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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...

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...