TOP 10 Pro Pool SHOT SEQUENCES of All Time

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FYI, I just posted a new video that shows the TOP 10 BEST Pro Pool SHOT SEQUENCES of All Time, ranked in order based on interestingness or impressiveness. The selected sequences are listed below. Check it out:


Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - 10) Allison Fisher – long massé, bridge bank, bank
1:15 - 9) Robbie Capito vs Ko Ping Chung – 10-ball safety battle
2:49 - 8) Masato Yoshioka and Petri Makkonen – 8-ball safety battle
6:40 - 7) Luong Dung and Vilmos Foldes - three-foul-rule jump escape
7:27 - 6) Efren Reyes and Mika Immonen - masterful safety battle
8:41 - 5) Fedor Gorst – long tough kick, jump, bank
9:16 - 4) James Aranas – kick off side-pocket point, long tough jump, combo
9:44 - 3) Jayson Shaw – jump, jump, long-cut, break out, jacked up, four rails into the line, power draw
10:40 - 2) Nick Varner - two-rail kick bank, long one-rail kick, and finesse runout
12:24 - 1) Chris Melling - timed carom kick combo, long massé shot, and four-rail bank through traffic
13:26 - Wrap Up
13:59 ---- shot montage

As always, I look forward to your feedback, comments, questions, complaints, and requests.

Enjoy!
 
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Good job on an entertaining video.

As for #9, Ko Ping Chung was involved in a far more interesting and far more impressive safety battle than this at the 2022 International 9-ball. He and Wiktor Zielinski went close to half an hour in a double hill safety battle in the Round of 16.

As for #3, Yapp's miracle jump shot and subsequent runout at the 2022 Michigan Open was more impressive.

Agreed that Melling's sequence is the greatest in recent years but calling these 10 examples the best sequences ever is comical. Better to call them "ten sequences that really impressed me."
 
sjm said:
Good job on an entertaining video.
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Thanks. This one was fun to put together.

sjm said:
As for #9, Ko Ping Chung was involved in a far more interesting and far more impressive safety battle than this at the 2022 International 9-ball. He and Wiktor Zielinski went close to half an hour in a double hill safety battle in the Round of 16.

As for #3, Yapp's miracle jump shot and subsequent runout at the 2022 Michigan Open was more impressive.
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Please post timestamp links if videos are available. Thanks

sjm said:
Agreed that Melling's sequence is the greatest in recent years but calling these 10 examples the best sequences ever is comical. Better to call them "ten sequences that really impressed me."
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… but that would be a boring “non-click-bait” title. 🙄

Best regards,
Dave
 
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Please post timestamp links if videos are available. Thanks
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Not every great match and sequence is streamed or recorded, Dave. I'm not sure who Yapp's opponent was in the match noted. Ko Ping Chung vs Wiktor Zielinski was played on an outer table.

One "miracle runout" that I know was streamed (because I watched it on stream) was a runout by Kaci late in the semifinals of the 2022 World 10-ball that includes a jump-in, a kick in and a long bank. The mind-blowing jump was over two balls and he played about eight feet of shape off of the kick in. It's among the least probable runouts I've ever seen and came at a huge moment in the semis of a sanctioned World Championship with Kaci trailing 7-6. It was every bit as difficult at Shaw's runout, listed at #3. Here's the link -


Time stamp 1:41:30
 
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sjm said:
Not every great match and sequence is streamed or recorded, Dave. I'm not sure who Yapp's opponent was in the match noted. Ko Ping Chung vs Wiktor Zielinski was played on an outer table.
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Understood, but it is kind of difficult to include them in a Top 10 video if no video is available. :geek:

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One "miracle runout" that I know was streamed (because I watched it on stream) was a runout by Kaci late in the semifinals of the 2022 World 10-ball that includes a jump-in, a kick in and a long bank. The mind-blowing jump was over two balls and he played about eight feet of shape off of the kick in. It's among the least probable runouts I've ever seen and came at a huge moment in the semis of a sanctioned World Championship with Kaci trailing 7-6. It was every bit as difficult at Shaw's runout, listed at #3. Here's the link -


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Thank you for posting that. I've added it in the list of video links here:


Here's an even more impressive sequence from Kaci (bank, bank-combo, carom, jump, carom/bank) that somebody posted in a comment on YouTube:


That's one thing I like about posting videos like this. People usually post links to other awesome shots or sequences I haven't seen yet.

Enjoy!
 
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Here's an even more impressive sequence from Kaci (bank, bank-combo, carom, jump, carom/bank) that somebody posted in a comment on YouTube:
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Yup, that's a dandy, and of nearly comparable, but less, difficulty than Shaw at the International and Kaci at the World 10ball. For me, the other two are much more memorable because they occurred in the late stages of major championships.

Thanks for sharing.
 
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sjm said:
Yup, that's a dandy, and of nearly comparable, but less, difficulty than Shaw at the International and Kaci at the World 10ball. For me, the other two are much more memorable because they occurred in the late stages of major championships.

Thanks for sharing.
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You're welcome. It sure is nice that most top tournaments now are captured on video. It makes it easy to find tons of great "highlight reel" footage.
 
dr_dave said:
You're welcome. It sure is nice that most top tournaments now are captured on video. It makes it easy to find tons of great "highlight reel" footage.
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Yes, but most matches are not streamed. I would guess that only 5% of all matches played are streamed, even at the majors.

If the most impressive shots/sequences/matches occur during a streamed match, it's usually just by chance.

On the other hand, the biggest shots/sequences/matches are the ones that occur in the late rounds of major events when the stakes are highest, and such matches are usually streamed. That's why Shaw at the International 9-ball finals and Kaci at the World 10-ball semis should always be in the discussion.

If you can find it, Rack 17 of the 2022 World Pool championship semi between SVB and Kazakis belongs in the discussion of the greatest run outs ever. The mind-blowing shot is one in which SVB makes a carom while simultaneously opening a cluster to set up an improbable runout that all but clinched his place in the final.
 
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sjm said:
Yes, but most matches are not streamed. I would guess that only 5% of all matches played are streamed, even at the majors.

If the most impressive shots/sequences/matches occur during a streamed match, it's usually just by chance.

On the other hand, the biggest shots/sequences/matches are the ones that occur in the late rounds of major events when the stakes are highest, and such matches are usually streamed. That's why Shaw at the International 9-ball finals and Kaci at the World 10-ball semis should always be in the discussion.

If you can find it, Rack 17 of the 2022 World Pool championship semi between SVB and Kazakis belongs in the discussion of the greatest run outs ever. The mind-blowing shot is one in which SVB makes a carom while simultaneously opening a cluster to set up an improbable runout that all but clinched his place in the final.
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not the whole rack but the key shot i assume
 
bbb said:
not the whole rack but the key shot i assume
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Yes, that's the one. The imagination required coupled with the superb execution caused me to call this the "shot of the year" in my 2022 recap. Given the magnitude of the moment, it might just be the best single shot of SVB's career.

As Boyes wisely observed, this shot completely derailed the Kazakis comeback. Moments later, SVB advanced to the final on route to his first world championship.
 
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sjm said:
Yes, that's the one. The imagination required coupled with the superb execution caused me to call this the "shot of the year" in my 2022 recap. Given the magnitude of the moment, it might just be the best single shot of SVB's career.
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Agreed. Great imagination, perfect execution, big moment.
 
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