Right. There's a reason Shane runs out like water, and it's not just the break (contrary to popular belief), he plays the game "right" after the break playing the right angles in and out of balls. That's what makes great players great.....
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Right. There's a reason Shane runs out like water, and it's not just the break (contrary to popular belief), he plays the game "right" after the break playing the right angles in and out of balls. That's what makes great players great.....
Shane's 951 could have been higher, he was firing at everything when he could have played a few nice safes. No one would have beat him yesterday, if he had a shot he was out. I think he missed shape maybe 3 or 4 times the whole match.
And boom goes the dynamite
He did break them well but if you really paid close attention to the two players you could see how much more inline Shane is on his break. From his shoulder all the way down to his grip hand -- everything was nearly perfectly straight. Then you add, the perfect timing of his cueing action and the way he raises up during the backstroke -- it's just a thing of beauty.
Technically Nick just doesn't quite compare on the break. Of course who does? You could see Nick's elbow moving on and off the shot line during his warm up strokes while Shane was dead on it. Hopefully, this match becomes available to watch in the future because I would really like to take another look at both of their breaks.
This was probably the most unbelievable diplay of pool talent I've ever seen! It was insane.
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They both have great breaks. If you can watch the match again, note that Nick broke solely near the center of the table. Shane was breaking each rack about one diamond to the right of the head spot.
Both of them were making balls in the left side pocket, but Shane would make one (and often, two) additional balls each break in the top left corner like clockwork. It was so routine it was like there was a vacuum there sucking them in.
Nick would often get a ball to travel that track up the left corner, but it hit would the rail a half diamond short of the pocket. If he had adjusted his break spot over a little to his right, he may have been making some more balls with his breaks.
Shane had the break just completely dialed in on that table, and it was marvelous to watch. It would have behooved Nick to copy Shane's break spot after seeing how much success he was having early on.
Last three racks...thanx to CMBWSU
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.951 is an amazing score playing such a long match. The only time I can remember a player shooting this well over an extended period of time in a recorded match is when Alex made that extraordinary comeback on Shane several years ago.
Shane just played great from start to finish! One thing many people don't see is how creative Shane can be when figuring out a way to run a rack. He pulled off some beauties in this match!
Having the entire match on youtube would be nice...
feel the electricity and excitement
Wow, you could practically feel the electricity and excitement in the air.:groucho::
Wow, you could practically feel the electricity and excitement in the air.:groucho::
This is true-With that lead and especially when he was on a package, he'd take a flyer hoping to extend it instead of playing safe.
I don't want to make any excuses for Nick,but I know he was Exhausted, a lot of responsibility to run such a tournament. (. Biggest ever in Greece) his break was not working at all I think someone posted the stats somewhere, The way that Shane broke there is no man on this planet that would've beaten him that night,especially after he took the big lead and started to free stroke according to him the best he broke and played in months,take nothing away from him best rotation player in the world,somebody said Nick couldn't run 4 balls FYI Nick is world class player w/ a ton of heart who in this particular match was not at his best for a lot of reasons, some mentioned above,he played arguably the best player in the world, who is played the best pool he has played in months,as for the action sets against the other young Greek I don't think you can be on the lemon when the guy is running 5 packs on you even-though Shane should of broke even he lost the 2nd set on the hill w/ a very easy out to win, as for not being invited back they love him in Greece and is a very big deal for the Greeks that he played there and,they would love to see him back.
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You're absolutely right...
It's impossible to judge Nick's playing ability on that match. Shane would've done the same to practically anyone he was playing.
That was evident by the 21-10 drumming he gave Corey Deuel spotting him ridiculous ball weight (not that ball weight really matters at that level).
That was the Shane show. It was basically him beating the BNR ghost, which is hard enough to do in nineball on a barbox, let alone tenball on a nine footer.
There also aren't many players in the world that could come through with their A game when someone puts that kind of pressure on you.
It's easy to get into give up stroke mode when someone is hitting you with four packs like they're getting breakfast at a drive thru.
Jaden
It's impossible to judge Nick's playing ability on that match. Shane would've done the same to practically anyone he was playing.
That was evident by the 21-10 drumming he gave Corey Deuel spotting him ridiculous ball weight (not that ball weight really matters at that level).
That was the Shane show. It was basically him beating the BNR ghost, which is hard enough to do in nineball on a barbox, let alone tenball on a nine footer.
There also aren't many players in the world that could come through with their A game when someone puts that kind of pressure on you.
It's easy to get into give up stroke mode when someone is hitting you with four packs like they're getting breakfast at a drive thru.
Jaden
Greek hospitality is second to none. I enjoyed my stay in Athens and pelio. I wish I knew then that Greeks enjoyed pool, as I would have enjoyed playing there.
Thanks for promoting this and future matches.
Best,
JL
Pool and 3c are becoming very popular in Greece thanks to players like Nikos Ekonomopoulost 6th in the WPBA ,and Alex Kazakis in pool, and Philipos Kasidokostas in 3C 3d in the world rank. Nikos Polychronopoulos ranked 15th
There is a # young guys that shoot the lights out,look out for the Greeks in the near future,as for hospitality no country in the world comes close to the Greeks.
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Yep! There are some real monsters over there, just don't hear much about them here in the U.S. (yet). Cyprus has a handful of really strong AAA level players, too...and they work VERY hard at the game. If you want to see what kind of speed Nicos can play, go on youtube and check out his match against Wang Can...Wang Can tortured SVB, and many others, then ran into Nicos and got owned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIZp0Lo3p8
Too Greece-y?