this is a huge tourney next week, who has info? not much online, I think Ronnie O and Shane are in this
streaming?
entrants?
streaming?
entrants?
2017 World Chinese 8 Ball Masters...who has info?
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wow
only Jeffrey Ignacio Philippines, no Taiwanese, no Snooker players and only Shane and Corey from the USA
almost appears as if people have recognized how tough it is to win at this game
only Jeffrey Ignacio Philippines, no Taiwanese, no Snooker players and only Shane and Corey from the USA
almost appears as if people have recognized how tough it is to win at this game
Somebody posted links to the stream last year. I'm sure the same will happen this year. Stream quality last year varied from pretty good to buffer-city. Some Chinese commentary, some in English. Brutal game. IMO i'd rather play either pool or snooker, not this hybrid.
You're going to bust some bubbles with that talk.
Well you have this event which was scheduled after Appleton had already announced his event. Shane is there because he was signed by Joy. The other few who travel from the US are at Appleton's and or see no reason for the expense. The Taiwanese probably were not welcome. Wasn't this the tournament that all that WPA contract talk at the US Open was about, that players had to sign, or was that for another Chinese event?
The Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/chinese8ball/) makes mention of streaming:
"Live Streaming of Chinese 8-Ball Masters can be found by installing Pool Live app in Appstore."
Hopefully it isn't limited to that.
"Live Streaming of Chinese 8-Ball Masters can be found by installing Pool Live app in Appstore."
Hopefully it isn't limited to that.
Yeah I wonder if where you read that at was from people who used the same statistical methodology as the BCA used for years saying pool was the most "played" "sport" in the US, or whatever that inflated misleading stat was they used to throw around.
Yeah I hear ya'. I was kinda thinking same thing when i read those numbers. Pool is big in both Taiwan and on the mainland so its possible that figure is not too far off. If they ever field a Mosconi team the rest of the world is in trouble.
"5 times US Open 9 Ball Champion Shane Van Boening, recently signed up by Joy Billiards, has shown his commitment and dedication to Chinese 8 Ball by having a table installed at his home venue in Sioux Falls, South Dakota."
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Lol. Let's see how SVB, the world's greatest pool player, apparently, handles a game of skill and precision. Not very well would be my guess.
Nothing demonstrates the poverty of American cueing better than Chinese 8 ball.
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I think there are two sponsors, joy and star, with each holding similar comps. I think the snooker players etc play in the other one.
Star provide tables for World Snooker, so there is probably some deal there!
yes that sounds about right although I believe Joy has (had?) Stephen Hendry for a while
also don't seem to see any other big Chinese 8 Ball tourneys on the horizon
also don't seem to see any other big Chinese 8 Ball tourneys on the horizon
yes that sounds about right although I believe Joy has (had?) Stephen Hendry for a while
also don't seem to see any other big Chinese 8 Ball tourneys on the horizon
I thought they did too, but don't see his name on the list.
To be fair he never took it seriously anyway, which is a shame, it would have been interesting to see how he'd cope if he really wanted it.
It's also a shame there aren't more tournaments, I think they are great to watch (well there probably are, we just don't get to hear about them)!
I says on that site for the event that he actually got a chinese 8-ball table at his place in SD, if he is actually focusing on the game and practicing on the actual equipment he might surprise some people. While I doubt he will be the next Potts he might be competitive against most.