There will be a few Filipinos getting taken out by other Filipinos.
2014 World 9-Ball Championship
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He's fully capable of almost perfect play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5XxfolsVsk
One of Taiwanese top and solid players IMO.
The streams listed Lo as playing for Taiwan this year, but the brackets say Japan. I wonder which one is correct.
Same here. I saw the stream and was disgusted by Boyes' cleaning obesession. At one point he was 5 feet away from the table, turned around and asked the ref to clean the ball without having looked at the ball himself. How can he know it isn't clean if he's not close to the ball or in full stance?!? It was way rediculous and I don't care if they do that in snooker, they should have a rule against it in pool.
Jason Klatt. - North America (Canada)
Karl is under fire from people who have never played in te conditons that he had to endure.
Have you ever tried playing in Qatar. The heat is intense - it was 120 degrees in the shade. This causes high levels of humidity which affect the performance of the balls, the cloth and the cue and the cloth.
With such a lot at stake Karl was only being cautious
Have you ever tried playing in Qatar. The heat is intense - it was 120 degrees in the shade. This causes high levels of humidity which affect the performance of the balls, the cloth and the cue and the cloth.
With such a lot at stake Karl was only being cautious
Thanks
Best internet video ever ... This is must watch stuff for me, thanks for the link.
64 left to go and only one US player. Go Shane Go! This is the Super Bowl of pool, the greatest tournament on earth.
Looks like the WPA prepared well this year(considering how poor the event coverage from last year was). streams are looking AWESOME! (click thumbnails below)
streaming is here, http://live.qbsf.qa/en/qbsf
Best internet video ever ... This is must watch stuff for me, thanks for the link.
64 left to go and only one US player. Go Shane Go! This is the Super Bowl of pool, the greatest tournament on earth.
Yeah it doesn't bother me at all. There's no shot clock so it's not a delaying tactic.
According to the Tournament Information page on the Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation website for this tournament, these matches do have a shot clock:
"A shot clock will be automatically introduced to each match at the half way stage, either by the time allocated for a match or by the match score, whichever occurs first. The time allowed for each shot is 40 seconds, with a warning given at 30 seconds. Each player will be allowed one extension per rack. There will be no shot clock used for the final game once a match reaches the hill-hill stage."
I have no problem with cleaning the cueball as long as there is a referee and the players don't clean and place the ball themselves. I think it's a nice touch for every high level tournament.
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I've seen at least a couple of the players wearing long sleeves or sweaters (SVB and Efren included). That makes me think that the room is well air conditioned, and air conditioners also dehumidify. I am ignorant of the humidity level in that facility, but I wouldn't assume it is high (or low or medium!).
Interesting. I've been watching some of the matches and I haven't seen any indication of that. Thanks for the clarification.
I haven't seen any violation or even any warning. But with no commentary, my volume is down pretty low, so I'm not sure I would hear a warning. I suppose it is possible they decided not to use a shot clock. If it's in use, surely we'll see its application in the remaining days.
Perhaps someone else has seen it applied.
karl boyes was just being a PITA. He wanted the CB cleaned nearly every shot during a stretch. Who needs the CB to be cleaned 4-5 times in a single game?? Easily a delay tactic to delay Efren from coming up to the table.
I doubt that theres been a shot clock implemented thus far. Jason Klatt often times takes very long to shoot. Especially during his match vs Dennis with the match being close the entire way.
Super tough field of 64. Can't wait for the KO stage to start.
I doubt that theres been a shot clock implemented thus far. Jason Klatt often times takes very long to shoot. Especially during his match vs Dennis with the match being close the entire way.
Super tough field of 64. Can't wait for the KO stage to start.
I heard in the chat that the ref could refuse to clean the ball if he decided it wasn't needed. So either the ref was biased towards Karl and had something against Efren and decided to clean it every time he was fetched, or the ball really was dirty every time. Option 3 would be he wasn't aware of the fact that he could decline the cleaning, and was probably swearing off Boyes in his head while he was doing it haha.
In any case, I still maintain that it is great they can have refs at every table, and they can take advantage of cleaning balls, but this was overdone by Boyes and lacked sportsmanship, especially when he didn't even inspect the ball himself and just asked to clean it from 5 feet away.
Regardless, it's a great event and I love the high quality stream! Can't wait for top 64 to start as well
In any case, I still maintain that it is great they can have refs at every table, and they can take advantage of cleaning balls, but this was overdone by Boyes and lacked sportsmanship, especially when he didn't even inspect the ball himself and just asked to clean it from 5 feet away.
Regardless, it's a great event and I love the high quality stream! Can't wait for top 64 to start as well
with the amount of money QBSF put to produce the best live streaming i've seen in the history of pool tournaments, i'm very sure they can provide the best equipment to be able to control the temperature and humidity in the playing area. i have been watching the streams since day 1. sometimes i stream 3 tables all at the same time. i usually see a CB being cleaned like once or twice per match. boyes had the ball cleaned very frequently - he must have been using clay or mud instead of chalk. :scratchhead:
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Everyone was playing under the same conditions. Karl was the only one doing that
so often. If allowed there should be an allotted number of times other wise people can
abuse this, just as is done with time outs.
If I was the ref, he would never have gotten away with this. I will only clean the cue ball if I can see it needs to be cleaned!
if Gabica can pull of another winning streak to the semis, then it would be awesome to see 2 Filipinos in the finals. :thumbup: