeptical he will be in the UK. Other than the Mosconi, I could not find any evidence of Bergman playing overseas.

The women's final four is interesting. Jasmine is no surprise, but Brittany Bryant, Xiaofang Fu and Kristina Zlateva? Jasmine is no surprise, but Brittany Bryant, Xiaofang Fu and Kristina Zlateva? Bryant is No. 50 in women’s Fargo at 679, far below No 10. Ouschan’s 757. She’e never come close...

Now we know why Jayson missed the European Open. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AsKN8qt56/ His masse kick was to pocket the eight ball, as sjm said, one of the best kicks I've ever seen. Of course, Shaw acted like he had it all along. Too bad he couldn't finish the match off. Tough miss on...

Shaw and Centeno should have won the second set and the match. A few glaring errors. I thought the game changed when it become more about safety battles. Shaw started to instruct Centeno more instead of letting her just play her game. A mistake in my view. While Shaw and Centeno played some...

The randomness of the break is intentional. At first Predator was just hawking and selling its product. Then Predator realized the rack made breaking a way to keep 8-ball more competitive. The randomness of the break, of course, means it is easier for top players such as Filler and SVB to get...