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kollegedave said:

I with you here.

Before this latest stint of high runs by Schmidt and Shaw, how did we know that Willie Mosconi's run was without a foul? Does the affidavit address whether someone was watching for fouls or what defined a foul (cueball vs. object ball, coaching, breaks, ball cleaning, etc)? Does it say how big the pockets were?

I don't understand nit-picking clear feats of greatness on the table. All the runs from Schmidt and Shaw in recent times are remarkable achievements.

As I understand it, if John Schmidt fouled in his latest run, then his run ended at 672. O.k. even still, he is one of two people who have proof of twice running over 600 balls. The same for Shaw whether run is 669 or 714, Shaw has twice run over 600 balls. Running 600 once is bonkers. Twice is clearly double-bonkers.

kollegedave

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If the YT analysis is to be believed his fouls would have broken up this run into a 119, 25, 478, 125, and 73.

As to Willie, well, we will never know for sure but there was referee and Willie was used to playing all fouls world championships, in a coat and tie no less -- so the best we can do is give him the benefit of the doubt.

Lastly, I think we all can agree that a high run table can play a bit looser. But hitting the rail two diamonds up and having it drop is beyond the pale, IMO.

Lou Figueroa

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Justin proved this tournament that he can play solid, be clutch, and win against the top players in world. I watched nearly every one of his streaming matched in singles and doubles and wanted him to crush it every time. But...he also makes more mistakes than the top players in the world that's why he lost in the last 32. At the top echelon of pool, all are capable of playing spectacular offense, but the average amount of mistakes is the overall difference between a world champion and one that isn't. Being a "best" after the break doesn't matter if your mental game causes you to miss shots that you should be making and at his age, he probably has passed his prime both mentally and physically.

He would definitely be a strong addition to the Mosconi team assuming he gets solid experience in this years WNT events against potential opponents. And regarding being "top in the world after the break" is a given since he may be like an 800 Fargo after this tournament because that is within the Top 100 pool players in the world. That is literally better than pretty much every other pool player in the world. If the context is saying he is in the elite top 10 or 20, I would probably argue against that as there are a significant amount of players from the top 100 Fargo that I would put ahead of him for cue ball positioning.

SA96 said:

In his first major event in a long time, Bergman beat the following players across banks, singles and mixed doubles.

SVB
Gorst
Filler
Shaw
Biado
Maciol
Wojiecech
De Luna
Van Corteza

You are a hater.

Just accept the fact that Bergman is one of the best players in the world.

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Actually, Justin is my friend. When I see him do something in rotation pool, I will be as happy as anyone, but he has yet to even attempt to do so.

No way he's top 100 in the world right now. Each ranked between 80 and 90 by Fargo, I would expect Mickey Krause, AJ Manas, and Szymon Kural to wipe the floor with him right now at 9ball.

The Old Jaybird said:

Send me some of what you are smoking.

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That would probably be illegal

skip100 said:

4/4 on the spot shots from Jasmin, ice cold.

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First 3 were center pocket and the last one rattled, I was hoping it would go to sudden death

Kris_b1104 said:

Jasmin Ouschan is falling apart against Brittany Bryant in this semifinals. She won the first set 4-1, and was trailing 3-0 in the second set but Bryant came back and won! Now Bryant is leading 2-0 in the 3rd set, winning 6 games in a row. They've both missed 8 balls each, but Jasmin's misses were during crucial points in the match where Bryant was able to take advantage and get the rack because of it. Jasmin is beating herself up and showing frustration at the table, which isn't helping.

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Brittany threw that one away

4/4 on the spot shots from Jasmin, ice cold.