were he to reach the final in the world 8-ball i assume that would be enough WPA points for an invite to the WPC? but as i said before, things need to simmer down a lot over there for that event to even be feasible, not just for players who don't like air travel but for everyone..
overall my...
dunno. i know albin did it last year against (i think) bader alawadi, won the lag, ran out.
race to 8 is very short if the racks are good. with magic rack i reckon they would need to add +4 to the distance, at least.
for pro 8-ball you need to throw some kind of wrench in, or it will be to...
shasha liu, han yu, rubilen, chezka, siming chen, kristina tkach, weiwei, chou.. all of them are above pia. few of them attend WPBA or eurotour events obviously
i think the sentiment is fair, straight pool is best played on big pockets with shallow shelf. i like playing it on stock GC's in my nearest room. but for pro-am 9b tournaments those tables are very soft. and they're not great for one pocket. the optimal pool room has some variety in the table...
joe's a slow player iirc. but no doubt it would be good for the US open, 100%
he probably has more viewers and listeners than cnn and fox, and they're younger and more prone to grow a new interest
i think that's because they're two different outfits, one of which (xingpai?) owns the "world championship". joy instead calls their events grand great mega masters this and that final and shit
do you mean there are more innings in 8-ball? from what i've seen it's wet break and runout or dry break and opponent runout.. very little tactics involved