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Race to 10
England breaks and it's wide open.
England breaks and it's wide open.
World Cup of Pool 2014(Portsmouth, UK) 23-28Sep (9ball Scotch Doubles) Winner $60K
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IMO, England is very fortunate to have made it. They squeaked through an earlier match because of an illegal break, then barely hold off a hard charging USA team with that has beenEarl Strickland on the team. Hardly sounds like they dominated anybody.
It's definitely a combination of talent and luck in this kind of competition. My other half thinks they should have races to 13 if it's a Scotch doubles, not a race to 9.
I do recognize that Darren is class all the way, which comes from seasoning. Karl seems like a nice kid, very talented, but I think he needs a lesson in humility, something great champions like Darren already possess.
Shane is Shane, always perfect and always the gentleman. Whether you're a pool purist or an action junkie, everyone agrees that Shane is the real deal, and his streak of greatness is still in full bloom. How about that!
Earl still has *it* and is going to ride his pool horse out into the sunset as long as he can, much to the chagrin of those who either do not understand him or just plain don't like him. More power to Earl. He's just an unfortunate champion who happened to excel in a sport that doesn't recipricate talented players. And Earl does give credit when someone makes a good shot and wins fair and square. Again, this is a sign of a true champion. Earl is *always* in it to win in it in every single competition he steps foot in. He's not going to pool tournaments to party or find himself a lady of the night, like some others are wont to doing. Earl wants to play pool and win with all his being.
It just didn't happen this year for Team America, but let's see how the Euros do at the Open next month in Virginia. :wink:
BTW, congratulations to Mika. He is our new Hall of Famer. I still like that blondie he was playing with too. :grin-square:
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takeitdown
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Both teams playing badly. Each gives the other a game 1 to 1.
There are some incidents and words spoken by Karl at several pool happenings that seemed a wee bit immature. I am sure when he matures as a great player, he will acquire humility, a trait that most champions possess. To pick fights and rub it in someone's face that you beat them and not shake hands at the end of a match shows a lack of humility, but these are may thoughts. You're certainly entitled to your own.
There are some incidents and words spoken by Karl at several pool happenings that seemed a wee bit immature. I am sure when he matures as a great player, he will acquire humility, a trait that most champions possess. To pick fights and rub it in someone's face that you beat them and not shake hands at the end of a match shows a lack of humility, but these are may thoughts. You're certainly entitled to your own.
When exactly are you referring to?
If it's last year's Mosconi with Earl, I don't blame him at all for not being the perfect gentleman after Earl's behaviour throughout the match. Giving someone a less than courteous handshake after being sharked constantly throughout the match is hardly lacking humility, IMO.
If there's something else, I'd be interested to hear about it (genuinely, as I've seen a few comments similar to yours about Boyes, so it would be nice to know a bit more about it).
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Earl has never been the poster boy for good sportsmanship ever , his behavior is legendary ,,
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Think Boxing Brits in Vegas. That's all I'm going to say. :grin-square:
How about that final game! All four players got to shoot at the eight ball! Anything can happen in a simple rack of nine ball, and it just did!
Why did niels go for such down angle on that eight? It looked like high follow would have least come back and left long on nine.
Ultimately why nine ball has a huge luck factor. Karl Boyes got bailed out on that one.
Ultimately why nine ball has a huge luck factor. Karl Boyes got bailed out on that one.
What happened to Holland last year happened again this year, missing at the last crucial moment. I can feel how devastating it is for Holland. Congrats to Team England A.
