Where do you even begin?! So many topics to discuss regarding the Pro Caliber event.
The Carom Room and the Promoters of the event are first class all the way!! Love the place and appreciate what they are doing for our sport/game. Thank You very much for doing what you do!!!!!
The streaming was incredible!! Had some pool friends over for a night of cards and pool on the big screen, PERFECT!! Watched every match on Sunday and it was some type of pool heaven I was in!! The commentary could use some work for sure. If only in the fact that when Scott and I believe Chris were on, Scott disagreed with EVERYTHING that Chris said and in the same tone a wife would, hard to listen to. So I muted it out..............please be cognizant that there IS an audience listening.
The play?!?!?! Are you kidding me?! WOW! The level of play is absolutely amazing!! Certainly shows how FAR we simpletons are from ever reaching that level! I think Sky broke and ran 20+ racks out of his final 30 against SVB. I always say the bar box is the great equalizer and it is, but not at that level. Sky, Corey, or SVB against me??? 15-3 maybe 4 if I get lucky!!!! We all have a loooooooooooooooong way to go pool friends!
Playing on bar boxes UGH!!! I know, I know, this is where the money is, I get it!! But come on, this level of play needs to be on a big table with tight pockets!! Maybe even a ten footer. We just need to find sponsors and venues that can support the need. And for all the "small table a lot of traffic" arguments people have regarding the bar box .................well guess what, every match I saw the balls were wide open, except for a few racks. Why? Because they break that good and that accurate. So, they are good enough to break with NO traffic afterwards and no clusters!! You and me??? Nothin but traffic and congestion on a box.
The pattern racking needs to stop. Corey was amazing the way he did it and it is well within the rules, but again these players are too good to not have parameters on how they rack the balls!
There needs to be a dress code PLEASE!!!! No shorts, no jeans, and for heaven sake, tuck your shirts in. We as amateurs have them at our events, the pro caliber players should too!! If nothing else look like you care!
As for the forfeit...well it is a shame for the player he over slept, a shame for the tournament, a shame for the fans, and a shame for the people who had purchased him in the Calcutta. But the biggest shame of all, is that there will be NO consequence for this. Without a Governing Body overseeing Pro players and events there will continue to be issues like this.
This sport/game is so ready for someone or some group to mold it into the proper package for the masses to see!! Then they can see how beautiful this sport/game is and how complex and difficult it is to achieve success. At that time our Elite players will benefit, which would be their greatest pay day.
Mike
The Carom Room and the Promoters of the event are first class all the way!! Love the place and appreciate what they are doing for our sport/game. Thank You very much for doing what you do!!!!!
The streaming was incredible!! Had some pool friends over for a night of cards and pool on the big screen, PERFECT!! Watched every match on Sunday and it was some type of pool heaven I was in!! The commentary could use some work for sure. If only in the fact that when Scott and I believe Chris were on, Scott disagreed with EVERYTHING that Chris said and in the same tone a wife would, hard to listen to. So I muted it out..............please be cognizant that there IS an audience listening.
The play?!?!?! Are you kidding me?! WOW! The level of play is absolutely amazing!! Certainly shows how FAR we simpletons are from ever reaching that level! I think Sky broke and ran 20+ racks out of his final 30 against SVB. I always say the bar box is the great equalizer and it is, but not at that level. Sky, Corey, or SVB against me??? 15-3 maybe 4 if I get lucky!!!! We all have a loooooooooooooooong way to go pool friends!
Playing on bar boxes UGH!!! I know, I know, this is where the money is, I get it!! But come on, this level of play needs to be on a big table with tight pockets!! Maybe even a ten footer. We just need to find sponsors and venues that can support the need. And for all the "small table a lot of traffic" arguments people have regarding the bar box .................well guess what, every match I saw the balls were wide open, except for a few racks. Why? Because they break that good and that accurate. So, they are good enough to break with NO traffic afterwards and no clusters!! You and me??? Nothin but traffic and congestion on a box.
The pattern racking needs to stop. Corey was amazing the way he did it and it is well within the rules, but again these players are too good to not have parameters on how they rack the balls!
There needs to be a dress code PLEASE!!!! No shorts, no jeans, and for heaven sake, tuck your shirts in. We as amateurs have them at our events, the pro caliber players should too!! If nothing else look like you care!
As for the forfeit...well it is a shame for the player he over slept, a shame for the tournament, a shame for the fans, and a shame for the people who had purchased him in the Calcutta. But the biggest shame of all, is that there will be NO consequence for this. Without a Governing Body overseeing Pro players and events there will continue to be issues like this.
This sport/game is so ready for someone or some group to mold it into the proper package for the masses to see!! Then they can see how beautiful this sport/game is and how complex and difficult it is to achieve success. At that time our Elite players will benefit, which would be their greatest pay day.
Mike
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