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Draw for single elimination doesn’t take place until today’s matches are over.

No problem with the pockets in his current match, Bergman. Seems pissed off and he’s pocketing everything.

The pockets might be a hair under 4 inches, commentators said. I saw Bergman's first match. He wasn't bothered by tight pockets at all. Today he definitely was.

Come now, skog, you and I both know he can get a great one for free. He's got a sponsor now - Viking! I just don't understand why he persists in jumping with a full cue at all. Kick it instead if you are going to be so stubborn.

None. It's an open.First come first serve. WNT tried qualifiers, but my guess is they didn't get enough people to justify the process/expense. It doesn't look like they have them anymore, at least not recently. No matter. Every amateur I see joining these opens clearly has put in the time...

Jesse played more like a 750 Fargo than a 650. Hit some big banks. Made some nice safeties. Pocketed most of the shots a good player should pocket. Bergman, on the other hand, did not play well in the second half the match. He jumped to 4-0 and 7-3 leads, then missed a bunch of key shots. Two...

I just noticed the new WNT TV platform lacks multi-table viewing. I would imagine that it will be added back soon, but it's a very nice feature to have. WNT TV did add a live chat option, but it's not something I typically bother with.

I watched the final last night. Krause was superb during the event and looked great ahead of the final. Yet he and Kledio started out slow. They both missed makeable shots and positioning. Kaci settled down first, and got in a groove midway through the match. Great fundamentals, hardly any...

Yep. We no longer have to wait for the streams to be posted hours later or the next day. It's all right there. Still some little things I would like to see improved upon, but now viewers have full control over what they watch and when.

True. That's where the mental game is so important. Thinking, as in any sport, on the next shot or the next play and relying on your fundamentals. Easier to say than do ...

I thought SVB looked very rusty and closer to his age at first. Eventually he found a groove. McBride virtually handed the match to SVB, though, with some big misses on shots he should have pocketed.

I think it is better to speed up the play to get to the top players playing each other in the later rounds. More fan friendly to me. As I mentioned in another post, there are 43 of the top 100 Fargo-rated players in Florida. Almost all should make it to the final 64 given the new structure of...

Some 238 players showed up to play yesterday. That compared to 249 in last year's inaugural Florida Open. Under ideal conditions, these open majors normally would draw 256 players. Most fall a bit short. The U.S. Open had 255 players last year show up. This year, the UK Open had 252 players...

Seems like a good idea, Bob, for precisely that reason. Some top players could get a notably tougher path than others. Realistically, though, anyone not seeded is going to be well outside the top 100 in Fargo.

Wow. The new "king," Aloysius Yapp, loses his first match to BJ Ussery, 9-5, to go to the loser's side. I am surprised Yapp got an opponent of Ussery's caliber (Fargo 768) in the first round. Filler is playing some guy named Vishwanath Reddy Saikam (Fargo 675). Also, Naoyuki Oi also lost his...

I counted 245 players listed. Tons of American players of lower rank. Strong field at the top. There are 43 of the top 100 Fargo players in the world at the event. And 24 of the top 50 Fargo players. Of the top 50 Fargos, only 33 regularly travel to big events around the world. So in reality...

All the tables, including the main one, are gray. The CPBA gray is somewhat different than Simonis. I like it better. I am astonished so many people thought she was serious. No way, no how, MR was going to go pink. Hah! BTW, Matchroom moved to a new platform with WNT.TV. It is much, much...

Teutscher keeps getting better. Not leaps and bounds but steadily. Great jumper, much to my surprise. He made a handful of great jump shots to beat Fedor and come from behind vs Manas. Small sample size, he could be top 10 in that category from what I’ve seen Still doesn’t persuade me at...

Again, thin margins. Just takes a few errant strokes with winner break. Fedor had multiple chances. So did Filler, FSR … I didn’t see E. Kaci. Still got heavy hitters. Everyone has 800 Fargo except Krause and AJ Manas. They will top 800 soon.

Bergman’s break was awful, but good Styer gave way to bad Styer mid match to keep it competitive. Big Mosconi statement for Tyler in the end. Look at the stats of Filler-Duong. You’d never guess Duong won. Still, goes to show how thin the margin for error is thin among the top players. Duong...