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My local joint redid the tables and made a few other upgrades recently and slightly raised prices to play, to $10 per hour on the weekends. That makes perfect sense to me and I don't mind paying it. What I don't get, and I'm curious what other pool halls do today, is that they charge that rate...

I'm watching Table Two of the Matchroom World Pool Championships, streaming on YouTube, and generally enjoying it. I appreciate that they stream some content for free and the quality of play is obviously amazing. But I find that I do miss having announcers. At the same time, I often find that...

Pick the complete tournament before the first match begins. Sorry for the late post but I'm on vacation. One point for the first round, doubling every round thereafter. The players that I put in CAPS get a walk-over in round one, so pick them for eight free points. Brackets are here...

Feel free to flame me. Tournaments and challenge matches that are being streamed need dress codes. The players, or the men anyway, are too often incapable of dressing in a way that elevates the sport above the level of bar league riff raff. Baseball hats, hats on backward, garbage t-shirts...

Just for fun, let's see how well we can pick the Matchroom World Cup of Pool (like a traditional NCAA Basketball pool). I'll do the scoring. Rules: 1) One entry per login name 2) Complete the entire bracket (see below) in one post and do not edit. 3) Points allocation: One point for correct...

To preface my question: I have no idea what kind of compensation there is from endorsement deals for today's top professional players, but it seems clear that there is a real lack of money available through tournament play. Compared to the 1980s and 1990s, there seems to be less money...