2014 World 9-Ball Championship

I0am local time (2am EST) about 1 hr from now Semifinal (last 4) matches of each group of 32 will start . There are 4 groups of 32 . Winner of each group of 32 qualifies for state 2 main draw. This is 1st chance so those who lost will get another 2nd and 3rd chance.
Some matches:

Ko Ping Chung v Manalo - Table 7
Warren Kiamco v Pupul - Table 8
Johann Chua -Table 3
Kevin Cheng - Table 5
 
About to start . Some table changes
Ko Ping Chung v Manalo - Table 1
Warren Kiamco v Pupul - Table 13
Johann Chua -Table 9
Kevin Cheng - Table 11
Cheng Chieh -Table 8
 
Wow Arita took down Chua 7-1... I didn't think he had it in him.
Just one win away from the main event.
 
spartan said:
About to start . Some table changes
Ko Ping Chung v Manalo - Table 1
Warren Kiamco v Pupul - Table 13
Johann Chua -Table 9
Kevin Cheng - Table 11
Cheng Chieh -Table 8
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Was that Chung who just beat Manalo 7-6?
 
Any of you guys manage to get the stream to work? I am trying to use the same link from yesterday, it does not seems to load up.
 
PoolBum said:
Working fine here. I'm using Safari on a Mac.
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Can you provide the link guys? I am using a mac, no luck with safari , firefox or chrome.

Keeps getting this error message from fire fox:
The page isn't redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
 
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There was

1 TPE player in group A, he won

1 TPE player in group B, he won

and

1 TPE player in group C, he won

There is only one TPE player left in the qualifiers now as 3 of their 4 guys took 3 of the 4 spots up for grabs in that first event.

TPE only had 4 guys total in the qualifiers, 3 are through already after the first event...

That is crazy strong.

To put this in context, I roughly counted 22 Filipinos in the 4 qualifier brackets, they got the 1 other spot.
 
the Chinese Taipei contingent is very strong. wont be surprised if they take the title this year.
 
Celtic said:
There was

1 TPE player in group A, he won

1 TPE player in group B, he won

and

1 TPE player in group C, he won

There is only one TPE player left in the qualifiers now as 3 of their 4 guys took 3 of the 4 spots up for grabs in that first event.

TPE only had 4 guys total in the qualifiers, 3 are through already after the first event...

That is crazy strong.

To put this in context, I roughly counted 22 Filipinos in the 4 qualifier brackets, they got the 1 other spot.
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Given the odds, TPE should have sent at least 8 players to the qualifiers... heehee :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
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the new China Open champ, Chang Yu Lung will also be there. :thumbup2:
 
AtLarge said:
It looks to me like Stage 1 works as follows.

The 128 players are split into 4 groups of 32, playing single-elimination, alternate-break races to 7. The 4 winners from each of those 4 groups win a place in Stage 2.

Then the same 128 players (minus the 4 who have already qualified) are again arranged in 4 groups of 32, and the single-elimination races proceed again. This is the "2nd chance" part of Stage 1. Again, 4 winners emerge, to be placed into Stage 2.

Then the 128 players (now minus the 8 who have already qualified) are again arranged in 4 groups of 32, and the single-elimination races proceed for a third time ("3rd chance" part of Stage 1), resulting in the final 4 qualifiers for Stage 2.

So Stage 1 is essentially 12 32-player single-elimination tournaments, with each of the 128 Stage 1 players slotted into 3 of the tournaments.

Edit: An alternate way to view Stage 1 is that it is 3 consecutive 128-player (or, really, 128, then 124, then 120) single-elimination events (1st, 2nd, and 3rd chance), with the last 4 players in each event qualifying.
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It looks like the "2nd Chance" Stage 1 event had 128 players again, rather than 124 plus 4 byes (for the players who qualified in the "1st Chance" event). So it looks like they used extra players on site to fill in the spots for the qualifiers. The 4 "fill-ins" lost in the first round 1-7, 1-7, 2-7, 4-7.
 
I was watching a little bit of the coverage today, and I know it's just the qualifying stage but I was a little shocked about the low level of play from some players. I saw a Russian guy trounce some dude from Saudi Arabia who looked like it was a stretch calling him an APA 5.
 
StraightPoolIU said:
I was watching a little bit of the coverage today, and I know it's just the qualifying stage but I was a little shocked about the low level of play from some players. I saw a Russian guy trounce some dude from Saudi Arabia who looked like it was a stretch calling him an APA 5.
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Pool in the Arabic counties in general is a hobby, religion and culture prohibit gambling, so most of young new players have never been exposed to real pressure. All expenses of 95% of them if not all, Arab players are fully paid for, win or loose. There are great players, will wait couple more days, hope one or two qualify for 2nd stage.
 
StraightPoolIU said:
I was watching a little bit of the coverage today, and I know it's just the qualifying stage but I was a little shocked about the low level of play from some players. I saw a Russian guy trounce some dude from Saudi Arabia who looked like it was a stretch calling him an APA 5.
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Pool in the Arabic counties in general is a hobby, religion and culture prohibit gambling, so most of young new players have never been exposed to real pressure. All expenses of 95% of them if not all, Arab players are fully paid for, win or loose. There are great players, will wait couple more days, hope one or two qualify for 2nd stage.
 
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