2024 World Pool Championship

[bbb]

i am a huge fan of Gorst, Kaci and Chua - three of my four favorite players. I’d like to see any of them win.

Who is number 4?

 

[skogstokig]

1-1. quality play from both

 

[skogstokig]

chua up 2-1 after a lucky return to the table. kaci missed a sitter when the first shot clock buzzer came, chua capitalized.

he's breathing different today for sure, really needs to compose himself

 

[skogstokig]

kaci scratches at 2-2, chua makes a 2-7-9 combo carom with ball in hand

 

[skogstokig]

kaci is struggling with the shot clock

4-2 chua

 

[skogstokig]

6-2, chua playing really well

and never threatened by the buzzer. his average shot time is a 8-10 sec faster than kacis

 

[weakfingers]

6-2 to Chua and 100% on making a ball off the break.

Speaking of shot clock, Chua seems really good at managing his rhythm and the shot clock. After thinking about the shot at hand, he frequently glances up at the shot clock, verifies that he has enough time, takes a few quick breaths, and gets down on the shot.

Edit: Earlier, the commentators were saying that Kaci would be more experienced with the shot clock, having played in the Mosconi Cup and more Matchroom events. I don't necessarily disagree -- Kaci just tends to use the full 30 seconds more often, and he doesn't seem to mind addressing the cue ball in sync with the buzzer.

 

[Colonel]

his average shot time is a 8-10 sec faster than kacis

Only because there’s a shot clock. If there wasn’t, he’d be 1-2 minutes faster than Kaci

 

[JAM]

The place is a ghost town at the World Pool Championship. Kaci v. Chua in the semifinals. Playing for a $50,000 swing between $50,000 for semifinals and $100,000 for runner-up and maybe $250,000 for the win. There is no audience. The majority of viewers are pool players.

 

[JAM]

I am not agreeing with Scott Frost on some shots. Oh well! I'm just a railbird.

 

[The_JV]

The place is a ghost town at the World Pool Championship. Kaci v. Chua in the semifinals. Playing for a $50,000 swing between $50,000 for semifinals and $100,000 for runner-up and maybe $250,000 for the win. There is no audience. The majority of viewers are pool players.

I'm guessing next year MR will make further efforts to black out the spectator seats to avoid the bad optics

 

[skogstokig]

6-3 and kaci back in

 

[JAM]

Kaci's stroke, he has a lot of room from his bridge hand to the cue ball. Long stroking it?

 

[Island Drive]

Where's the link to this match?

 

[CanadianGuy]

I feel the announcers were way too hard on Kaci in rack 10 after he passed on the three ball

that would have been a crazy tough shot , his safety ended up being ok, then later a stellar jump shot and he wins

 

[JAM]

I'm guessing next year MR will make further efforts to black out the spectator seats to avoid the bad optics

As a pool fan, this is embarrassing,

 

[JAM]

I feel the announcers were way too hard on Kaci in rack 10 after he passed on the three ball

that would have been a crazy tough shot , his safety ended up being ok, then later a stellar jump shot and he wins

I agree. I feel like Kaci made the right decision when he played safe, yet Scott et al. said he should have gone for it. No way, man!

 

[CanadianGuy]

Where's the link to this match?

not sure where you are but Matchroom forces us in Canada to buy mrlive for $6 for the final day

 

[skogstokig]

Edit: Earlier, the commentators were saying that Kaci would be more experienced with the shot clock, having played in the Mosconi Cup and more Matchroom events. I don't necessarily disagree -- Kaci just tends to use the full 30 seconds more often, and he doesn't seem to mind addressing the cue ball in sync with the buzzer.

is this his first match on the main table?
yes in earlier tournaments he has had two ways of dealing with the clock, shoot before the buzzer (usually at ~23 sec) or wait it down, pulling the trigger with 2 seconds left

6-4

 

[CanadianGuy]

there are a couple illegal streams on youtube if you search