Ive seen Kazakis play that well before AFTER the break. His break today was the best I’ve seen, and it was one of the better breaking performances I’ve seen in the past few years.

He is the nightmare foe for players like Atencio. Kazakis slows down the game and he is tactically shrewd. He plays safes when others don’t and rarely gambles. Like a fast break basketball team vs a walk-it-up team.

Kaci with two killer misses on the 8 ball to lose a pair of games. No one should win a match missing those shots and, well, he didn’t.

kitsap said:

Two competitors long familiar with each other. It will be good!

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they played WPM final a long time ago, kazakis won, and they played world 10-ball (?) semifinal last year, kazakis won on spot shot shootout. can't remember other finals between the two but i have a foggy memory. third time's the charm, svb wins

JusticeNJ said:

Well that was annoying. SVB on the hill, running out, and "hey let's end the stream." It's back on a refresh but talk about a pain in the ass

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It’s done that several times this week. Refresh and start again.

jnwilliams said:

Not sure I have seen a bracket as brutal as what Shane has played the past few days. Albin, filler, fsr, and eklin. Almost like the deck has been stacked against him. I think the filler game was sweet 16. Murderers row right there

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Reminds me of his 2022 World 9-Ball path that included a very in-stroke Mika Immonen, Big Ko, Chang, Kazakis, and Albin Ouschan (who was still dominant). This one may actually have been tougher. Also sad to think that two of his opponents from 2022 are no longer with us.

Two competitors long familiar with each other. It will be good!

I just checked the official tournament hotel link and it seems they have no more rooms available. Presumably, the block reservation expired.

The normal hotel website shows no availability Saturday night.

SA96 said:

If SVB misses a ball, Scott Frost always blames it on his age.

Am I stupid or is 43 not that old for a pool player?

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It’s funny, I’m British and that’s a very British thing to always try and bring our winners down But usually the Americans are really good at getting behind their heros/athletes. I don’t know why Shane gets such a hard time , he should be getting even more support since he has kept his level for years but there now just happen to be a load more top players around to compete with. He can’t win everything but he is still top 4 favourite to win every event he is in, imo!