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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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jbart65 said:
I was not at all surprised by Roda beating Filler. I wrote in a post before the match that Filler had to be sharper than he was in his prior two matches. He actually was, but Roda was superb. I've seen him do that before. He's gotten to the semis and two quarterfinals of big Matchroom majors in the past two years.

Roda is the third best player from the Philippines on the international scene, in my view, behind Biado and Chua. He's unlike most Pinoy players. Tactically smart, a simple game, fundamentally impeccable, steady pace. He's a former snooker player.

He lacks some of the brilliance Biado and Chua can bring to bear, but there's no mistaking how good he is. Top 40 Fargo at 816 and it shows.

If he beats Grabe, I think he has a very good chance to take down SVB given his younger age.

The one big question I have is, will he get the yips again. The three times he made deep runs in big Matchroom events, he clearly showed nerves.
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I like roda still don't why he's "Deathstroke" instead of "master roda".
I almost died watching svb v alcaide on the East Coast. Match was on past 2am. I'm gonna miss Shane playing 9ball, we'll probably never see that style again with all these robot players
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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I was not at all surprised by Roda beating Filler. I wrote in a post before the match that Filler had to be sharper than he was in his prior two matches. He actually was, but Roda was superb. I've seen him do that before. He's gotten to the semis and two quarterfinals of big Matchroom majors in the past two years.

Roda is the third best player from the Philippines on the international scene, in my view, behind Biado and Chua. He's unlike most Pinoy players. Tactically smart, a simple game, fundamentally impeccable, steady pace. He's a former snooker player.

He lacks some of the brilliance Biado and Chua can bring to bear, but there's no mistaking how good he is. Top 40 Fargo at 816 and it shows.

If he beats Grabe, I think he has a very good chance to take down SVB given his younger age.

The one big question I have is, will he get the yips again. The three times he made deep runs in big Matchroom events, he clearly showed nerves.
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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High drama in the final two matches of the night. SVB looked tired when he let Alcaide back into the game. And the Januarta-Pecelj match was nuts. Both SVB and Pecelj got lucky.

A rested SVB should beat Pecelj, but he's played so much pool that last two weeks by advancing, I question if he can go the distance. He has to be dog tired with play and travel.

Grabe brought his A game, including a powerful break. He needs to be sharp vs Roda because Roda does not beat himself. He's the kind of player that always gives Grabe trouble.
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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GideonF said:
Crazy match. I was watching Table 1 so I’m not sure how many chances Januarta had in the Aleksa comeback.
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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.
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7 and the Last two

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King T said:
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.
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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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