I have been enjoying this event also. The first time I saw Rafael play was at a tourney in the Washington state area. It was scary to see how good he was and the way he made the seemingly impossible happen.
Yeah, he looked like he was having a bit of fun earlier
They seem to have finished with the 4-player preliminary groups. I can't find the next set of matches. Either 42 or 84 advanced?
Ain’t that the screaming shpits. I’ve been watching this for two days now and thought that the green table cloth said Royal Pro Billiard “Club” not “Cloth”.
I really want to see more events all over the world. But the strength of this tournament is super low. I am really hoping it picks up toward the latter end. Some of the shots missed on these cavernous pockets. No words.
I’m really enjoying this. It’s not the marquee event, but have seen some flashes of stellar play. Love seeing the different approaches and trying to notice commonalities.
Been the odd shot here or there, am hoping events like these drive up the quality and inspire more people to take part. Guess that's the point.
This is my first time seeing Soufi; fast and deadly. Why isn't he talked about...a lot? I'm very impressed.
This is what Matchroom wants and brings to the game. They eliminate the US Open from being a truly “open” tournament to supposedly keep “dead money out” and have a higher level of play. Then on the other hand they have events such as this one, the one in Vietnam, Columbia etc. where many of the matches are just terrible to watch due to low level of play as you’ve noted. Emily and MR want to make the sport “global”. Perhaps they’ll start opening these events with all the players singing “We Are The World” together.
yeah, that's why
