I noticed even Fedor was running the shot clock down in the finals on many shots. Pressure for sure.
Like his older brother when Eklent was 19, Kledio plays more deliberate, wanting to be sure of the shot before he executes. All commentators at the WPC were commenting that Kledio has a time management problem.
Kid Delicious was well known as a slow player, and everybody complained about it, except me. I actually enjoyed watching him study the table, but I am a huge fan and was his friend. One year at the Glass City Open, they had the shot clock in force because the semifinals was shown on TV. Danny played great, ran a six-pack on Corey Deuel. He came in second place to Charlie Bryant who, by the way, is another slow player. Here's a couple photos of the players meeting with the semifinalists with Troy Frank, Corey Deuel, Kid Delicious, and Charlie Bryant. I am always an early riser at these tournaments, and Rob Sykora of Billiard Club Network, wearing the black shirt, allowed me to come in and watch. They were asked if they would play with a black cue ball for the TV matches and would be paid a nominal amount if they agreed to do so. Corey said no way. Pat Fleming had trouble containing his laughter at the reaction of the players. Troy Frank was in disbelief as he touched the black cue ball.
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Charlie vs. Johnny Archer in a North Carolina tournament that was live streamed ended up going to 3 or 4 in the morning. I saw bits of it. Talk about watching paint dry, it was so slow with no shot clock.
I'm not sure whether it should be 30 or 40 seconds on the shot clock, but like chess, that has to be something to keep the flow moving, especially when being live streamed or on a TV table.
That said, it is interesting that there is never a shot clock used in professional snooker tournaments.
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