Strickland vs. Dupuis match

Joey is one of my favorite action players. Loves the game. Has the skills to compete with the best. A ton of heart.
 
westcoast said:
I just finished watching this match that was played a few years ago at Turning Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biEkExOQ7YM

Very fun match to watch. Both of these guys runout very fast. I never really watched Dupuis play before. I really like the way he plays- shoots straight and fast.
Click to expand...

Hm strange, not impressed with this Dupuis guy at all :confused: His fundamentals are not good, his shot selection is really bad, his defense is weak. Yes, he can shoot straight but that can only take him so far in the pool world...you really like the way he shoots???:eek:
 
Joey's first push was atrocious...
...anybody from the 'roll out days' would cringe....a lost art?
 
pt109 said:
Joey's first push was atrocious...
...anybody from the 'roll out days' would cringe....a lost art?
Click to expand...

Good observation. I probably would have rolled the cue ball into the 3 forcing him to shoot over a ball. What would you have done?

Whatever you do against Earl you are probably going to come out on the short end of it.
 
marek said:
Hm strange, not impressed with this Dupuis guy at all :confused: His fundamentals are not good, his shot selection is really bad, his defense is weak. Yes, he can shoot straight but that can only take him so far in the pool world...you really like the way he shoots???:eek:
Click to expand...

He has weaknesses- I was referring to his pace of play and accurate shot making
 
alstl said:
Good observation. I probably would have rolled the cue ball into the 3 forcing him to shoot over a ball. What would you have done?

Whatever you do against Earl you are probably going to come out on the short end of it.
Click to expand...

Lot of times it depends who you're playing....
..some guys I would go to the bottom rail where Joey went...but try to freeze on it....
...hopefully leaving an angle where if he cuts the one-ball to the left pocket, he disturbs
the 3-2 and might not get position.

..what Iwould mostly do is shoot towards the long rail on the left, brushing the nine-ball...
...leaving him a thin cut on the one-ball that he can't cut into the side...
...I'll fight it out from there.

A tough position that required more respect from the shooter....
...he looked like he got tired of thinking and just took his turn.
 
pt109 said:
Lot of times it depends who you're playing....
..some guys I would go to the bottom rail where Joey went...but try to freeze on it....
...hopefully leaving an angle where if he cuts the one-ball to the left pocket, he disturbs
the 3-2 and might not get position.

..what Iwould mostly do is shoot towards the long rail on the left, brushing the nine-ball...
...leaving him a thin cut on the one-ball that he can't cut into the side...
...I'll fight it out from there.

A tough position that required more respect from the shooter....
...he looked like he got tired of thinking and just took his turn.
Click to expand...

It's an interesting situation and would make a good what would you do here diagram. The 5-7-8-9 are a good place to hide the cue ball and I suspect if you leave Earl on the bottom rail he would hide the cue ball behind that cluster and you would be kicking next.

On the combination I wonder if Earl cheated the pocket deliberately to get the one back in the middle of the table so he would have a shot - or did he just get lucky to have a shot? I usually just slow roll the ball so the ball is sitting in front of the same pocket. Interesting how Earl played the shot.
 
alstl said:
It's an interesting situation and would make a good what would you do here diagram. The 5-7-8-9 are a good place to hide the cue ball and I suspect if you leave Earl on the bottom rail he would hide the cue ball behind that cluster and you would be kicking next.

On the combination I wonder if Earl cheated the pocket deliberately to get the one back in the middle of the table so he would have a shot - or did he just get lucky to have a shot? I usually just slow roll the ball so the ball is sitting in front of the same pocket. Interesting how Earl played the shot.
Click to expand...

One way of looking at pushing.....can you better your situation?
If I get hooked again from my opponent, will it be as tough a return as I have now by
shooting the snooker I already got?

In the 70s, pushing was a very interesting art...your pushing changed in a session as
you got the man's measure...it also changed when he got yours. :eek:
 
westcoast said:
I just finished watching this match that was played a few years ago at Turning Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biEkExOQ7YM

Very fun match to watch. Both of these guys runout very fast. I never really watched Dupuis play before. I really like the way he plays- shoots straight and fast.
Click to expand...

Joey is very much a feel and rhythm player a lot like how Rodney Morris shoots. He does not take too much time to plan things out, just shoots and lets the cueball travel a lot of times. He has the ability to make it work though, probably one of the top 6 regional players in N.E.

He plays a lot at Snookers in RI, nice friendly guy. Before I even remembered his name he was saying hi to me like I was an old friend, bouncy guy, don't think I have seen him in a bad mood and is always put in action.
 
westcoast said:
He has weaknesses- I was referring to his pace of play and accurate shot making
Click to expand...

Ok, fair point. For my taste he shoots too fast - not that i wouldnt enjoy a player to shoot fast but it seems to me that it limits his thinking process to the point where he makes wrong decisions. Jayson Shaw shoots fast as well but he thinks FAST while Dupuis doesnt seem to think much or at all, thats my view on him (may be wrong but thats my impression from the vid, I even looked up another vid of his play and it was the same story..)
If he slowed down a little and gave himself 3-4 secs more to think about the table he would improve quite a lot..
 
pt109 said:
One way of looking at pushing.....can you better your situation?
If I get hooked again from my opponent, will it be as tough a return as I have now by
shooting the snooker I already got?

In the 70s, pushing was a very interesting art...your pushing changed in a session as
you got the man's measure...it also changed when he got yours. :eek:
Click to expand...

It favored shot makers like Louie Roberts. You could push to a tough shot and he was going to pocket the ball and run out most of the time.

I've talked to old timers in the St Louis area from black inner city pool halls to small town pool halls and they all have stories about Louie. When he was in gear he put on a show.
 
marek said:
Ok, fair point. For my taste he shoots too fast - not that i wouldnt enjoy a player to shoot fast but it seems to me that it limits his thinking process to the point where he makes wrong decisions. Jayson Shaw shoots fast as well but he thinks FAST while Dupuis doesnt seem to think much or at all, thats my view on him (may be wrong but thats my impression from the vid, I even looked up another vid of his play and it was the same story..)
If he slowed down a little and gave himself 3-4 secs more to think about the table he would improve quite a lot..
Click to expand...

He probably does shoot too fast. However, even though a guy like Ralf Souquet would be favored to beat him, I'd rather watch Dupuis shoot. Souquet can turn a routine runout into a five minute process.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top