The "Make It Happen" Votes Are In

[sjm]

I was talking about the decider match here.....
http://youtu.be/wWPGhX3mzk4

The gentlemen stated that eight ball was more difficult for the pros on seven footers because of congestion and limited space and I said Shane was running racks like there was no tomorrow on the seven foot table. See link above

The eight ball invitational will be nine or ten foot table and far more difficult

I think it's more tactical on a seven footer but more beautiful on a nine footer.

In 2009 at the Riviera during the BCA National Championships, all comers were permitted to play in the grand masters bar table eight ball event, and the field was a who's who of pool. I watched several of the matches. The winner was a highly skilled amateur named Simon Pickering, who beat Dennis Orcullo, Roberto Gomez and Shane Van Boening to win the title. Pickering seemed tactically superior to all three of them on a barbox.

I may be wrong, but my guess is that Pickering would have had a much harder time outrunning these superstars on a big table.

Two different games, both difficult.

 

[oldzilla]

First day line up will be:

1:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Francisco Bustamante

3:00pm - Alex Pagulayan vs. Earl Strickland

Dinner Break

7:00pm - Mika Immonen vs Shane Van Boening

9:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Alex Pagulayan

 

[sjm]

First day line up will be:

1:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Francisco Bustamante

3:00pm - Alex Pagulayan vs. Earl Strickland

Dinner Break

7:00pm - Mika Immonen vs Shane Van Boening

9:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Alex Pagulayan

Sounds like a great lineup. Can't wait!

 

[KRJ]

yeah. like efren and orcollo - who have world 8-ball titles.

And Earl has a US bar box 8ball title. And I'm pretty sure SVB has won numerous amateur 8ball titles and a few professional ones :thumbup:

 

[sjm]

And Earl has a US bar box 8ball title. And I'm pretty sure SVB has won numerous amateur 8ball titles and a few professional ones :thumbup:

Shane had a very impressive win at the 2013 US Open, a CSI event played at the Rio in Las Vegas, in which he and Carlo Biado staged one of the more memorable finals I've ever watched. The field was a tough, internationally diverse, one.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

And Earl has a US bar box 8ball title. And I'm pretty sure SVB has won numerous amateur 8ball titles and a few professional ones :thumbup:

Didn't Appleton come from an English 8 ball background? He is really strong at this event. I have him and Shane going undefeated until the end with Shane winning final match on Sunday between the two.

 

[oldzilla]

first day line up will be:

1:00pm - darren appleton vs. Francisco bustamante

3:00pm - alex pagulayan vs. Earl strickland

dinner break

7:00pm - mika immonen vs shane van boening

9:00pm - darren appleton vs. Alex pagulayan

wow !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[StraightPoolIU]

Darren posted on Facebook and Twitter today that he ran a personal best 15 racks of 8 ball today. I think he's in stroke.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

Darren posted on Facebook and Twitter today that he ran a personal best 15 racks of 8 ball today. I think he's in stroke.

That's insane. I'm ecstatic to get one. I couldn't imagine 15.

 

[spartan]

First day line up will be:

1:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Francisco Bustamante

3:00pm - Alex Pagulayan vs. Earl Strickland

Dinner Break

7:00pm - Mika Immonen vs Shane Van Boening

9:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Alex Pagulayan

Great stuff. Just signed up
Looking forward to top notch high quality action starting with Darren and Buste in about 30 mins :grin:

 

[oldzilla]

Friday schedule:

1:00pm - Earl Strickland vs. Shane Van Boening

3:00pm - Francisco Bustamante vs. Mika Immonen

Dinner Break

7:00pm - Alex Pagulayan vs. Shane Van Boening

9:00pm - Darren Appleton vs. Earl Strickland.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

I just checked on the stream and saw they arent playing with the red and yellow eight ball set. Was there a reasoning for just going with a regular stripes and solid set this year?

Anyone else watching?

 

[9baller90]

I just checked on the stream and saw they arent playing with the red and yellow eight ball set. Was there a reasoning for just going with a regular stripes and solid set this year?



Anyone else watching?

What's the score

 

[spartan]

Scary strong stuff from Darren. Buste leading 4-0 and Darren just shift gear and has won 7 in a row so now 7-4 Darren.
While anyone of these 6 elites can be leader after all 15 matches are played, IMHO, Darren is favorite to top the table- he has toughest mental game and was a top English 8ball/blackball pro. Since it is round robin (with no knockout stage) and each player plays 5 matched it is very possible with these 6 equally matches elites that there can be 5 players tied with 3 wins and 1 player with 0 win.

 

[spartan]

Wow, old Buste will not give up and mounting comeback
In rack 16 , Darren running out but bad position and snookered himself on black ball. Buste won that rack and next rack so now Buste breaking with Darren on hill 9-8

 

[spartan]

Ken Shuman mentioned that top 2 in table will playoff in final on Sunday (9 Nov). Since there is likelihood of ties on points, position on table will be decided by racks

 

[spartan]

Hill Hill 9-9 and Darren will be breaking

 

[spartan]

Darren wins 10-9 over Buste after tough out in final rack
Next up Earl v Alex:grin-square:

 

[itsfroze]

Thanks for the updates.:thumbup:

 

[Cardigan Kid]

Shane is up on mika 4-3

Anyone know the results from earlier matches? I saw Appleton won over Busta. Missed strickland pagulyan.