WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP (6-10 June2021) Champion $50K
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Yeah, that's an interesting question. In Stage 2, most of the dead money is already gone, but I feel we'll still see quite a few blowouts. I think a more telling stat than the Fargo disparity would be the Fargo rate of the winning player. Even good players are going to get steamrolled at times with looser pockets and winner breaks. We shall see.
Another point to consider is if the average score winner break is 9-5 (14 games) and the average score alternate break is 9-7 (16 games), then the winner breaks format could have been a race to 10 rather than 9 (perhaps with average score 10-6) with matches that take the same time as the alternate break race to 9.
I like winner break better than alternate break. But I also think we've made a mistake embracing "the break" as a substantive part of the game.
Good start to the day for Connecticut.
Jeremy Sossei 11 Kelly Fisher 5. For some reason, they have about the same Fargo, but I was expecting a blowout here. No disrespect to Kelly Fisher, an undisputed superstar in our game, but Sossei went double hill with Van Boening in each of their last two encounters: a) at Turning Stone in January 2020, losing 9-8, and b) at the 2019 Steinway 10-ball Classic in which he also lost 9-8. Let's add that Sossei has two different bronze medals at the Derby City 9-ball event, an event typically featuring a field of about 400 players.. I'd rate Sossei, who plays in chiefly regional events these days, a bit above Billy Thorpe as a nine ball player, but a bit below Skyler Woodward and Justin Bergman. Jeremy is not a contender for the title but he's a super-tough out.
Another Connecticut resident named Jayson Shaw will try his luck against Shane later today, so there's a chance it could be a big day for the state.
Jeremy Sossei 11 Kelly Fisher 5. For some reason, they have about the same Fargo, but I was expecting a blowout here. No disrespect to Kelly Fisher, an undisputed superstar in our game, but Sossei went double hill with Van Boening in each of their last two encounters: a) at Turning Stone in January 2020, losing 9-8, and b) at the 2019 Steinway 10-ball Classic in which he also lost 9-8. Let's add that Sossei has two different bronze medals at the Derby City 9-ball event, an event typically featuring a field of about 400 players.. I'd rate Sossei, who plays in chiefly regional events these days, a bit above Billy Thorpe as a nine ball player, but a bit below Skyler Woodward and Justin Bergman. Jeremy is not a contender for the title but he's a super-tough out.
Another Connecticut resident named Jayson Shaw will try his luck against Shane later today, so there's a chance it could be a big day for the state.
two poles out, konrad and babica. and i think fortunski will have a tough time tonight against mario he. if mario gets on a roll he can go real deep in this tournament. he has beaten most of these guys before
Yeah, almost impossible to pocket that 5 and keep the cueball on the table. Sky may have gotten away with the one miss that could have cost him the match.
he could have jumped it full on and played safe, but jumping short to a cut on the rail is crazy.
Giant brain fart by Gorst in rack 17. Skyler caught a roll when he missed the five at 8-8, leaving the five unavailable about two inches off the head rail, but Fedor, as good a jumper as we find in pool today, made a poor choice in opting to grab the jump cue. I was thinking it was at least 50/50 he'd foul, which he did. Both commentators saw it that way, too, calling the shot he played near impossible. He overlooked that the two rail kick at the five, a very makeable shot, had a two-way component to it on the undercut side miss. Of course, it's still only 9-8, but this error in judgement, a rookie mistake made by a veteran player, might cost Fedor his championship life. We shall see.
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Sky's play may have also contributed to the bad choice.
yea i've seen him practice jump shots and do crazy shots in practice but i'd like to see this made in practice. i'm not sure it was even possible
Great comeback by Sky from 4-8 down to win 11-8. Defending champ Gorst out early...
Hmmm... someone predicted that. Oh yes that was me lol
Hmmm... someone predicted that. Oh yes that was me lol
Well said, JV. He was definitely drawn in to an unusually poor choice by his extraordinary proficiency with the jump stick. I'd bet he never even noticed that the two way kick to make the five had plenty of defense in it on a miss. His tactical judgement still needs some development.
A lesson learned the hard way for the great Fedor, but at this level, you can lose a match with one error in judgement and now that Skyler has closed it out, it can be said that it happened on this occasion.
I won't pretend to be in Gorst's head, but I doubt it.
Maybe, but Shane is showing as much form as anyone in this event.