Man, how I wish I could have been a "rail bird" for that match!
Daz is inspecting his own rack, long deep breath, fearless champion, adds a lil speed to this snap, wing ball goes straight in, shape on 1, 1 to 2 tough but rest looks fairly easy for hill-hill game, daz must lag whitey into 6 here for bump shape onto 2, misses 1, trying to slide whitey to sdr and between 5 and 6, overthought that shot, efren tough shot on 1, makes 1 but jumps up taking his follow through away, falls at least foot short on 2, has a kick stick on 2, stretching here, instead feathers 2 and play a nice hdr ftr safe, wouldve never thought of that shot or attempted it if i did, daz 8 ft from 2, soft spins 2 rails, 2 brushes 5 to rail to just barely get a rail, efren has easy lock up under 5 now, and does, daz has 1 rail side kick, solid hit, almost scratches, but sells out, efren straight in side on 2 but has to go around world for 4, runs into 6, more trouble here, more scratching of head, has to kick at 4 now, what a kick safe magician thought up and then executed, very softly kicked 2 rails, hitting 4 to rail and uptable, whitey settles behind 6, daz must kick, he is sick, think he is gonna hit it with pace for a roll, i don't see anything else, sure efren does, bulldog still deliberating, after all, this is he match, omfg what a shot, daz hits edge of 4 whitey and 4 go to sdr together and part between 9, cue on one side of 9 4 on other, efren walks up and fires sdr at 4, 4 goes 3 rails around table and kisses 9, 9 slowly drops into side pocket....
OMG what an ending!!! Brutal for Daz... Great match must buy....
Efren wins 11-10
And that my friends is why i like call shot games. Glad Efren won but that was brutal ending...LMAO
WOW...thanks for all your descriptions! The Magician gets some luck again
Could someone tell me what these abbreviations mean:
sdr
hdr
ftr (from the rail?)
And while I'm asking questions...why is Appleton called Daz?
WOW...thanks for all your descriptions! The Magician gets some luck again
Could someone tell me what these abbreviations mean:
sdr = siderail
hdr= headrail
ftr = footrail
And while I'm asking questions...why is Appleton called Daz?
I figured side rail ? head rail ? foot rail ?
For those who watched it, what was the layout like if the 9-ball hadn't dropped ? Clear table for Darren ? Man, that's brutal for Darren! But I am happy Efren won!
Daz got a roll on his thinning the ball to lock up efren, but then efren gets the final roll for the win. Efren did a hand job on his cue while praying in the 9 ball. He was jumping for joy though, most animated you will see him. Then he did a complete circle of the arena high fiving everyone. What a great match!
Actually, if that 9 didn't drop, Darren would've had a "come with it" shot on the 4-ball (cue ball went all the way up table, 4 ball stayed down table on the foot rail). It wasn't a "gimme" and there was a possibility of a miss -- just like what happened on the 1-ball earlier in the rack (where Darren took his eye of the ball and was trying to do too much with the cue ball).
Efren "just got lucky" again. As the old adage goes, "the more he plays, the luckier he gets."
-Sean
It's a common shortening in the UK for names likeFixed it above for you...
Not sure about daz, but I prefer Bulldog.... He's a brit and more fitting for his style of play....
What a match....