UK Open 2026, London, May 26-31
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the rack difference when he plays a race to 13 against filler
I immediately thought Wojo would lose when he scratched on a safety in game 1 or 2. Terrible and avoidable mistake early on when he could least afford it. He always seems intimidated by Filler.
The issue is not the pockets or the rack. Four inch pockets are tough. Getting a look on the 2 isn’t easy, either. It’s simply Filler playing like a virtuoso. Wojo played two poor safeties in the first two games, too. Mental errors.
The issue is not the pockets or the rack. Four inch pockets are tough. Getting a look on the 2 isn’t easy, either. It’s simply Filler playing like a virtuoso. Wojo played two poor safeties in the first two games, too. Mental errors.
How did he know hahaha
he's a freak
Over 9000
it was apparently, 69 minutes
Filler is an alien, or Super Saiyan. That is all. No one can see him in 9 ball. He left Earth in that finals.
madmartigan
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Filler is the best to ever play the game, IMO. When he’s on, he’s capable of absolutely dominating anyone — even 830+ fargos like Shaw and Woj. He’s really in a league of his own.
If all other balls are placed randomly besides the 1 and 9, what's the issue? You have 7 random balls...
Now if you were beating the ghost 9-0 every time then you might need to switch up your racking, but I doubt anyone is doing that.
The WNT racks the 2 ball in one of three positions -- the "corners". I have heard there is a standard rotation between those positions, but I didn't notice it. Edit: in the finals, the position of the 2 ball was on the corners, but apparently without a set rotation: 39693639936939 (clock face).
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It's a very specialized skill that only applies to nine ball with the nine on the spot and a template rack and new balls. I'm not bothered by it -- other than not being able to make the one ball myself -- but I can see how some could be irritated. It's not the traditional smash-and-pray from a somewhat loose rack.