That opening shot was huge, that could have easily gone wrong
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That opening shot was huge, that could have easily gone wrong
yes of course he dogged it a bit, but baseth played well also, and was brave in his shot selection. congrats.
i would have preferred to have a westerner in the semis, but well done philippines..
All four semifinalists are Pinoy! I rest my case! Am I allowed to say I told you so?
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Team Asia sure could have used a player of Chua's caliber. He looked a bit rusty at times, but for the most part, his play was scintillating.
Surprised by some results, though. FSR was great, then got clobbered.
Yapp just doesn't look anything at all like he did last year.
Hoang looks very tired. He has played every single major tournament this year except for one.
SVB seems more erratic to me this year. Fedor, too.
Moritz Neuhausen has not built on his win in the European Open.
Pecelj has hit a new level. He lost to Chua, but it was close. It could have gone either way.
Surprised by some results, though. FSR was great, then got clobbered.
Yapp just doesn't look anything at all like he did last year.
Hoang looks very tired. He has played every single major tournament this year except for one.
SVB seems more erratic to me this year. Fedor, too.
Moritz Neuhausen has not built on his win in the European Open.
Pecelj has hit a new level. He lost to Chua, but it was close. It could have gone either way.
Everybody on team usa is a joke, give it a rest and grow up
Nobody cares
this event is a helluva proposition.. travel to the philippines on your own dime, have one barrel, play these monsters..
flip side of the coin, it's not as expensive for the filipino entrants, and the prize money is worth more for them
My dark horse Regalario is gonna win.
I don't mind the occasional single elimination format, but I'd like also like to see a major matchroom event with a true double elimination format. I'm not sure it's appreciably better in the US open that you can win your first matches, then once it becomes single elimination you draw Aloysius Yapp in the round of 64 who was jet lagged and lost his 1st round match to Brandon Shuff or someone like that.
The real issue is, like always, the prize funds are embarrassingly small.
The prize fund is $100,000 - the total travel costs paid by the players to even get to the event is probably close to twice as much - how is that sustainable?
I tend to agree. I also think that they should leave the jump cues at home - I think Efren's kicking creativity is his greatest contribution to the game of 9-ball
On paper ROW would be favored every year, but I expect the Pinoys would make a fight out of it every year
And no, I'm not saying ban jump cues...but for this specific event, it'd make for a style of play consistent with the events namesake
he would be very deserving. just look at rack win difference. but i'm hoping for a raga v chua final. lots of nervous energy between the both of them
uk_9_ball_convert
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I watched extended highlights of the Jayson Shaw v Fedor Gorst match and they were both unbelievably erratic. Jayson looked at his best for the first half of the match and probably should have won comfortably. But around the middle of the match he started missing balls he never would normally, seemed to lose a bit of confidence and let Fedor back into the match. Gorst also missed a lot of shots you really wouldn't expect him to, whilst displaying his normal amazing proficiency with the jump cue. Saw someone comment on Gorsts facebook page that with all the misses it wasn't the Fedor they knew, and Fedor just replied "you don't know me at all" which made me laugh. Must be annoying being in the public eye and everyone piles on when you have a bad day.
Really enjoyed this shot by Jayson when he had to make a bank shot in a split second after realising he didn't have an extension
I hadn't heard of the player that beat SVB before. Is that my ignorance or is he fairly unknown?
uk_9_ball_convert
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I find the Rest of the World too vague a concept to get behind to support. I'd prefer Philippines v winners of Mosconi or Philippines v Rest of Asia. The latter would mean we get to see different players and arguably a different style of pool than the Mosconi so would feel more of a unique thing of its own (and therefore more interesting IMHO)
yea, played a few tournaments after the pandemic but mostly money matches (beat fedor) before he turned to heyball
nickname "kingpin" and used to have a big gang(?) tattoo that's now removed. i presume he has roots in mindanao with that name