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I've been a student since I started playing 9 ball so don't really have money for a cue and the cue I used for UK pool has far too small a tip to use with American sized balls. Because of that been stuck using my local clubs cues when I play. Actually don't mind them and think they are decent...

also quite famously played his ex-girlfriend who refused to shake his hand. I'm not sure what happened between them, there is obviously a lot of bad blood, both seem quite likeable chilled people whenever I've seen them separately. Don't think either played their best due to the atmosphere, but...

UK pool has tight pockets and everyone uses wooden cues, including Jayson Shaw when he was Blackball rules world champion. Jayson would be fine if you put him back to the Mosconi area. Do you think all the pool tables in the random shitty pubs you end up in playing in the Glasgow league have...

Losing finalist also pretty much guaranteed a place too. I was thinking of 2024 when Kaci went in-off in the deciding frame v Gorst in the final. Don't think Kaci did anything else of note that year, got in the Mosconi based upon the back of it and didn't look sharp at all, losing his only...

I like it other than the fact the world championship prize dwarfing every other tournament means if you reach the final of that then you are in the Mosconi even if you are terrible for the rest of the season. Also hate that they sometimes just veto players that should have earned it on ranking...

I don't love the idea of celebrities getting places to draw attention to the sport, but I get how it could make sense to grow the sport. But they always seem to be rubbish celebrities. Goldstein is nowhere near as famous as Joe Rogan.

onus should be on the organiser not the player. Don't think you can blame someone for paying their money for entering an open tournament. It's a good point though and maybe something Matchroom should consider.

After JJ's match I heard Fraser Patrick say to him the pockets were playing like 4 inch pockets this tournament, where the last tournament the cloth was so slick anything was going in. Presume Matchroom is using the same cloth so maybe the issue is humidity

he missed a pretty easy 9. Jayson had an uncharacteristic amount of misses in the last few frames, not sure if he'd just lost focus or was actually trying to let the guy win a frame.

I only saw the first 3 frames they released for free. Can't remember which frame it was of those 3, but there was one shot Cousin's missed and Archer was saying he'd sold the game out, Bergman was certain to clear up with so few balls on the table. I looked at the table and thought Cousins has...

much thinner than pool players, Gary mentions his snooker tip is 9mm in that video. But they are also hitting smaller balls so not sure it transfers, he uses an 11 mm tip for pool. He also mentions needing a longer cue for pool than snooker as you need more power. So not convinced you can say...

They all use wood, think a lot of them are wooden cues made by John Parris, but he has something ridiculous like a 10 year waiting list if you want to buy one of his cues. Snooker has been very traditional, but there has been a recent trend of players moving to titanium ferule to reduce...

Is that not just tracking his winnings in America? He has won loads in the UK (though I can't find any site that puts a monetary value on it). Hell he won £30k just for his money match against Ceasar Chandinga (one of the top African players). Still is a bit embarassing for Bergman, not because...

Filler would smoke a lot of people. Not sure how Tom would cope with 9ft table, not sure if he's played much snooker. He definitely wouldn't be phased by 4 inch pockets. U.S pool balls are 2.25 inches so they still only take up 62.5% of a pocket, which is the same ratio of ball size to pocket...

if the pricing wasn't punitive of smaller groups I'd love to take my girlfriend to something like this as it's the only hope in hell I've got of ever getting her to play pool with me. She was interested in going to a digital darts thing with her friends when she would never play darts. Someone...

I don't like that idea as it gives the organisers too much power, they could definitely influence results depending on where they pick the spot. Even if it was truly random it adds a bit of luck as I'm sure each players would have their own strength and weaknesses around where they were good at...

I agree with your first point, but I think the alternate break would lead to less situations where a match you would expect to be even ending up one sided and the type of match you walk away from. It may lead to more one sided matches when there is actually a big difference in ability though

Some of these players only have invitational places on the tour rather than having earned them. Also think a list of the age of winners would be more informative rather than just being on the tour. The class of 92 were very successful until the recent influx of Chinese players, but that might be...

that's really interesting, but it can't be every rack as there are only 25 cue balls there? Was it maybe every Fedor break from the first day?

The club I play out of is 4 inch pockets and has break boxes. I found I could pot the 1 fairly consistently when I put the cue ball towards the edge of break box, but I had the issue you said about no shot on the 2 as I'd always end up with the cue ball near the bottom of the table which pretty...