Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

Crazy match. I was watching Table 1 so I’m not sure how many chances Januarta had in the Aleksa comeback.
When Januarta was up 9-1 I switched off the match. Pecelj said he was thinking about dinner. I turn back and I see it's 9-6. Finished the match, then rewound to see what happened.

I don't think Januarta made any big mistakes. Pecelj got control of the table, broke well, and locked up Januarta with good safeties when he didn't have a shot. Januarta just needed to get one good roll - and he never did.

Pecelj got three bigtime lucky rolls, including fluking in the 2 ball down 9-7 and fluking in the 9 to bring the match to 9-9.

Heartbreaker for Januarta. Other than not breaking clean when he was up 9-1, he was spectacular.

7 and the Last two

Well the "Last 2" is not one of the weakest spots in 9-ball. It is in fact one of the best spots depending on the players run-out ability and understanding of safety play. The "Last 2" is in play every game the entire game, and pressure to get all the way out never ends until the final
ball is made.
sorry, no.

Unless both players are bad, like can't run out 5 balls with ball in hand bad. If both players are competent then the last 2 is just merely an incentive to play v not play.

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