Had my svb 10-0 message in drafts. He misses the 7

SA96 said:

Anyone else think the player from winner's side should always break first?

Baonan won 3/3 and SVB won 2/3 so why does it come down to a lag.

Players should be rewarded for winning all of their matches.

Only do the lag if both players are from winner's side.

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Nope

The double elimination side is purely so the top talent gets through and not a lesser player due to the draw. Once through, it's all fair game.

Matt_24 said:

I did not. These early floating spear/point JOSS cues are kind of my jam, to the exclusion of other JOSS cues.

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It's in the other Joss group. Only Joss cues:information....
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SA96 said:

Anyone else think the player from winner's side should always break first?

Baonan won 3/3 and SVB won 2/3 so why does it come down to a lag.

Players should be rewarded for winning all of their matches.

Only do the lag if both players are from winner's side.

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Nothing wrong with the lag

Anyone else think the player from winner's side should always break first?

Baonan won 3/3 and SVB won 2/3 so why does it come down to a lag.

Players should be rewarded for winning all of their matches.

Only do the lag if both players are from winner's side.

I played Baoanan at Turning Stone coupke events back, not expecting to be really competitive. It became obvious when I played him that he had a little dog in him. He has a great dane in him versus SVB. If a couple rolls didn't go his way versus me, it was going to be very close.

datnodude said:

Still time to mature but the talent is definitely there. He's under 20!

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AJ would have made that 5-ball he missed at 9-8 if it was earlier in the match. He was making much tougher shots than that one. Dunno why AJ lost the eye. He didn’t outwardly appear affected by Styer’s comeback. But probably was.

Too bad. I like watching the kid. I would love to see him win one soon.

SVB has made only one mistake this whole match, which was missing a kick from a lock-up safety Boanan played, giving Boanan BIH, which he failed to capitalize on. Shane is playing some of the best pool I've ever seen right now.

I think Shane broke him. 7-0 domination will do that to you...

qolbrand said:

you gotta wonder if they hit the rack differently depending on where the 2 ball is

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I feel like I've seen that starting to emerge. WNT only racks the balls in one of the three wing spots (left, bottom, or right).

And honestly the left and right are mirrors of each other so in theory you could just break from the other side to get the same result. So then that just leaves having a different break for the 2 at the bottom. Whatever leads the 1 in the side, cueball back and forth safely, and the 2 ball tracking on a predictable path. Something when struck correctly has everything following predictable paths. When struck mostly right has some odd collisions but is still likely to be okay.

Not that it's that simple. But we are talking about 128+ elite world class pros. This is their day job. That break is the most important shot of the game. Some of your Fedors and Fillers really ought to be at that level. I've heard Jayson talk about the Capito soft break situation. The 2 ball is supposed to go here, here, and then roll around here on that break. Which kinda shows that cat is out of the bag.

SA96 said:

Bergman misses an easy 8 ball in rack 1 and now finds himself 2-0 down.

On current form, I am taking Billy and Tyler over Bergman for Mosconi

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I can't do that in good conscious

He was recently sponsored by Viking, I guess he didn't find the Vikore to be too his liking