Who do you like from here to win the Open?
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Karen was perhaps my sentimental favorite. But she was not one of my top picks (I don't "predict" outcomes in pool). Three of my four favorites to win (big Ko, Darren and Niels) are gone, but the fourth, Toastie, is still in.
Karen was perhaps my sentimental favorite. But she was not one of my top picks (I don't "predict" outcomes in pool). Three of my four favorites to win (big Ko, Darren and Niels) are gone, but the fourth, Toastie, is still in.
Darren plays Nick vdB in a few hours. Hoping Nick can take it down, he is very close to getting the last automatic spot on the Mosconi team
Man, Jerry Forsyth wrote a brilliant summary for today on the AzBilliards Main Page. I love Jerry's writing style. Here is a snippet:
We only have eight men remaining who are still undefeated. Their matches today will be top-drawer as Jayson Shaw will take on Oliver Ortmann, Haitao Liu faces Karl Boyes, Ralf Souguet readies for K.L. Hsu, and Ruslan Chinakov goes against Y.H. Cheng. Note that none of the undefeated are Americans. The international field is showing its impressive strength here in Norfolk.
Hill-hill is a terrible way to lose but the drama for the fans is terrific. We have had more than our share of drama. Haitao Liu took the narrow win yesterday over Mika Immonen as did Y.H. Cheng over Justin Bergman. It is even worse for those on the one-loss side. Those shown the exit by a mere game included Pin-Yi Ko at the hands of Kenichi Uchigaki, Ivica Putnik got the treatment from Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and John Morra who felt the sting from M. Teutscher.
For the rest of the week most all of the matches will be toss-ups. Multi-time champs Shane Van Boening and Darren Appleton will have hills to climb as Appleton must face Nick van den Berg and SVB prepares for Corey Deuel. It gets no easier from there. If they survive those matches Appleton will have to take on Carlo Biado and Van Boening will find Albin Ouschan awaiting. If they get past those they will then face each other.
All of the chaff has now been blown away in Norfolk and all of the strong wheat is facing a tough wind ahead. The primo matches will all be streamed at Accu-Stats.com.
Source: Things Get Tough in Norfolk
We only have eight men remaining who are still undefeated. Their matches today will be top-drawer as Jayson Shaw will take on Oliver Ortmann, Haitao Liu faces Karl Boyes, Ralf Souguet readies for K.L. Hsu, and Ruslan Chinakov goes against Y.H. Cheng. Note that none of the undefeated are Americans. The international field is showing its impressive strength here in Norfolk.
Hill-hill is a terrible way to lose but the drama for the fans is terrific. We have had more than our share of drama. Haitao Liu took the narrow win yesterday over Mika Immonen as did Y.H. Cheng over Justin Bergman. It is even worse for those on the one-loss side. Those shown the exit by a mere game included Pin-Yi Ko at the hands of Kenichi Uchigaki, Ivica Putnik got the treatment from Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and John Morra who felt the sting from M. Teutscher.
For the rest of the week most all of the matches will be toss-ups. Multi-time champs Shane Van Boening and Darren Appleton will have hills to climb as Appleton must face Nick van den Berg and SVB prepares for Corey Deuel. It gets no easier from there. If they survive those matches Appleton will have to take on Carlo Biado and Van Boening will find Albin Ouschan awaiting. If they get past those they will then face each other.
All of the chaff has now been blown away in Norfolk and all of the strong wheat is facing a tough wind ahead. The primo matches will all be streamed at Accu-Stats.com.
Source: Things Get Tough in Norfolk