Alex Pagulayan going to UK to try pro snooker

Nice try Alex. Good luck in the next one next week.

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It's officialy over for this one. One more shot next week for him and Corey both. I think he did a lot better than a lot of people on here thought he would do. He would had really been in for it next match anyways. I'm sure the seasoning he got from it was well worth it, maybe he can put some of it to use next week.
 
Jpowell7575 said:
It's officialy over for this one. One more shot next week for him and Corey both. I think he did a lot better than a lot of people on here thought he would do. He would had really been in for it next match anyways. I'm sure the seasoning he got from it was well worth it, maybe he can put some of it to use next week.
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I think there are many who expected him to Qualify given his skill set and that snooker is not new to him ,,


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I think the second tournament is starting up on Friday, we won't have to wait until next week! Go Alex!!!
 
I'd think so far the q-school has went exactly as (almost) everyone here predicted for the three pool players.

Melling was assumed to have a relatively good chance to go through (which he still has), Pagulayan was predicted to give a good game but not be able to compete against the toughest opponents (as it went), and nobody really believed Deuel to have any chance (which he didn't).

But there is a second tournament coming, and the cream of the crop will be already qualified from the first one, so I'd say Alex still has a good chance to go through, if he shows his best game. Not a bad showing so far.

That said, the pro tour will be brutal, if some of these three will actually qualify.

PS. By the way, there may well be other players with a pool backround in the q-school, of whom I don't know about.
 
Snuden said:
Pretty well done by Alex!
He play a lot better than i thought.
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This is an excellent start for him...getting lucky early isn't always good
for the long haul.

I wish Corey wouldn't try to transform himself into a traditional snooker
player...like Alex, he's got a lot to bring to snooker....he's gotta let out
that marvelous stroke.
 
Rasputin said:
I'd think so far the q-school has went exactly as (almost) everyone here predicted for the three pool players.

Melling was assumed to have a relatively good chance to go through (which he still has), Pagulayan was predicted to give a good game but not be able to compete against the toughest opponents (as it went), and nobody really believed Deuel to have any chance (which he didn't).

But there is a second tournament coming, and the cream of the crop will be already qualified from the first one, so I'd say Alex still has a good chance to go through, if he shows his best game. Not a bad showing so far.

That said, the pro tour will be brutal, if some of these three will actually qualify.

PS. By the way, there may well be other players with a pool backround in the q-school, of whom I don't know about.
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Um, Alex lost 4-2. That's not exactly unable to compete. Wasn't like he got blown off the table.
 
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pt109 said:
That marvelous stroke.
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This thing is a myth, and a poor one.

Even though I would like to think otherwise, as a pool player. But it just is.

The game that requires ''the best stroke'' is obviously 3 cushion billiards, yet if you ask any billiards player, they'll tell you that a child can have their stroke, but this child will lose against a determined adult who knows what he or she's doing.
 
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JB Cases said:
Um, Alex lost 4-3. That's not exactly unable to compete. Wasn't like he got blown off the table.
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I might have worded my post poorly. I do believe he can still qualify. He did do very well.

Edit: Though he did lose 4-2.
 
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Corey posted on his FB that Alex miscued on a black in the last frame. Could have made it a very different outcome. But, dem da rolls....

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Rasputin said:
This thing is a myth, and a poor one.

Even though I would like to think otherwise, as a pool player. But it just is.

The game that requires ''the best stroke'' is obviously 3 cushion billiards, yet if you ask any billiards player, they'll tell you that a child can have their stroke, but this child will lose against a determined adult who knows what he or she's doing.
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This goes back to the old saying that any ten year old child can do what I do as long as he has 20 years of experience.

I agree about the stroke, making a heavy billiard ball do what they do with such precision is amazing.

Snooker however requires a very precise touch. Say what you will but thinning off the reds and coming three cushions to nestle up behind the balls ON PURPOSE is pretty amazing.

And of course a game where players are vigorously applauded for publicly performing a deep screw is always fun.

:-)
 
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