The Reyes Cup

[Bob Jewett]

A lot of people where I am at are convinced it's a fix to draw in the Asia market. Some have even stopped watching. Which I find quite funny being that I am in Asia

Naw. If you're going to script the event, you make it closer. Win by two at most. Maybe there is something to home court advantage.

 

[straightline]

It makes you wonder how people who see boogeymen around every corner make it through the day without having a mental breakdown.

Not all are paranoid pea brains. The knowledge is available if not exactly on CNN.

 

[Fatboy]

Naw. If you're going to script the event, you make it closer. Win by two at most. Maybe there is something to home court advantage.

I agree home court matters a bit, just not this much

 

[DaWizard]

Congrats Team Asia! Well deserved win. Altogether it was great to have seen the very first Reyes Cup!

 

[iusedtoberich]

Asia performed at a +39 point FargoRate vs Europe for the entire event.

Entire event game scores at conclusion of event:
Asia 76
EU 58

Day 1 game scores:
Asia 22
EU 19

Day 2 game scores:
Asia 20
EU 11

Day 3 game scores:
Asia 13
EU 9

Day 4 game scores:
Asia 19
EU 19

 

[skogstokig]

glad for the recognition players like duong and yapp got here. and of course for the celebration of efren. thumbs up.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Efren vs Scott might be coming up, according to what Scott siad on the mic yesterday. IDK where to watch it though. I think the bonus Busty match yesterday was not on DAZN, and I only saw highlight shots on FB.

 

[JAM]

 

[skip100]

well. team asia puts mosconi cup into perspective.

And this squad didn't even include:
Ko Ping Chung, 837
Anton Raga, 829
Dennis Orcollo, 824
Chang Jung Lin, 824
Naoyuki Oi, 819
Lee Van Corteza, 819

Talk about a B team

 

[skip100]

Not all are paranoid pea brains. The knowledge is available if not exactly on CNN.

Meanwhile, in the real world people understand that the Asian team is just better at pool than the players Europe brought. Not that complicated.

 

[something_pool]

This was another great event by Matchroom, and fantastic to see Reyes getting a cup named after him. But one thing that I will never understand is the camerawork during these major tournaments. Someone tell the directors that extreme closeups of the cueball before it's about to be hit are not useful. In the case game of the Yapp v FSR match, the crucial shot of the match was this extreme back cut on the 3 ball:

Instead of showing this shot with the full table view, the camera cuts to this closeup:

A small nitpick with an otherwise great event, but I can't stand how common this sort of camerawork has become in pool.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I agree home court matters a bit, just not this much

Yeah, not that much, but random rolls can make the rest of the difference, along with no Filler.

The final game score was 76-58 which is an entirely reasonable result after 134 games between equal players just by chance. That much margin or more is statistically expected about 16% of the time.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Meanwhile, in the real world people understand that the Asian team is just better at pool than the players Europe brought. Not that complicated.

Exactly like EU vs USA. Its as simple as that.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Exactly like EU vs USA. Its as simple as that.

I may have missed it -- what was the average FargoRate of each team?

 

[iusedtoberich]

I may have missed it -- what was the average FargoRate of each team?

IDK. I only did the difference based on their scores. I didn't see the avg posted in this thread.

 

[BlueRaider]

This was another great event by Matchroom, and fantastic to see Reyes getting a cup named after him. But one thing that I will never understand is the camerawork during these major tournaments. Someone tell the directors that extreme closeups of the cueball before it's about to be hit are not useful. In the case game of the Yapp v FSR match, the crucial shot of the match was this extreme back cut on the 3 ball:

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Instead of showing this shot with the full table view, the camera cuts to this closeup:

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A small nitpick with an otherwise great event, but I can't stand how common this sort of camerawork has become in pool.

There was also a moment where, when faced with a tough kick shot, David Alcaide looked up at Efren and jokingly offered him his cue:

4M views · 10K reactions | David Alcaide needed Efren Reyes to teach him a trick or two here 😅 #ReyesCup ⭐️🇵🇭 | By Matchroom Pool | Facebook

David Alcaide needed Efren Reyes to teach him a trick or two here 😅 #ReyesCup ⭐️🇵🇭

www.facebook.com

Likely a callback to this famous moment:

Sadly, the cameraman/producer/editor never cut to Efren's reaction.

 

[iusedtoberich]

@Bob Jewett

 

[skogstokig]

There was also a moment where, when faced with a tough kick shot, David Alcaide looked up at Efren and jokingly offered him his cue:

4M views · 10K reactions | David Alcaide needed Efren Reyes to teach him a trick or two here 😅 #ReyesCup ⭐️🇵🇭 | By Matchroom Pool | Facebook

David Alcaide needed Efren Reyes to teach him a trick or two here 😅 #ReyesCup ⭐️🇵🇭

www.facebook.com

Likely a callback to this famous moment:

Sadly, the cameraman/producer/editor never cut to Efren's reaction.

that was great. i think david's shot could've worked on a less slick cloth. reverse didn't seem to bite at all

 

[straightline]

Meanwhile, in the real world people understand that the Asian team is just better at pool than the players Europe brought. Not that complicated.

Never dissed the players. Ko is a fave, Chua is on youtube taking Filler's money. They can all play. Your point's not that complicated. It's just not the point.

 

[nmh2008]

Awesome event - I do think there will be more intensity on the European side in the future. They aren't going to want to be embarrassed like this again.

It's criminal that Ko Ping Chung wasn't on the Asian side, but I'm not sure who you leave off - especially given the focus on growing the game in Vietnam.

I think someone mentioned it earlier in the thread, I do like the idea of making this event jump-cue free. It'd be a fun and fitting wrinkle for this one event. Efren's creativity and instincts kicking are really where his mark will be forever left on the game.