How machine learning and SQL can help you outsmart your opponent in sequential team games — Welcome back to this three-part series on data driven pool strategy! In Part 1, we explored the quirks of competitive team pool, and determined that player lineup selections for pool games could be improved with data science. We developed a classification model that predicts the probability that one player will…

How machine learning and SQL can help you outsmart your opponent in sequential team games — As an avid pool player with a background in optical physics, I’ve often wondered if my experience with modelling laser beams paths improved my ability with aligning pool shots, or if it was the other way around! The COVID-19 lockdown coincided with my career transition from optical physics to data…