2018 WPA World 9 Ball
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Does Corey even know the breaking rules they are playing by?
Shane goes from 5-8 down to 11-8 win! He just played some amazing pool. Shane has the best composure that I've ever seen. Even under duress he made all the right shots; soft, hard it made no difference. He never showed any signs of weakness, even after losing a tough game to go down 5-8. Really, really impressive!
Meanwhile Chang, as great as he is, did get weak under pressure, making a few bad shots. He lost his rhythm and his game.
Meanwhile Chang, as great as he is, did get weak under pressure, making a few bad shots. He lost his rhythm and his game.
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That was a great match and made extra entertaining with the YouTube comments scroll...when Shane was down 5-8 Shane haters were doing the dance and all of a sudden, with one great clutch shot after another by Shane...the comments got quiet then it was all out cheering for Shane.
It went from "Shane will never win when ref racks" and "Chang is the best rotation player on the planet" to silence.
It was a new element of laughs to an already great match.
It went from "Shane will never win when ref racks" and "Chang is the best rotation player on the planet" to silence.
It was a new element of laughs to an already great match.
That's the Johan effect, Jay! Shane is a new player after this last year. Jeremy Jones said in an interview that it sounds scary but Shane actually improved in what he saw. Mentally he is at another level. We saw it in that match.
Chang was playing perfect pool, and getting an easy shot on the 1 ball in front of that corner pocket on every break. Then Shane missed that 9 in the side to go down 8-5, and it looked like curtains. Shane's fortitude, composure, and resolve were amazing in that match. When he put the heat on Chang wilted.
Did SVB get lucky on that kick shot where he was hidden from the 6 ball? i didn’t see what dropped.
MC is exhibition with SHORT sets. THIS is a real tournament. AK can really play.
lol, when he was 5-8 down you typed in “bye, bye Ms. American Pie”, hating on the US, your home country, like always. I wish you’d take that anti-American bullsh!t and pack up and leave if you hate it so much. Then again, I guess if you’re going to live here and be anti-American, California is the place for you to be.
Especially with his break not working. In the past Shane would be trying all different ways to fix the break mid match....it just seems he really didn't get phased out when left with a bad break, he just did what he had to do, decent push outs, great jumps and kicks to get out of safes...we would see that from Shane at US opens....but to get 6 racks in a row on alternating breaks against a player liked Chang is a HUGE boost to the mental stamina going forward.
What time EST?
He shook em up nicely. The ball hanging in the side 6??? He kicked cue ball cross side off his target ball 2???? and got allot of movement towards the hanging 6 ball, made it moved 3 balls on his hammer slammer then....ran out. Chang did dog a ball late.:thumbup:
3am EST.....
7am EST for finals.
http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2018/w9bc/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=240
For the time being it was the BIGGEST match of this WPC for me and great comeback from 5:8 when it looked like there was no hope for Shane with that kind of break from Chang... The result tells...it seems like SVB is ready mentally for the dream coming true. Two more steps to go...