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Anyone going? The ticketing site they're using is janky as anything I've ever used.

Two tournaments. One has a smaller and (currently expected) weaker field, while having a higher payout at any comparable place. I can see why folks would choose the world 8b over the Hanoi open completely irrespective of who is running the show.

Shane could just take his hearing aids out. Is Fedor or anyone else going to refuse letting him play because of his natural deafness? If people don't like the rules then even it out: let anyone play with an apparatus that makes your hearing 10X (or whatever it actually is) more acute and you...

And there's a heck of a lot of music other than country, as well. Nashville would be a heck of a destination for a big pool event if "fun things to do other than pool" is a consideration.

And the opposite--1p specialists who might get dominated by someone at 9b that they'd beat at 1p. Fargo is good for "general" pool skill, as that is pretty transferable between games. But differences can exist between games. Even Mr. Page has admitted that while he would take Sky (812) over...

Thank you for finally providing a real answer. A few clarifications/points: 1) I did not say his range was 780-820. I said "Whether that means he'd be an 820 or a 780 or what I don't know." Please do not put words in my mouth. I was throwing numbers out there and admitting I don't know what the...

The 740 and multiple 760 groupings are interesting. Using similar "analysis" one might conclude that Ameer is more likely to be an 880 player than an 820 player.

Mike is grasping at straws and engaging and extremely poor analysis for no apparent reason. If you have expertise in statistical analysis, however, I'm all ears. Otherwise, let's move on.

reread what I wrote.

While his actual rating might actually be correct, I don't think comparing him to one person is really relevant. You'd really have to look at all the 500-game strings for a lot of players to see how common it is to play 20/40/60 pts above one's "true" rating. Also, even within one person you...

And a player who gets lucky rolls and successfully gives the 9 a ride a few times and runs into players who make more mistakes than usual all to win a tournament where they were a huge dog still has the money in their bank account.

RECOIL20 still worked for me recently.

Depends on what you are measuring. Fargo attempts to measure pure pool skill. Money won is as much about number of tournaments entered as it is about skill. As a pro, I don't doubt #2 is what matters. Gotta pay the bills. But improving #1 (the actual pure pool skill part) can also boost #2...

And maybe there is something to that. There is probably opportunity to statistically analyze the data and come up with a threshold past which games don't matter. It probably would have to be based on game count more than time (eg, the last 3000 games or what have you). Are the games Filler or...

If money is a concern then that is why we'd probably get Texas in the summer. Cheaper venues.

The thing with pool is there is still a decent amount of luck. I'm sure one can go back to many of Yapp's recent matches and find instances where if a roll went slightly differently he would have lost. And guess what? At some point in the (likely near-) future he will have a bad run. If you...

The rumor going around at the Open was that it would be in San Antonio next year. Might a rumor actually be true? Stay tuned. We're already in the state.

They're pretty sturdy cameras. But, regardless, why would camera movement disguise ball movement on one half of the ball but not the other half? And, if there is a reason, why couldn't camera movement be the reason the top half looked like it budged the slightest amount, rather than that a foul...

As others have mentioned, the breaks were for ads, which helps support everyone involved in bringing you the broadcast. Additionally, the regular breaks seemed to be mostly appreciated in-person. Yes, I occasionally found myself sitting there and wishing I didn't have to wait an entire...

I'm amazed that people saw it in real time. Perhaps a TV thing? I was there in person and not a single person said a single word about a foul then or after. It also looked to me like the nine rocked in some of these super-slo, super-close replays. Then I tried something else: I took my hand and...