What in heavens name is Japanese rotation?!
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What in heavens name is Japanese rotation?!
Continuous rotation played to a certain number of points (usually 120, 180, 240, etc.) On the last ball in each rack, if you get the cue ball back to the kitchen, you get to break from where it lies, if not, your opponent gets the break. On fouls, you can decide to have ball in hand in the kitchen, the lowest numbered object ball spotted on the center or foot spot, or both.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4RlwJ896PtlvZS9aumjjUw
That channel has a lot of national amateur level matches
Tomoo Takano's path to victory in the 2018 All Japan Championship:
Qualifier:
1. Ramil Gallego 7-9
2. Kuo Po-Cheng 9-7
3. Toshiyuki Haraguchi 9-4
Single-Elimination (Last 64):
4. Yusuke Kuroda 11-8
5. Warren Kiamco 11-5
6. Johann Chua 11-8
7. Tomoya Iima 11-7
8. Ko Ping-Chung 11-5
9. Toru Kuribayashi 11-6
Qualifier:
1. Ramil Gallego 7-9
2. Kuo Po-Cheng 9-7
3. Toshiyuki Haraguchi 9-4
Single-Elimination (Last 64):
4. Yusuke Kuroda 11-8
5. Warren Kiamco 11-5
6. Johann Chua 11-8
7. Tomoya Iima 11-7
8. Ko Ping-Chung 11-5
9. Toru Kuribayashi 11-6
When I played there years ago, it was just run of the mill convention center fluorescent lights from a ~30' ceiling with a big fluorescent (led?) chandelier thing in the middle. They probably have switched to led by now, but I doubt they get special lighting just for the tournament.
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He is now #84 on the world list
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He was at 746 when I looked yesterday, so this event bumped him up 22 points. Pretty good!
He moves a bit once in a while. He has many thousands of games in the system, and continues to play at a high level, so changes aren't large.
Here's a list from about two years ago. SVB has really fallen since then.:wink: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=438483. Wu has dropped 20 points since then (far fewer games in the system), and Shaw is up a dozen or so.
‘Cause white guys can’t dance
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Great win by Takano. It is good to see a relatively unknown player snap it off against many other favored players. Before this event, he was outside top 100 Fargo, ranked 40+ in Japan and 400+ in WPA rankings.
Last relative unknown to win was Raymond Faraon few years ago.
Congrats well done, Takano.
Last relative unknown to win was Raymond Faraon few years ago.
Congrats well done, Takano.