He's a 796 FargorRate, ranked 38th in the world. I'd say that's pretty strong.
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That's true, I saw his eyes. Shane's eyes were red also. I actually wondered what happened to their eyes.
To be fair, I guess Chainakhov has a fair chance of making the final 32 where the payment starts. My consideration of "dead money" players are those with probability less than 50% of making the final 8 (quarter finals). I place players like Chainakhov, Earl etc. in that category regardless of their past prowess. Dead money players are specific to the tournament and the people playing in it. I would not put Chainakhov and Earl in the dead money category for the Turning Stone classic, for example.
Here is Chinakhov's road to the final 8:
vs Robert Sopha 10-3, vs Tuan Chau 10-4, vs Jonathan Pinegar 10-5, vs Josh Roberts 10-6 and vs Bader Al-Awadhi 10-8.
Meanwhile players like Jayson Shaw, Naoyuki Oi, Fedor Gorst, Alex Pagulayan, Lee Van Corteza, Joshua Filler and Alex Kazakis did not make it to the final 8. I would say luck of the draw got Chinakhov to the final 8.
As per Fargo ratings, it has Chinakhov above Justin Bergman, Bustamante, Roberto Gomez, Denis Grabe, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann, Omar Al-Shaheen, Chris Melling, John Morra, Mika Immonen, Darren Appleton etc. That speaks for itself, enough said!
Fargo reminds me of the points system for the All-American team in trapshooting. The reasonably good shooters with lots of time on their hand attend many shoots and accumulate points that put them in the top standing for All-American points. However, when the team is chosen, they only take your top 7 scores and a lot of these people fall to the wayside and cannot make the team.
BTW, was it supposed to be Fartgo? 
Here is Chinakhov's road to the final 8:
vs Robert Sopha 10-3, vs Tuan Chau 10-4, vs Jonathan Pinegar 10-5, vs Josh Roberts 10-6 and vs Bader Al-Awadhi 10-8.
Meanwhile players like Jayson Shaw, Naoyuki Oi, Fedor Gorst, Alex Pagulayan, Lee Van Corteza, Joshua Filler and Alex Kazakis did not make it to the final 8. I would say luck of the draw got Chinakhov to the final 8.
As per Fargo ratings, it has Chinakhov above Justin Bergman, Bustamante, Roberto Gomez, Denis Grabe, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann, Omar Al-Shaheen, Chris Melling, John Morra, Mika Immonen, Darren Appleton etc. That speaks for itself, enough said!
Fargo reminds me of the points system for the All-American team in trapshooting. The reasonably good shooters with lots of time on their hand attend many shoots and accumulate points that put them in the top standing for All-American points. However, when the team is chosen, they only take your top 7 scores and a lot of these people fall to the wayside and cannot make the team.
BTW, was it supposed to be Fartgo?
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He's a great player. Not even close to 'dead money'. World-class 14.1 player as well.To be fair, I guess Chainakhov has a fair chance of making the final 32 where the payment starts. My consideration of "dead money" players are those with probability less than 50% of making the final 8 (quarter finals). I place players Chainakhov, Earl etc. in that category regardless of their past prowess. Dead money players are specific to the tournament and the people playing in it. I would not put Chainakhov and Earl in the dead money category for the Turning Stone classic, for example.
Here is Chinakhov's road to the final 8:
vs Robert Sopha 10-3, vs Tuan Chau 10-4, vs Jonathan Pinegar 10-5, vs Josh Roberts 10-6 and vs Bader Al-Awadhi 10-8.
Meanwhile players like Jayson Shaw, Naoyuki Oi, Fedor Gorst, Alex Pagulayan, Lee Van Corteza, and Alex Kazakis did not make it to the final 8.
As per Fargo ratings, it has Chinakhov above Justin Bergman, Bustamante, Roberto Gomez, Denis Grabe, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann, Omar Al-Shaheen, Chris Melling, John Morra, Mika Immonen, Darren Appleton etc. That speaks for itself, enough said!
Fargo reminds me of the points system for the All-American team in trapshooting. The reasonably good shooters with lots of time on their hand attend many shoots and accumulate points that put them in the top standing for All-American points. However, when the team is chosen, they only take your top 7 scores and a lot of these people fall to the wayside and cannot make the team.
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So the winners still have an advantage because they are playing losers. This format has been used in many events for years. Makes perfect sense.
poor you.
Either do single-elim. or DCC's buyback method. Having a part double/part single elimination is just stupid. You make it to the SE round and lose to someone whose already lost and you're out?? Seriously?? Stupid system.
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Who would have ‘thunk it’ but I tend to agree. The old Camel Pro schedule had it about right.
He also said Earl lost to a no name player, that player was Dennis Grabe. This clown knows nothing
Where did I say that idiot?
What does this prove? Whenever any of you are ready to bet that Earl or Chinakov will get to the final 8 in a MAJOR 9 ball tournament let me know. In the money for me is not $1,000 which I am sure will not cover expenses. Chinakov got to the final 8 of this event through luck of the draw. Very simple
We're halfway there, Dennis is in the finals. He's one tough hombre.
Gonna' be tough for Shane to beat Albin though, I think Albin's been playing the best of anyone.
Yeah Albin has looked really good. Dennis has been playing well, but starting slow, which is tough (but not impossible) to overcome with alternate breaks. Albin and Shane have been the most consistently good throughout the sets, with Albin more so IMO.
