Happy to report very few glitches with WNT.TV today. All tables were on and few interruptions. I started watching several matches after they were over by rewinding. The three hour buffer actually worked.

Now I look and see the full streams of tables 1,2 and 3 now available on demand for days 2 and 3. Just the evening session for day one.

I’ve been asking for this for awhile. Cut up individual matches for on-demand viewing next week. For now give us full streams and let us watch what we want. Much simpler.

If WNT.TV can do this now, they could have done this days ago. They have got to test video production before every event. And make prior matches available ASAP. Fingers crossed they will figure it out.

skogstokig said:

also siming chen, rubilen amit and han yu.. so she's top 7 at best. but young and improving. her playing at this event is btw because rubilen (current women's 9b champ) got health problems, she is a replacement

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You're right. I forgot about Amit and the other two I see so rarely. So many formidable women players.

Very surprised Filler vs Lechner is not on a table being broadcasted.

I don't think Biado vs Melling and AJ Manas vs Fortunski are better matches.

Filler is box-office, Matchroom seem to be treating him like a nobody.

Filler threw his stick on the table after he squeaked by. He was disgusted with himself.

I am sure a lot of players were hoping he’d lose.

Can’t see him playing this badly in the next round.

*Seen a lot of choking over the years. Gerson was right up there. I knew he’d find a way to screw up the last rack. Played great, got up 6-2, then fell apart. Filler made some clutch safeties in the second half of the match and got out of a few pickles, but Gerson gave him chance after chance.

*I’ve seen a lot of Seo Seoa. Tremendous fundamentals and pretty good strategist at her young age. Top 10 in women’s for sure, and a threat to win any tourney she is in. She was great today and could have beaten lots of men.

*Albin Ouschan looks great physically. Still young. I think his problem is all mental. He is an overthinker. When he was young, he let his emotions get the best of him. He might be even worse now in the other direction. Gets moody, pouts and you can see a lack of confidence.

I think it started in the 2023 PLP, when he was very gesticular if things went wrong. He was just the same in the 2024 PLP. Then the MR-WPA stuff happened. He just hasn’t been the same since. Very odd to see a player drop off so quickly like he has. Is he practicing enough? Just odd.

*The Ko brothers haven’t played a lot this year and it shows. Chung got thru but hasn’t been as sharp as usual. Ko Pin Yi made too many errors in his final two matches.

*Tyler played very well after an open round stinker.