Well, i gave it my all. This game still just leaves me flat. There's no 'spark' to it imo. The coverage was good, i like the refs on every match but the game is just not a fun watch. If you like it go for it. Wouldn't mind playing it but there's no table within 1000mi of me. Its never going to be a hit in the US. Its damn near impossible to get people on a regular 9ft, they'd never go for this.
2026 JOY Heyball Grand Masters Finals
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Amazing game. Zhang missed a couple of fairly easy pots in the 62nd and 63rd racks. Pressure, pressure, pressure.
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Down 32-25 G. Potts recovered until hill-hill. Kunpeng broke dry! Potts misses the 2nd ball of the sequence... Kunpeng solves a cluster and get a bad cushion roll after trying to remove the penultimate ball off the cushion.. drama, but Kunpeng played a successful crosse table to the middle pocket. Tap in the last 2 balls and win...
Last 4 in the tournament are chinese players. At the moment no other country player from the planet can win there.
Last 4 in the tournament are chinese players. At the moment no other country player from the planet can win there.
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Potts must feel absolutely twisted sick after missing that two ball,
final 8 pays around 20k, final 4 gets 40k,
in a manner of speaking that was an expensive 20k missed shot on the two
unreal match and final frame, as was Zhang's cross bank on his second last ball to get him over the line
final 8 pays around 20k, final 4 gets 40k,
in a manner of speaking that was an expensive 20k missed shot on the two
unreal match and final frame, as was Zhang's cross bank on his second last ball to get him over the line
How long did it take to play this match?
but I"m f$%^ing hungry squid...
40k for 3rd when winner gets 750k.. that's very top heavy.
I found two YouTube videos that included a total of 57 of the 65 games, at a total of about 6 1/3 hours. So all 65 games were likely over 7 hours, maybe as long as 7 1/2.
CanadianGuy
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its actually 40 for 4th,
85k for third, 220k for second, and 725k for first, and yes top heavy
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works for them
this game has many cultural differences that most here are just not familiar with
having been to China several times and played in some of those rooms their way of doing things is just different, at the same time very easy to adapt
unfortunately i still have not had a chance to attend a tournament
this game has many cultural differences that most here are just not familiar with
having been to China several times and played in some of those rooms their way of doing things is just different, at the same time very easy to adapt
unfortunately i still have not had a chance to attend a tournament
i guess. for most of them it's a domestic affair, which makes the prize money structure more palatable than if you travel there from australia or germany. but still it's a wild first prize relative to the other single elim payouts
They pay 240 spots
I was talking with a manufacturer/wholesaler who does business in China and is in a position to know, and he said that if you add up participants in all cue sports, more than half of them play heyball. If that's true, and I can believe that it is, that could provide the needed funding.
You need to tell them about savers.