Some very good and very informative posts by J.W. in this thread.
Especially what he says in post #67 about how pool is mentally tougher than snooker (in general), I completeley agree.
It goes the same way as straight billiards vs 3cushion, the former is the toughest one mentally since pts are...
A discussion/debate about money-lists and rankings could be endless.
It is not easy to say when and for whom they are good indicators and when misleading.
Since we talk about Nick E. lets take him for example:
AZB moneylist
Of all the tournaments tracked by AZB in 2014, he has entered exactly...
I said 10x for 2014 which I know for fact, I haven't checked other years but i am pretty confident that more than 80% of his winnings are missing.
No site unfortunately, tournaments like this one though could have been tracked since
sixpockets.de is a quite reliable site...
Trey there are far more tournaments worldwide than those tracked by AZBilliards.
AZB is doing a great job and improving every year its coverage, but I understand this a very difficult task if input is not provided regularly from overseas.
Nikos has more than 10x tournament winnings in 2014...
SVB will probably also play at the 9ball tournament which will take place there the days before the challenge
(Souquet confirmed among the participants, don't know who else)
So he won't be totally unfamiliar with the table and other conditions by the 28th
Home room+ country+ continent advantage is much bigger than people seem to realize.
SVB should be a slight favorite in a neutral venue, bigger in the US, but in this set up I'd make the line even or slight fav NickE
Quarter Finals:
Canada- China 2...................2-4 (Canada lost last match hill-hill)
Philippines- Japan..................3-3 goes to shootout
UK- China 1..........................3-3 goes to shootout
Ch.Taipei- Sweden.................4-0
And what a difference can make just a simple result-coverage and a live-stream...
I remember the 09 championship in Doha won by Bustamante went on almost unnoticed and we never watched his awesome performance (he pretty much destroyed everyone by quiet a margin)