Well, De Ruyter acquitted himself pretty well, winning 6 games vs. Chang. He made several errors in the first half of the match, to trail 5-2. As for his breaks, he did do what he was advocating on the 10-Ball streams, just slugging the break from near center with lesser regard for the cue ball. He was successful on 4 of his 6 breaks (3 B&Rs), one was dry, and one sent the cue ball off the table.This regular commentator on Predator events, De Ruyter is probably the most critical of all commentators and most stingy with his praises. No good shot by any of the top players is good enough for him. I expect this joker to break perfectly, not miss any shot, make all right decisions or not make any errors
I’ve watched him commentate for 30 seconds. I of course am going to be very cautious when being critical of fellow commentators, but his immediate analysis of the layout of the break … every 8-ball player would have disagreed. So did the shooter.
IMO Darren is best 8ball player. Or at least has been for a long time even if he's fallen off recently. I think his patterns are generally high percentage and when I watched him commentate, the speed with which he sees the balls connect is unreal. He's calling 4 balls as the last ball stops rolling. Love his commentary.
I agree- great commentator.
The brackets say the Pagulayan match this morning was a Table 1 match. But I can't find it in the saved matches on YouTube (nor on Facebook or Kozoom). Anyone know whether it was really played on Table 1 and, if so, is it available for replay somewhere?
Here we go again. Free stream pro pool and someone's bitching. Wow, how novel. WTF, dude don't watch it.
Here we go again. Free Pool & Billiard forum and someone's bitching about someone stating their opinion. Wow, how novel. WTF, dude don't read it.
I was watching it live on Kozoom. I don't believe the other channels went live until the next round at 11:00 or whatever. Pretty sure it was table 1.
I agree 100%. I actually also played there. It had best rules.
Darn right. The size of the winner's check is not the measure of a tournament. That's a smoke screen we all see through.
What were his rules? I liked the IPt rules. Ball in Kitchen after scratch on break, no mixed combos on open table, scratch on 8 loses.
At this level with many of the best players in the game, allowing them to have an open table after making a ball on the break makes the game far too easy. "Take what you make" is the only way a professional Eight Ball tourney should be played. Well, at least the five ball is orange.
