2024 World Pool Championship

[CanadianGuy]

jealousy around Lombardo

who wouldn't want to tour the world shooting pool with financial independence

or even hit his fargo level for that matter

 

[sjm]

Lombardo will probably lose his next match, but credit to him.

Yes, he deserves a lot of credit. Pia is a very solid player whose game is regularly underrated on AZB. It's a solid win and I wish him the best in Stage 2. Like you, I admire his persistence as a competitor.

 

[sjm]

You know who has got a really tough draw in Stage 2? Everybody!

It's a field of giants and by the time we get down to the last 16, I expect 14 or 15 of them to be Fargo 800 or better.

How tough was it to qualify? Lechner and Gorst, both ranked among the WNT Top 16, each had to beat a Fargo 800+ just to make it to Stage 2. Four former world 9-ball champions, Biado, Appleton, Feijen, and Ouschan, did not even reach Stage 2 and neither did UK Open runner-up Fortunski.

Welcome to the new world order of 9ball. Nobody is safe when there are this many great players in every Matchroom major.

Good luck to the 64 outstanding players that remain.

 

[Vahmurka]

I've spent 10 minutes looking for brackets on the MR website and can't find them

That is because they are not smart enough to make the brackets easily visible for those of users who they forced to register first. Unbelievable!

 

[Vahmurka]

Out of curiosity, who do you all think is the absolute slowest 750+ fargo player? I know many that are pretty slow, but hard to think of someone specific that is slower than the rest. Kaci? Hennessy?

Kaci (probably KaciS, as I've heard ppl say Kledio is a copy of Eklent), Albin, Fedor. Chang Jun Lin.

Make a round robin contest between those to figure out who is THE Slowest

 

[Monti]

That is because they are not smart enough to make the brackets easily visible for those of users who they forced to register first. Unbelievable!

I find the site fairly simple and good to follow. Brackets you click on the bracket icon as per this photo

 

[iusedtoberich]

Out of curiosity, who do you all think is the absolute slowest 750+ fargo player? I know many that are pretty slow, but hard to think of someone specific that is slower than the rest. Kaci? Hennessy?

Chang. Albin. Hennnesey. Charlie Williams. Danny Bassavich (deceased).

 

[iusedtoberich]

MR website and info around this event is the suck
massive fail

Go to the live scoring site and register. Its excellent.

 

[SBC]

He might be the next Hunter Lombardo. Goes to every tournament, never in the finals.

I know pool is a hard game but Tyler makes it look so much more difficult. I'm watching him vs Kledio Kaci on Table 1 right now and he takes like 40 seconds for a simple stop shot. It always seems like he wants it too much and never seems to grasp it. He needs to loosen up a bit if he plans on winning.

I thought pros were supposed to make it look eaeasy.

Hunter barely survived Pia Filler.

 

[SBC]

Chokers Stone Classic World Cuckold Derby Open Quitters Championship.

Presented by Matchroom in 2027 after the Thorpe Cup.

And the Bergman Open

 

[Vahmurka]

Albin having a mareView attachment 761428

and mind you, which chalk was that???

 

[jokrswylde]

What country has the most participants in the final 64?

 

[Vahmurka]

What country has the most participants in the final 64?

Quick glance at the bracket provided by @spartan gave me 9 players. I bothered to count only Pinoys, and I guess no other country has more. (Usually there also as many Polish guys who advance to single elims, but here they did not even participate at the extent they normally do).

 

[Vahmurka]

I find the site fairly simple and good to follow. Brackets you click on the bracket icon as per this photoView attachment 761516

A pretty knowledgeable friend of mine couldn't navigate how to find the brackets for about half an hour, until he gave up and asked me.

And I would have not known the answer myself, had I not learnt the hint from wonderful AZB forum earlier

 

[Vahmurka]

This has probably been pointed out already but here goes.

I see a lot of wood shafts being used in this event. It would be interesting to know what the number of wood and carbon fiber shafts are on the playing cues.

I’m likely off topic as I have not been following the thread so carry on. I’m not likely to catch up, too busy these days.

From what I noticed (without really trying to pay attention) wood shafts are used mostly by Asian players. Perhaps even by those who can't afford a $500-600 funny toy.
I hope the reason is really they understand true value of a great wood shaft and respect that a lot.

 

[jbart65]

Quick glance at the bracket provided by @spartan gave me 9 players. I bothered to count only Pinoys, and I guess no other country has more. (Usually there also as many Polish guys who advance to single elims, but here they did not even participate at the extent they normally do).

Also,

8 from Taiwan
6 from US
3 from Poland
3 from UK
3 from Spain

 

[Vahmurka]

Yapp on the hill 8-7 and had this 9 ball.

He stood over it for a bit. Got down and back up. Finally Melling just got up and shook his hand conceding the match.

I wonder if he was in pain from his foot or just tired of how slow Yapp had been.


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And I wonder when Matchroom starts following their own The Official World Nineball Tour Event Rules ---- Rule 12 in particular.

 

[Mensabum]

they're retarded. some say their foray into sports will help them out of their medieval cognitive situation but i'm doubtful. happy for pro pool players to get their pay raise though.

Infidel!!!

 

[Flakeandrun]

From what I noticed (without really trying to pay attention) wood shafts are used mostly by Asian players. Perhaps even by those who can't afford a $500-600 funny toy.
I hope the reason is really they understand true value of a great wood shaft and respect that a lot.

I don't think it is anything to do with affording.
Have you seen how much some of these wood shafts cost? Most of these players are sponsored, so are either given or choose wood.
There is a more purist attitude toward product and what works, which is why they choose this. There certainly is in China anyway.

 

[Smutzc]

He is a nice clean cut kid. Loves the game, has rock solid fundamentals, puts in the work tirelessly in table time and has the best coach in the world.

Having said that, none of the positives noted above can help him overcome his Achilles heel. It has a lot of names, contenderosis, 10 cent head, etc.
At the end of the day, Tyler Styer lacks heart and that is not something that good fundamentals, a tireless work ethic or a top shelf coach can provide him. You either have it, or you don’t. His ability to always find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory would seemingly indicate he doesn’t have it.

It always seems to be true that Tyler dogs it…. And it usually is right after you tell yourself “ maybe this is where Tyler shows what he is made of”. I really think he does have the heart. I think he just gets in his own head. I can almost guarantee, if he worked with a top tier Sports Psychologist we would see him improve, and get into that 800 club