Favorite Memory of 38th U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship

JAM

JAM

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In an effort to put forth some positive thoughts on the recent Open, I come with this thread. I did not see the entire Open livestream, but I did watch the Accu-Stats stream for the final day with the semifinals. I was torn on who I was rooting for to win. All four players tugged at my heart. :smiling-heart:

For those who were on site at the host hotel Marriott and others who watched Accu-Stats, please share your thoughts. :cool:

I didn't see this, but I read about it on this forum by those who did. I only wish I had seen it on the Accu-Stats. When Lee Vann Corteza was playing on the TV table early in the tournament against, I think, a Japanese player, he was putting on a clinic, winning game after game after game. He would break and run out, break and run out, break and run out. After he gets to a score of 10, keeping his opponent benched, he breaks the balls and scratches. Somebody from the audience yells out "You stink" in jest. Then entire audience erupts in laughter. :D

I also enjoyed watching the 25-year-old Jayson Shaw on the TV table. He's definitely a name that is going to be making pool headlines in the coming years. No doubt in my mind. I like that he showed emotion when he was struggling. What I do admire is his rhythm when it shoots. He's fast and furious, though in some instances, this did hinder him, I think. I'm sure there are a couple shots he missed that he will remember the rest of his life. Coming in third place, however, is pretty strong for the Scotsman. He's now on my radar of players to watch in the future. :yes:

Well, what about this year's Open was enjoyable for you? :smile:
 
Jam
As I was not able to get a live stream what I will remember best was your terrific play by play coverage.
Many thanks.
 
madhatter44 said:
Jam
As I was not able to get a live stream what I will remember best was your terrific play by play coverage.
Many thanks.
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ScottLee said:
My favorite memory will be the excellent play by play from you, JAM! You really made it feel like we were ringside! Thanks again!
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Gosh, I'm very flattered. Thank you so much. :smile:

It would have been really cool if I could have provided a verbatim transcript of Danny D. and Jim Wych's words on the commentary, but even typing 150 wpm, that's not possible. People speak about 200 to 300 wpm. If I can figure out a way to do this with a steno machine in the future, I can provide a rough draft of a blow-by-blow verbatim transcript. :cool:

I'm going to figure out how to do this for future streams. ;)
 
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The Play by Play was just amazing for the finals. Kept me up to date and SVB wins again.
Thanks for all your hard work!
 
It's hard to pick just one thing, the entire week was a lot of fun. Jayson Shaw is definitely one to watch in the future, I thought that a few years ago the first time I saw him at the Open; he's only 25!

Tommy Kennedy played very well throughout & of course I wish Johnny, Rodney, & Raj would have made it further.

It was great to finally meet some of the people from here as well.
 
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I learned from the best, and that's you. :cool:

George Fell said:
You're the journalism hero of the tournament, Jenny. Wish I could do that!
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Wow! Coming from you, this is quite an honor. I have a feeling, George, you'd do just fine in the journalism arena. ;)

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The Play by Play was just amazing for the finals. Kept me up to date and SVB wins again. Thanks for all your hard work!
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My pleasure. Next year, I'm going to order the entire week, unless I go. If I go, you can be sure, I will be posting dozens of pictures and providing multiple daily updates to this forum.

I do wonder what happened at Q-Masters this year as far as action. I haven't heard much in this regard. Does anybody know?
 
RobertaAgnor said:
It's hard to pick just one thing, the entire week was a lot of fun. Jayson Shaw is definitely one to watch in the future, I thought that a few years ago the first time I saw him at the Open; he's only 25!

Tommy Kennedy played very well throughout & of course I wish Johnny, Rodney, & Raj would have made it further.

It was great to finally meet some of the people from here as well.
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Do you know Jarrod Clowery? I cannot get over the resemblance of Jayson Shaw and Jarrod Clowery. :p
 

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I would have to say watching Lee Van Corteza.... I believe he's the baddest man on the planet!!!
 
EL'nino said:
I would have to say watching Lee Van Corteza.... I believe he's the baddest man on the planet!!!
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You know, this is my first time watching him play. I just can't get over how youthful he looks. He's 34 years old, but he looks much younger. I need to drink some of the same Fountain of Youth he's drinking from, I guess. :D

The way he came back from the dead in several matches, when his opponents were on the hill, that was really cool. :cool:
 
JAM said:
You know, this is my first time watching him play. I just can't get over how youthful he looks. He's 34 years old, but he looks much younger. I need to drink some of the same Fountain of Youth he's drinking from, I guess. :D

The way he came back from the dead in several matches, when his opponents were on the hill, that was really cool. :cool:
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I think half of it is the 12 year old bowl cut hair cut. Kind of funny contrast to his Gangster-Tats. Stone Cold Killer with a school boy's hair style.

Nick
 
Meeting a few azer's and watching great pool. It was 100x better this year than last but it wasn't perfect. I can't believe all the negative comments on this forum about barry personally and I'm glad I went and supported the us open and it's player'. Shane is the best player on the planet! Those who paid for the stream I'm thankful for there support also but incase they didn't notice there is a MUTE button on there keyboard if they hate barry that much:D. It was great weather and I hope all the players get paid and he gets back to the convention center next door but after reading all the crap I wouldn't blame him one bit for ending the whole thing. Just like the other three major tournaments now canceled...
 
cuedoctor said:
Meeting a few azer's and watching great pool. It was 100x better this year than last but it wasn't perfect. I can't believe all the negative comments on this forum about barry personally and I'm glad I went and supported the us open and it's player'. Shane is the best player on the planet! Those who paid for the stream I'm thankful for there support also but incase they didn't notice there is a MUTE button on there keyboard if they hate barry that much:D. It was great weather and I hope all the players get paid and he gets back to the convention center next door but after reading all the crap I wouldn't blame him one bit for ending the whole thing. Just like the other three major tournaments now canceled...
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Thank you for your contribution to *this* thread. It is amazing to me that more people have negative things to say than anything positive about this year's Open. I saw a lot of highlights that were cool.

Nothing is perfect in the pool world. I could say a few things about a couple of high-profile industry members who post on this forum with regularity, but I refrain. When I read posts written by pool industry members bashing other pool industry members, it gives me pause, especially when they live in a glass house and their operations are flawed big time, worthy of a whol lot of criticism.

Anyway, I always like the Open. You're right about the weather. It feels good, those winds from the beach. It's a fun time, each time I have gone. :cool:
 
One more memory for me was Fabio Petroni this year at the Open. I was glad to see he made the trip from Italy to the United States.

Icon of Sin was nice enough to get a photo for me, and here's Fabio Petroni. :cool:

I'll never forget the action match betwen Fabio and Dennis Hatch at the Glass City Open. It only lasted for less than 30 minutes, but it was the barkfest that was priceless. Fabio sits quietly, doesn't utter a peep, and studies his prey. He's like a black panther when he shoots pool. Smooth! :cool:
 

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JAM...In the very early 90's, I worked briefly for a company in San Diego, called Xscribe, that had a propietary software product that took court testimony and immediately transcribed it to a rolling monitor (kind of like the teleprompters on tv news now). The monitors would be on the defense table, the prosecutor's table and the judge's bench. It was an expensive product, and maybe that's why it never really took off...but it was cool, and would do what you're talking about. It also would have put you out of business! LOL :eek: :D

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

JAM said:
Gosh, I'm very flattered. Thank you so much. :smile:

It would have been really cool if I could have provided a verbatim transcript of Danny D. and Jim Wych's words on the commentary, but even typing 150 wpm, that's not possible. People speak about 200 to 300 wpm. If I can figure out a way to do this with a steno machine in the future, I can provide a rough draft of a blow-by-blow verbatim transcript. :cool:

I'm going to figure out how to do this for future streams. ;)
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Scott Lee said:
JAM...In the very early 90's, I worked briefly for a company in San Diego, called Xscribe, that had a propietary software product that took court testimony and immediately transcribed it to a rolling monitor (kind of like the teleprompters on tv news now). The monitors would be on the defense table, the prosecutor's table and the judge's bench. It was an expensive product, and maybe that's why it never really took off...but it was cool, and would do what you're talking about. It also would have put you out of business! LOL :eek: :D

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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I actually am familiar with Xscribe. The problem with it is that when it translates the spoken word, there are numerous "untranslates" and words misspelled, sometimes due to poor audio, sometimes due to accented speech, requiring a scopist to go through the document for a final copy. At the end of a court trial, if somebody wants a same-day delivery today, it's called a "dirty copy" or a "rough draft." Unless you have a scopist or a human being sitting alongside the stenographer using the software, there's no way a word-perfect transcript can be produced immediately at the conclusion of the proceedings.

In other words, even with the greatest advancement of voice recognition technology, there will always be need for a human to monitor and edit the final copy. So I still have job security, because I can swing both ways. :thumbup:
 
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