One thing to keep in mind that if our dreams come true and matchroom does successfully develop a world 9 ball tour with a full calendar of events paying good prize money, they won’t be able to schedule around everything. Similarly the WST (world snooker tour) doesn’t check to make sure they are scheduling around pro-ams. If we got a pool tour similar to the snooker tour, conflicts will occur.
Americans - are you happy with what Matchroom is doing with Pool ?
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If you never have played on it consider yourself lucky, almost enough to make you give up the game
Ever played on black cloth??? Agreed that red is the worst, but black is a close second.
that's called a good problem to have - too many events competing for limited space on the calendar.
I was going to say exactly that as well, I just left it off the post. Black is horrible, red just one small click worse.
Good point!
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1) Ditch the grey cloth 2) Ditch the wrong-colored balls 3) Ditch the Rasson & Predator tables Otherwise, GREAT!
Agree with everything except the cloth. I prefer the shark about 1000 times more than the blue. Green would be my 1st choice
LOL, read the thread again and you'll understand the trap statement
(It was sarcasm by the way)
Scheduling on top of other events is the only chance an American other than SVB can win an event. All the other US "pros" gotta love it
i didn't think it would look good on tv. i played on another shade of grey simonis for some years in the pool club, and while it was great for seeing the balls, it got real dirty real quick. this one looked great though.
i've also grown to appreciate the yellow-black 9-ball. it stands out. purple 5 is still too crazy for me
agreed. hate this ball set.
Does anyone know if they are going to use that Ugly black ball set at the World 8 ball?
No, as the World 8-ball is being run as part of the CSI/Predator series (alongside the 10-ball Puerto Rico Open), so it will use the Predator Arcos II set as the recent World 10-ball. Much more traditional looking, with a purple 4 and an orange 5.
Agreed, DAZNs stream quality could be a little better, but their content is superb even if you're not a boxing fan. Pool, darts and snooker are all entertaining.
Yes, traditional colors, but big, ugly cat logos on the balls.
Eh, they're not that big. Same size as the circled number. You can hardly tell from more than a few inches away.
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I think it’s the best thing to happen to pool since the camel tour. Pro players playing in arena’s and for prizes worthy of our best. The only thing I don’t like currently in pro pool is the races to 4 with the spot shot nonsense. But the pro’s far out way That single con.