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Switzerland looked pretty rough against Hungary early on.

Thorsten with an atrocious miss on the 8!

Maybe starting very young and having proper instruction and constant competition is the most important part of being elite at something.

Kaci always looks like someone ran over his dog when he's behind in a set.

I think that having a celebrity or two in attendance helps lend some credibility to events as being "big deals," but it's also nice to see MR promote pool's own "celebrities." One thing I like about MR's approach is how they spotlight the pros in the audience in between their own matches. And...

I can't fault MR for trying out different people to add to their stable of commentators. Jeremy Jones and Karl Boyes are now, IMO, the gold standard of pool commentary, and as a duo they are just about perfect. And they are both relatively recent additions to the pool commentary world. If...

I played pool for a few hours one time with a guy whose minor league baseball career had ended that very week. He was 26 and said that if you've never gotten called up to the majors by that point in your life, you're done. He was also very good at pool given his minimal time investment in the...

I agree. Winning at 8 ball at higher skill levels, even against low SL players, is much easier than in 9 ball. In 8 ball, all you have to do is prevent them from making the 8 ball, and each game is a new "chance." In 9 ball, there's so much more that can go wrong, and mistakes are punished much...

I've often wondered if "natural talent" isn't instead just a better understanding/intuition of body mechanics and how to align the body to shoot straight, which may or may not be a conscious thought for beginners. There's also probably some degree of shot visualization that's naturally better in...

Don't forget his cameo appearance on Ronnie O'Sullivan's "American Hustle" TV show!

This might be my favorite event in pool. Scotch doubles is fascinating at the pro level and it's nice to see camaraderie and teamwork but without the extreme hoopla of the Mosconi Cup.

The teams that always win in my experience usually look something like this: A very strong max SL player with a really high win percentage who gets the weaker players out of jams and can even direct them to kick in balls when needed. A person just under max SL who plays really strong for their...

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Meucci butt and it's an almost perfect fit for my OB Classic+ shaft. There is a lip but it's actually less noticeable than when the shaft was on my Schmelke butt. Thanks for the help everyone.

I once spent a good 2-3 minutes eyeing up a razor thin cut on the 1 ball, only to whiff on it completely and pocket the 9 ball with a perfect and very loud stop shot on my first shot after the break. Looking back, it would actually have been a cool shot if I could have grazed even a millimeter...

Was pretty tipsy one night in college and shot the 14 ball as the cue ball. The ball was turned in such a way that I only saw the white part and the green stripe seemed to blend in with the cloth....

My wife (not a pool player) was watching me play a few years ago and I was shooting a medium-distance, almost straight-in shot into the corner pocket. She was sitting in front of the corner pocket and watched me get down on the table. She immediately told me I was going to miss and that I wasn't...

"The game is in the grip" is a quote I read on here, can't remember who said it, but it has stuck with me for years. My guess is that as your frustration grows, your grip tightens. And as the misses add up, you start anticipating them, which makes you tighten your grip even more just before...

Ha, the wrap. It basically roughed it up to the point where it feels terrible to hold.

I tried using a Magic Eraser on the wrap of a cue I didn't care too much about and it ruined it.

Another shot is sticking out in my mind as a big missed opportunity. Opponent scratched on the break, but the 1 ball only had 1 pocket. That pocket allowed me shape on the 2 ball, but no subsequent shape on the 3. I immediately thought to play safe on the 1 and send it down near the 2 in order...