Chinese 8 Ball World Championship March 13-20

this tourney is a nightmare

toughest field and toughest tables in all of pool

stream was messed up for me but I caught pieces of Thorsten and Ding missing easy shots

I'm going with Darren in the finals against one of the chinese although I see Wu as a strong darkhorse
 
Brackets for single elimination from Last 32 onwards
http://news.top147.com/2016/03/00025922.shtml

Top half of draw tougher than bottom draw as it has most of the C8B players.
Bottom half has more WPA players
:grin:

So, if I am reading the bracket correctly, here are the times for the matches, given in USA east coast time (Eastern Daylight Time):

• Round of 32 -- all 16 matches at 9:00 pm Thursday (tonight)

• Round of 16 -- 4 matches at 4:00 am Friday and 4 matches at 8:30 am Friday

• Round of 8 -- all 4 matches at 9:00 pm Friday

• Semifinals -- one match at 6:00 am Saturday and one match at 8:30 am Saturday

• Finals -- 1:00 am and 7:00 am Sunday (it's a race to 21, so looks like they have split it into two parts)

Please let me know if this is inaccurate.
 
So, if I am reading the bracket correctly, here are the times for the matches, given in USA east coast time (Eastern Daylight Time):

• Round of 32 -- all 16 matches at 9:00 pm Thursday (tonight)

• Round of 16 -- 4 matches at 4:00 am Friday and 4 matches at 8:30 am Friday

• Round of 8 -- all 4 matches at 9:00 pm Friday

• Semifinals -- one match at 6:00 am Saturday and one match at 8:30 am Saturday

• Finals -- 1:00 am and 7:00 am Sunday (it's a race to 21, so looks like they have split it into two parts)

Please let me know if this is inaccurate.


Starting in 1 hour time from this post.
 
So, if I am reading the bracket correctly, here are the times for the matches, given in USA east coast time (Eastern Daylight Time):

• Round of 32 -- all 16 matches at 9:00 pm Thursday (tonight)

• Round of 16 -- 4 matches at 4:00 am Friday and 4 matches at 8:30 am Friday

• Round of 8 -- all 4 matches at 9:00 pm Friday

• Semifinals -- one match at 6:00 am Saturday and one match at 8:30 am Saturday

• Finals -- 1:00 am and 7:00 am Sunday (it's a race to 21, so looks like they have split it into two parts)

Please let me know if this is inaccurate.

Yes that is correct
EDT is 12 hours behind China time
Basically interchange am and pm and if local time is pm , deduct 1 day
So 9am 18March=EST 9pm 17March and 4pm 18March=EST4am 18March
:D



Thanks for list:smile:
 
buddy, can you screenshot this for me? i cant seem to view it here in the office. :(

This is from upstateal live stream thread
attachment.php
 
Last 16

We are down to last 16 .They will get at least $4K prizemoney so their expenses are covered .
Top half of matches completed
The upcoming big match in bottom half is defending champ Darren Appleton v Ko Pin Yi

Remaining 4 matches (Bottom Half ) will be played about 1 HR from now
18March -830pm local time /830am EDT
Darren Appleton v Ko Pin Yi
Kevin Cheng v Yu Haitao
Wang Can v Shi Hanqing
Chu Bingjie v Liu Chuang


COMPLETED Top Half - 4 players through to last 8 after winning their 4pm matches
Michael Hill
Wu Chengyu
Liu Haitao
Li Bo

LIVE SCORE
http://www.top147.com/index/wl.php?cid=44

LIVE STREAMS
http://www.kktv5.com/list/181

:)
 
wow Appleton by the skin of his teeth and sweet break and run (with near miss on the 8)

Ko almost cracked the chinese/british dominance
 
In last game? Ko broke dry; Appleton ran out.

LOL, yes that about sums up Ko's performances not only in this match but in many of his matches in last 6 months, And the irony is his breaks in most of the match were probably some of cleanest I have seen compared to some of the other players. Balls spread out nicely, no balls near the rail, open table that allowed relatively easy runouts. If he does break dry, his opponent usually runs out :D
 
Quarterfinals (19March- 9am local time/ EDT 18March- 9pm)

Quarterfinal matches (19March- 9am local time/ EDT 18March- 9pm)
Michael Hill(GBR) Vs Wu Zhenyu
Liu Haitao Vs Li Bo
Shi Hanqing Vs Yu Haitao
Darren Appleton (GBR) Vs Chu Bingjie



We are down to last 8 which is dominated by C8B players
C8B - 5
WPA -2 (Darren and Liu Haitao who are actually hybrids. They now play WPA but Darren was formerly E8B and Liu plays C8B) :grin-square:
E8B- 1 (Mick Hill- multiple E9B World Champ)
Snooker-0

PRIZEMONEY (using Exchange rate USD1 to RMB6)
Champion USD 100,000 RMB 600,000
Runner up USD 50,000 RMB 300,000
3rd USD 25,000 RMB 150,000
4th USD 13,000 RMB 80,000
5th-8th USD 8,000 RMB 50,000
9th-16th USD 4,000 RMB 25,000
17th-32th USD 1,600 RMB 10,000
33th-64th USD 800 RMB 5,000


:grin-square:
 
What are some of the main strategy differences from american 8b vs chinese 8b? I've been able to watch a couple hrs worth.

Some shots are very low percentage due to the pocket angles. Outside of side pockets, banking seems almost impossible. Down the rail shots are tough tough.


Darren safety game appears superior to Ko's. Ko was too aggressive and got burned.
 
What are some of the main strategy differences from american 8b vs chinese 8b? I've been able to watch a couple hrs worth.

Some shots are very low percentage due to the pocket angles. Outside of side pockets, banking seems almost impossible. Down the rail shots are tough tough.


Darren safety game appears superior to Ko's. Ko was too aggressive and got burned.

Chinese 8-Ball is strategically more like English 8-Ball than the US version, the pockets look tight and you need to play gentle strokes with more precision rather than cheating the pocket and using lots of spin as in US 8-Ball.

Well that's my take anyway!
 
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