I saw shots in that match, that never would have gone in on my table.
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Of course.
The kid played incredibly clever man
Of course it isn't luck. Shane said he didn't play well in the post-match interview. Yes, it's AZB, so the countless Shane apologists are sure to come out in droves to make the usual excuses for him (bad luck, format didn't suit him, wrong break rules, nine ball is mostly luck, etc.), but credit to Shane for holding himself fully accountable. He got outplayed, and that can happen. In the way he handled himself, he showed how a champion conducts himself in defeat.
I only saw the very end of the match. The first one I've watched from this event. In the first rack the kid totally missed the seven ball and it went in anyway. My thought was these are great tables for beginners! I couldn't tell which ball was which, so call me old school. They are slowly snookerizing pool. Soon we will see smaller balls and a larger table. Genius!
"they" are predator, providing both the tables and the balls. i'm not a fan of all their products, but they are putting money into the sport when few others do, so kudos to them. the tables on the WPM some week ago was much tighter
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They just announced that Shane would be the vice captain of the US Mosconi Cup team. It wasn’t clear if he‘d be a playing vice-captain, but in recent years the vice captain did not play.
Edit: They did clarify that he would be a playing vice-captain. Basically they just fired Joey Gray and gave SVB an automatic spot on the team.
Edit: They did clarify that he would be a playing vice-captain. Basically they just fired Joey Gray and gave SVB an automatic spot on the team.
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With how things are looking for the future of Team USA in the mosconi cup, I’m not sure I’d want to be part of the group responsible for that team’s performance. Hell, they got beat so bad in 2020 that Chris Robinson had to change his name.
With all the work that Shane has put into figuring out the break, I'm surprised he couldn't get it.
Some stats on the Shane and Oliver match
Missed Shots (not including jump shots)
Shane missed 8 shots and left Oliver a shot on 5 of those misses.
Oliver missed 7 shots leaving Shane a shot on 3 of the misses and fluking a ball on 2 of them.
Safety Shots (not including kick safes)
Shane played 8 safeties (7 good and 1 bad)
Oliver played 13 safeties (7 good and 6 bad)
Positional Errors
Shane had 0
Oliver had 2
Missed Shots (not including jump shots)
Shane missed 8 shots and left Oliver a shot on 5 of those misses.
Oliver missed 7 shots leaving Shane a shot on 3 of the misses and fluking a ball on 2 of them.
Safety Shots (not including kick safes)
Shane played 8 safeties (7 good and 1 bad)
Oliver played 13 safeties (7 good and 6 bad)
Positional Errors
Shane had 0
Oliver had 2
what's his name now?
As usual, Jay, you are correct. Matchroom set the tables up too easy for a World Championship, and it has helped the chances of some of the less elite. How obvious is this? Check it out:I only saw the very end of the match. The first one I've watched from this event. In the first rack the kid totally missed the seven ball and it went in anyway. My thought was these are great tables for beginners! I couldn't tell which ball was which, so call me old school. They are slowly snookerizing pool. Soon we will see smaller balls and a larger table. Genius!
World Pool Masters (tight pockets)
The final four (Fargo in parentheses) were Kazakis (802) SVB (828) Filler (827) Kaci (815), with an average Fargo of 818. Now that's elite and the cream rose to the top.
World Championship (pockets loosened by 1/4")
Only two of the last eight have Fargo rates that put them among the best 35 players in the world and nobody is above 811.
Matchroom got burned a little with the equipment change.
Pool is a faithless and fickle game.
GO SKY!!
GO USA!!
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On that point, here's what I wrote in this thread before the event began, quoting directly from post #19.
We may get a Cinderella story this year, which we've not had since Darryl Peach in 2007 or, if you prefer, Yukio Akagariyama in 2011. I'm not fully convinced the top few are in their best form. With the stars of Asia mostly absent, there are sure to be some easy draws out there and I think somebody unexpected will make a very deep run.
Europeans, Filipinos, Taiwanese usually split up roughly equally about 70% to 90% of quarterfinalists or last 16 in international majors (W9B, USO,IO,CO,W10B,AJ). In terms of major titles won in last 5 years, Filipinos do not fare as well-most notable win is Biado winning this event in 2017. The most successful since 2016 are the Europeans who won almost half of the majors followed by the Taiwanese (excluding Wu)
