All Japan Championship Starts Today!

He was getting too loose and one mental mistake leads to stupid scratch to side.. Lets see if Lee Vann punish him.
 
Wow after that great jump, Hijikata scratches . Instead of 10-7 it is now 9-8 Hijikata
We have a match and the fat lady just went back to her dressing room:)
 
Safety slipped just a little. Lee Vann need to use this last chance.. 10-8 Hijikata tace to 11.
 
Hijikata missed that match winning Combo and Lee Vann shoot in REALLY difficult carom 10. Go Lee Vann. I saw him play live on Steinways and he got me as fan right away! Suberb player!
 
Chua was down 8-3 when he took over. From there the only game where Ko got back to the table was at 5-8 and he had a few chances to win that game, but couldn't make a good shot when he had the chance. After Chua won that game to make it 6-8, he ran out the match, five of the most beautiful Ten Ball racks you'll ever see. He made some very tricky run outs along the way. In the final game at 10-8, Chua finally got out of line on the eight ball and had a bad angle to get shape on the nine. He made the eight and bumped the nine, leaving a difficult tight angle for his next shot. He opted to shoot a severe cut on the nine into the side and go up and down the table for the ten. He made the nine but over ran position for the ten. He left the cue ball in the jaws of the corner pocket and the ten near the spot, a very testy little shot into the side pocket to win the match. If Chua was every going to fold under pressure, this would be the moment. Chua calmly stepped up there and rolled that ten ball dead in the side. The man is one great pool player. He just made Ko look like the weaker player.

One other thing to note. Late in the match, Chua was hooked on the three ball by the ten, which was only a couple of inches away from the three. The cue ball was about a diamond behind them. Chua pulled out his jump cue and made the most unbelievable jump shot I think I've ever seen during a match. He jumped the full ten and landed on the three, forcing it forward into the pocket. The cue ball then backed up for perfect position on the four. Holy Moley! And the best part is you can see this match on Youtube now.
 
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Chua was down 8-3 when he took over. From there the only game where Ko got back to the table was at 5-8 and he had a few chances to win that game, but couldn't make a good shot when he had the chance. After Chua won that game to make it 6-8, he ran out the match, five of the most beautiful Ten Ball racks you'll ever see. He made some very tricky run outs along the way. In the final game at 10-8, Chua finally got out of line on the eight ball and had a bad angle to get shape on the nine. He made the eight and bumped the nine, leaving a difficult tight angle for his next shot. He opted to shoot a severe cut on the nine into the side and go up and down the table for the ten. He made the nine but over ran position for the ten. He left the cue ball in the jaws of the corner pocket and the ten near the spot, a very testy little shot into the side pocket to win the match. If anyone was every going to fold under pressure, this would be it. Chua calmly stepped up there and rolled that ten ball dead in the side. The man is one great pool player. He just made Ko look like the weaker player.

One other thing to note. Late in the match, Chua was hooked on the three ball by the ten, which was only a couple of inches away. The cue ball was about a diamond behind them. Chua pulled out his jump cue and made the most unbelievable jump shot I think I've ever seen during a match. He jumped the full ten and landed on the three, forcing it forward into the pocket. The cue ball then backed up for perfect position on the four. Holy Moley! And the best part is you can see this match on Youtube now.
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Yes probably one of best comebacks this year.
At 8-3, Ko missed this relatively easy 1 ball after a nice break https://youtu.be/2IhPSsp14rw?t=5425 Chua pounced and that was it.
 
Down to last 16
https://billi-walker.jp/en/jpba/alljapan/2018/draws#final-day

7 Japanese
4 Taiwanese
2 Europeans
2 Filipino
1 Singaporean
Japanese are doing surprisingly well this year with still 7 at this late stage ,last 16. Oi, Hijikata and old man Takahashi looking dangerous. This could be their year having not won it for a long long time.

Picks of the last 16. Matches start 930am local time (about 9.5 hours from now)
Oi v Lo Li Wen
Kevin Cheng v Chang Jung Lin
Ko Ping Chung v Kunihiko Takahashi

Completed TV table matches
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0beGFs3e3YJbcqP8QyFZRw/videos
 
Looks like they will play the final sixteen down to a conclusion today. Someone will have to win four matches to take the title. This is going to be an endurance contest! Biado and Chua are looking good for the Pinoys and we still have several strong Japanese players and four of the best Chinese guys, along with Thorsten holding the banner high for Europe. There is one guy I'm totally unfamiliar with. Sanjin P. (a long last name). He must be from Europe but I don't really know anything about him.

One last thing. I love this format. Many great players playing Ten Ball, winner breaks. This is a great test of pool and you will see who the best players really are. I'm thinking the Ten Ball is really the best way to test all the great players playing today. That and One Pocket are my two favorite tournament games to watch. I love Banks too, but that is a totally different animal.
 
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A young kid out of Europe doing very well in this event is 17 year old Sanjin Pehlivanovic from Bosnia. He won under 17 World Junior Championship last year.
Plays Thorsten next in last 16
Europe is churning out so many of these top young players every year at such a prolific rate. I think the top pool players 10 or 20 years from now will be mostly from Europe, not Asia. (Though the top snooker players in future will be mostly from China)

http://www.propool.info/players/sanjin-pehlivanovic.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHweEUd3r_4
 
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