Sharks International 9 Ball Open (24-29 July), Philippines, Prize Fund $100K

jay definitely upped the production with his commentary

from what i have seen of big boys vs nonames, nothing has been suspicious, the lesser known players have mostly shown impressive ability and mental fortitude.

oi leading lil ko 5-3 now on the stream. oi is playing speed pool atm
 
Jay, how is the venue in person? Can you tell us a bit more about the setup, layout, etc. Is it air-conditioned (affects table play of course). What do you think of a setup like this vs the open rooms with the chickens walking around and the money flowing each rack with the side betters. That's a lot of fun to watch as a fan, wheres this feels a lot more stale. What do you think of the online betting they have set up here. Do you think its legit, or set for dumps?
Very nice set up with seven tables in one large room and one TV table in a separate room. Yes to AC. No comparison to the conditions in the outdoor venues you see money matches played on. I like the Rasson tables with the gray cloth. They play good! Roll true, bank good with tight pockets. A good playing field for this event imo.

They have a full resturant downstairs and a bar that serves food upstairs. Private viewing rooms to watch matches from one level above. All and all a first class venue. One drawback is very little spectator seating. You may have to stand along the wall to watch.
 
If there was more separation (use of lighting) of the table/underneath & it's surrounding area, like Snooker.... the production would be even better.
The current lighting, seems to wash out the players/table into one.
 
villafuerte going strong despite break misfortunes, 11-7 is almost impossible to catch up in an alternate break format against a guy like oliver
 
And then there were 4.

Day 5 (28 July) Starts 15 hours from now
1st semifinal (5pm local 5am Eastern)
Ko Ping Chung v Patric Gonzales
2nd semifinal (7pm local 7am Eastern)
Michael Feliciano v Oliver Villafuerte

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Never heard of Villafuerte before. But a quick youtube search shows that he played an international tournament in Liuzhou (China) back in 2017...


There is also a more recent video of Chezka apparently beating Villafuerte in a local 10-ball tournament (not sure the score)...

 
Just turn on the stream, pause it, run some errands, get a drink, press play. Now you're behind 30 mins or so on the livestream.

Every time the pause is on, you fastforward to the break. That break counter is really helpfull to time the fast forward just right.
 
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