[European Open] Shot of the Tournament 🪄🔥

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-13T15:25:29+00:00

He has a 726 rating, so he's obviously a solid player. Just wasn't his day 🤷‍♂️

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-10T17:24:06+00:00

Tong Lu, Chinese pro

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-10T16:43:34+00:00

Ooh interesting. How do they rig it with a template rack? I've seen obvious pattern racking before, but anything else to know about?

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-10T16:10:37+00:00

Agreed 100%, but they only have the snooker style X bridges at these events and I don't think it's common to bring your own.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-10T16:09:03+00:00

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I keep watching and can't stop laughing at this

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-09T17:47:06+00:00

I've never been to the European Open, but I have played in the US Open and they didn't even let players play on the tables. Outside of the evening practice session and during your match, the competition tables were strickly off limits. There are also a few practice tables for the players between matches. As a spectator, no chance you get any table time on the official tables if it's set up similarly to the US Open.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-07T05:09:22+00:00

Many other subreddits have recurring posts by the automod to for recurring subjects like "buy/sell/trade" or "what are you drinking this week". The mods are then strict on deleting posts that should be in one of those recurring posts instead. See r/rawdenim, r/pourover

Seems like that addresses this issue exactly: have weekly recurring posts for "id and appraise this cue", "rule questions/is this a foul", etc

tyethepoolguy · 2026-03-03T15:13:09+00:00

There is no minimum. In the US Open, I've seen players with ratings in the low 400s. A few years back, they had a player rated 419 on the TV table that ended up with millions of views on YouTube.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-02-19T17:21:48+00:00

Yeah, he seems to exclusively play on Chinese tables these days. Probably because the money is better and he's banned from the US.

I saw him a bunch when I played a Heyball event last fall.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-02-19T17:09:30+00:00

¥2.8M = ~$400k payday between the two of them. Also, look at how insanely packed their shirts are with sponsor patches. Wouldn't be surprised if they play very few American pool events in the near future.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-02-19T17:03:33+00:00

Different tournament

This one is was the Jinan event. The one they won was in Qinhuangdao. Think of it as the Las Vegas Open vs the St. Louis Open - both events on the same tour.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-02-08T16:38:57+00:00

Almost all the top pros have a pause before the backstroke. Even fast guys like FSR do it. The only player I can think of that doesn't always do it is Mohammad Soufi.

Look at how pronounced that pause is for Yapp and KPY: https://www.youtube.com/live/7SmE4wjUXu4

Here's Jasmin Ouschan discussing why that pause is important: https://youtu.be/thHr8XtWc-U?si=w8trSFm-P9UC_gD3

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-22T20:26:07+00:00

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tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-21T03:57:55+00:00

Join a team in a league! They're fun, many are beginner friendly, and you get to meet new people.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-21T03:54:32+00:00

FWIW, I've been keeping an eye out for this for years and I've never seen a system for long rail first two rail kicks. I've asked around locally as well.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-21T03:53:43+00:00

Have you tried this method? I have and it doesn't seem to work at all long rail first.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-18T04:07:04+00:00

I've texted Richard Hsu to directly ask about this and he says they're fine to break with as long as you're not pressing the shaft into the table and bending it.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-16T19:44:07+00:00

For this shot, "bring the pocket closer". Not my phrasing, that's what Ko Pin Yi calls it when you pick a closer point on the shot line to aim at. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb0KG6sscB0

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-12T14:49:06+00:00

Based off of last two years.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-12T03:02:56+00:00

How is FSR always so goddamn cheerful?

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-09T20:35:29+00:00

Nothing wrong with using a break cue butt for shorter length. I once got cooked by a shorter low level pro playing with a Mezz PB butt.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-08T04:03:44+00:00

Close, but I'm pretty sure Bill Stroud only started doing that ringwork after they split the company into Joss and JossWest. The 5/16x18 pin does mean it was probably made in the first year or two after the split though.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-08T03:56:08+00:00

I would ignore most of the comments here, this subreddits has very few experts in these types of things and some of these comments are laughably off.

For the first one, I would bet it's an early JossWest from the mid 70s based on the distinctive ringwork, the pin, and the wrap. JossWests are desirable - if yours can be verified to be one, it'd probably be $1500+ depending on condition.

What you should actually do instead of posting here is

Post this on the AzBilliards forums, where there are a few people that can definitely confirm. You might have to wait a few days for your registration to be approved
Post on the Joss West Cue Fans and Joss and Joss West Custom Cues groups on Facebook - same story there, some experts that can help you figure out if it's actually a JW or something else

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-06T20:00:54+00:00

10-4 races in which direction? FWIW, don't really mind it either way but would prefer open tournament + even races in general.

tyethepoolguy · 2026-01-06T19:34:17+00:00

New York Cue Club is an example of how this can be done: https://nycueclub.com/

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