Let's not forget, "American Pool" means barboxes. The rest of the world plays on big tables.
Corey Deuel Controversial 10-Ball break at SBE
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Give me a recent win on a 9 foot table is what I meant, didn't mean to discredit those tournaments but I don't really think highly of bar table wins, sorry. Also, Corey is one of my favorite players.
Jayson Shaw has won a million Predator tour stops, but when speaking on his resume, I'm pretty sure most people would mention his 4-peat at Turning Stone and leave out those little tournaments. Nothing wrong with what Corey has won recently, but definitely not comparable to World 9 ball, US Open 9 ball, China/Japan Open, etc.
Jayson Shaw has won a million Predator tour stops, but when speaking on his resume, I'm pretty sure most people would mention his 4-peat at Turning Stone and leave out those little tournaments. Nothing wrong with what Corey has won recently, but definitely not comparable to World 9 ball, US Open 9 ball, China/Japan Open, etc.
They also say that AzB is filled with old retards, but hey...
Yes because breaks like that are what is holding pool back from being popular
No it's the dress code-no wait it's the drugs, no sorry it's the players' attitudes-No wait it's the low life's in the pool rooms, Hold on it's players stealing from car washes! That's the ticket!
So, you're also an old person? Smoke on champ
No, I'm 22 and don't smoke, but thanks for asking.
I was listing more recent tournaments that he has won that the other guy didnt list. Boogeyman says he doesn't believe Corey lives a clean life, whatever the hell that means(seems to be implying drugs). Then king t says he doesnt see him beating anybody or is winning anything & slide13 says he isnt a top tier player. I never said he was winning world class events, Winning what he has been, even though mostly barbox with great fields in all of them by the way & top 5's and top 10's in big tournaments shows he can still compete with top tier guys.
That was then..,
I like Corey's game, but what he did back then doesn't matter. He hasn't been winning and he can soft break all he wants, no body is turning him down for Action because of his break and Earl walking out is because of Earl's poor mental state not Corey's break.
I like Corey's game, but what he did back then doesn't matter. He hasn't been winning and he can soft break all he wants, no body is turning him down for Action because of his break and Earl walking out is because of Earl's poor mental state not Corey's break.
Good post Slide and something I've been wondering about for quite some time.
Was Corey Deuel ever really a top tier talent or was he just so far ahead of the field with his break that he simply had a good run for a couple of years until the rule changes caught up with him?
For a while it looked like he was following in the foot steps of previous greats like Mizerak, Sigel, Rempe, Varner, Earl, and so forth but now I look back and I wonder how good he really was if you excluded his revolutionary breaking techniques.
That may sound harsh but it just may be true.
So, Corey has been a champ for almost longer than you've been alive and YOU question his resume??? Gotta be high
The other thing..,
When Corey was winning the field of competition was smaller, mostly American players, once he had to start dealing with the worlds best rather then just Americas best. it seems that he and Archer and Earl all fell way off.
When Corey was winning the field of competition was smaller, mostly American players, once he had to start dealing with the worlds best rather then just Americas best. it seems that he and Archer and Earl all fell way off.
As this back & forth goes on Corey just knocked SVB out for 3rd place & he will be playing Alex P. In the finals of the U.S. Open 1p tomorrow. If Corey should lose to Alex in the final tomorrow I hope that he can still look in the mirror & say "you are somebody".
Took a clinic with Corey 3 years ago - I'm crystal clear on 2 things - #1 unbelievably intelligent and knowledgable player in addition to being a very nice guy, #2 - if he focused his attention and talent on the game 100% as SVB or Darren does and put in the same practice time, very few in the world would like it - period.
Yes, the video is Corey's break in Game 3 (his second). It looks to me like 3 object balls hit a rail (1-ball, 3-ball, and 7-ball -- not the 6-ball, which was blocked by the CB). At the time, neither the players nor the commentators seemed to know for sure whether it was a legal break, and Corey told Shane to go ahead and take BIH.
Under WPA (world-standardized) 10-Ball rules, if an OB is not pocketed, it is a foul unless at least 4 object balls hit a rail. While this event did not follow WPA rules in some other regards, it seems that they did settle on the requirement of 4 balls hitting a rail, because Corey's break in Game 7, when 3 balls contacted a rail, was deemed to be a foul.
Yes, alternating breaks. In his match with SVB, Corey broke 8 times, all soft breaks. He made the 1-ball in the side pocket twice and was dry the other 6 times. Two of the dry breaks were deemed to be fouls (see above). Corey won 3 of those 8 games -- once when Shane scratched on a cross-corner bank on the 8-ball, once when Shane missed a straight-back bank on the 8-ball, and once when Shane played safe on the 8-ball but Corey kicked it in. Shane broke successfully 6 of 8 times and ran out 2 of the 6. Shane ran out on both of Corey's breaking fouls. The final match score was 10-6.
Corey has said for a few years now that he would play Shane even if they both pushed out after the break. Guess hes working on his half of the proposition...lol.
Shane has said NO repeatedly.
Shane has said NO repeatedly.
Corey figured out soft breaking 20 years ago, when he did it against Earl playing in the finals of the last Camel Pro Tour event. Earl got so pised he forfeited the match. IIRC, that was Corey's first big win. Earl came to the banquet later and apologized for quitting the match. Not long after that, RJ Reynolds quit sponsoring pro pool for good...but it had nothing to do with Corey soft breaking.
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Not sure why age has anything to do with having an opinion. Good logic
Not questioning his overall resume, just his recent wins, which excludes anything that screams top tier.
How about you state some evidence instead of just insinuating someone is dumb or high just because they can form a valid opinion that differs from your own. What grade did you drop out of?