All hail Ruslan.....

RichSchultz said:
I would think Shaw is an excellent, creative escape artist. Doesn’t that mean he doesn’t have to be a straight shooter?
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Assuming we're talking nine ball here, I disagree. Shaw is a competent escape artist, not an excellent one. His skills in this regard are well below players like Alex Pagulayan, Dennis Orcullo, the Ko brothers, Carlo Biado and Justin Bergman. The great escape artists have to be great jumpers and great kickers. Jayson is a great jumper, but not yet a great kicker.

So no, it doesn't mean Jayson doesn't have to shoot super-straight. On the contrary, to win tournaments, he does!
 
RichSchultz said:
I would think Shaw is an excellent, creative escape artist. Doesn’t that mean he doesn’t have to be a straight shooter?
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in snooker, being an exceptional straight shooter is easy enough to define because of the always available statistics in long pot success. in pool i guess you have to ask yourself who you'd rather have shoot a long spot shot from the rail. shaw or shuff? filler or deuel?
 
mikemosconi said:
Yes I would agree with your assessments on more recent dominant 14.1 performances. I also witnessed the Appleton 200 run and the Ortmann performance in NJ. this was when I lived up North. I also was in CHICAGO IN1989 at the US OPEN 14.1 which Ortmann burst on the scene in the U.S to take that tournament. I believe that I saw Seigel run 150 and out against Rempe that year too.
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Same tourney. I was a score keeper that week for Feeney. Ortmans coming out party. Siegel 150 run. Great times.
 
ChrisinNC said:
The TD obviously just suffered a senior moment, as I’m sure he knew the correct rule to be applied in this situation. I’m guessing Ruslan, as an experienced European 14.1 tournament player, also was well aware of the correct ruling. To me, it shows a lack of integrity and tarnishes Ruslan’s great play, that he did not at least make an attempt to correct the TDs error in this case, particularly considering Alex questioned the ruling at the time. Just my opinion which I’m sure others here may disagree with.
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You question the guy's integrity based on a "guess"??
 
sparkle84 said:
Yes, those were his runs and he was dominant throughout the event. I saw all but 2 of his matches and his play was exceptional. I wouldn't call it elegant. Best was the 150 in the quarterfinals. Not because of the number but more because of the correctness in taking the balls off the table.
I still consider Feijen the best straight pool player in the world but Chinahov is right on his heels.
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Wow. How do you define “elegant”?
 
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