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Hard to blame FSR there considering it was Alcaide who gave him terrible position.

3-3 now headed into the first doubles match. Styer/Oscar v Filler/Albin.

Earl's demeanor does look totally different today. Maybe the thrill of the team victory and the support of the crowd yesterday has eased his mind some. He is a different person today.

Earl has looked sharp and Shaw looks shaky. What an incredible upset and moment this would be if Earl can finish this out.

You must not be a big fan of pool if you can only name Earl, SVB and Shaw out of this group. I think it's also oversimplifying to saw it's Filler/Shaw and then everyone else (Filler stands at the top but Shaw just isn't there at the moment). On the US side, Sky is a two-time Mosconi Cup MVP who...

This was my exact consideration. Yes, it could be interesting to learn how to do this as I’ve never even cut leather before, much less fashioned three inserts to exact specifications. I am unlikely to get them exactly right and then I would be gluing them to a $180 rack. I’m all for investing a...

Looking for some inserts for my Delta-13 elite rack but I’m balking a bit at the prices I see on the Delta website and to a lesser extent Seyberts. $40 for three pieces of leather seems to be a little extreme to me but if that ends up being the best I can do, so be it. Wanted to check with AZB...

Did you see the table those guys are shooting at? Absolute buckets, I could beat Fats on that table!

Taking a break on updates. If you aren’t watching at home, hopefully someone else can take up the mantle for the day! Go USA

Good correction, sorry about that. Heard the beeps and made an assumption. Difficult to type and watch intently at the same time :)

Final rack, Kaci breaks closer to the middle than anyone else thus far. And it’s another dry break. Looks like league night from a breaking perspective. 1 ball is clearly visible for USA but no open pot, seemingly forced to shoot a defense. Instead, Reinhold takes a misguided combo shot down...

Reinhold’s turn to break and USA has the opportunity to ice the Euros and take the match in this rack. He hits a powerful break but dry nonetheless. No easy shot on the 1 but it’s open, and the defensive shot fails to leave the 1 tied up for USA. Styer can see the 1, cuts it into the side rail...

Albin breaks and once again, if this were another tournament, it would be an illegal break—balls still hanging out at the bottom end of the table around the spot. Still, an easy layout for the pros here, and it looks like quick work for the Euros. Kaci once again poor cue ball control and Albin...

Styer up to the table and breaks dry. Overall, poor breaking on both sides in this match. Gets a fortunate leave with no open shot on the 1, forces the push out from Europe. Albin leaves Reinhold a shot he likes, a kick shot that can only be described as okay. Europe with a blind cut opportunity...

Kaci dry breaks, looking very shaky out there thus far, reminiscent of his first MC appearance. Styer with a blind cut on the 1, gets Reinhold close to his work on the 2. Best shot by Chris thus far to make contact on the 3 and push it towards the open side pocket. Styer makes the pot and slides...

And if you had Margaret over Pia on first significant other to be mentioned by commentators, you win!

Reinhold breaks, balls seem to be congregating at the bottom end of the table on a lot of these breaks, and we see that here. Poor push out by Styer, and Europes happily take their turn on the easy 1 in the corner towards a 2 shot in the side. Albin slides it down to the end rail for the 3 ball...

Styer came to play today. Unfortunately, his partner Reinhold looks like an APA 6 out there. That 2 wasn’t easy but on the biggest stage in pool it’s a shot you have to make. Styer needs more help here to overcome the talent disparity against the world-class pairing of Albin and Kaci.

Albin up to break, makes a ball in the side pocket with an open shot on the 1, though the 2 is tied up and requires good position play from Kaci. He gets there for the shot on the 2, cue ball on the rail, only option seemingly is to slow roll it forward to leave a long shot on the 3. He instead...

After a few pots Albin leaves a very makeable shot for Kaci, but he makes contact on the 7 on the way to the corner pocket for a miss. Reinhold up, finally makes a ball but mostly hooks Styer. Styer thins the 6, leaving it on the rail up table for either a safety or long bank. Albin shoots what...