Kris_b1104 said:

Best match ever? Easy.

Lil Ko stomping Yapp 11-0.

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How about 2001 when Corey Deuel shutout Mika Immonen 11-0 in the U.S. Open final? I've never seen an opponent as frustrated as Mika was during that match.

I think we all know what everyone thinks here of Rogan. Like or dislike, time to move on. Great final.

What was the crowd like, being there, sjm? Was the finals crowd the the biggest you have been a part of? And what could have been done better in your view.

From what I could see and hear, the players seemed to love the new locale.

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Kris_b1104 said:

Best match ever? Easy.

Lil Ko stomping Yapp 11-0.

Most replayed match for me. Pure perfection.

As for back and forth competitive contest, this doesn't even make the top 5 for me. Capito plays way too slow for it to be fully enjoyable, and FSR was not FSR-ing the entire match, but he still won. I'd be curious to know what both of their TPA or Fargorate for that match was.

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I honestly don’t remember being as tense as a fan through a whole match as this one. Especially toward the end.

The shot clock kept Robbie’s slow pace from being an issue for me. In the end it was part of the problem for him. The beeps were constantly going off when he went down to shoot. And he made some critical mental errors. I hardly recall hearing beeps with FSR, even in the last three racks.

In any case, I agree that it wasn’t the best back and forth competitive match I’ve ever seen. But it was the fist hill-hill U.S. Open in some 30-plus years, great crowd, on ESPN.

I’d be curious to know a few of your favorite matches. One of mine was Alcaide-Raga. Raga missed the 6 in the side on a dramatic shot, up 12-11, to swing the momentum to Alcaide. Capito’s carom-miss on the … the 6 ball again, I’ll always remember.

Nothing wrong with PR except the gripe (I believe) was the commentary. Big personality has to be subordinate to the 2 guys playing pool - one. Two, has to provide insightful narrative to the two guys playing the pool. Three and beyond, still has to be interesting.

Kris_b1104 said:

Best match ever? Easy.

Lil Ko stomping Yapp 11-0.

Most replayed match for me. Pure perfection.

As for back and forth competitive contest, this doesn't even make the top 5 for me. Capito plays way too slow for it to be fully enjoyable, and FSR was not FSR-ing the entire match, but he still won. I'd be curious to know what both of their TPA or Fargorate for that match was.

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While a one-sided blowout doesn't fit the category for me, I know where you are coming from. I definitely agree that the best match need not be double hill. It's why I included SVB 13 Dennis Orcullo 10 in 2014 in the US Open 9ball final. Dennis played to a TPA 1.000 for almost the first half of the match and SVB had to summon a gear rarely ever seen, even from Shane. It's a match that will always belong in the greatest match conversation.

I also agree that slow play can take the shine off a match, but I was there yesterday and didn't feel that the pace was particularly slow.

daniel said:

I was watchin on espn2 & it just switched to football. Absolutely brutal as they only paid to 8 est .it disappeared on a ll espn channels including espn+
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Same here! I recorded it to watch later because I had to do something. Then, when I watched it I Was like wtf! How are you going to show a final match and not play it through to the end. Had to look up the highlights on YT. Not the same experience.

Can’t help you there, I’m looking the trade my new Defy 3 shaft for the SMO. The Defy is just too different from my Revo to get use to it. I’d like to hear more about the SMO shaft but I’ll probably just blindly get one.

datnodude said:

Is there any remote evidence that it's working or do you all just love Rogan? If a celebrity is needed to help pool, cant they aim higher?

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You'd need both someone that actually has a big name, and who gives a crap about pool. So as far as "aiming higher", i can realistically name no one. Besides Manny Pacquiao, which doesn't really help us here. You're not just gonna get Morgan Freeman to organically develop a love for one pocket and start hanging out with Incardona.
Regardless of if you like or dislike Joe, that he is absolutely massive is not up for debate. His Spotify contract alone was 1/4 of a billion dollars.
As far as proof, read into it how you want but Fedor's first appearance on Joe had 72k views. His one last year had 426k. And that's only on YouTube. Who knows how many more on Spotify and other platforms.

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