Look, I am a big fan of SVB and bet on him in this match, but let's not be too quick to call Dennis washed up.
This format favored Shane. Newer cloth and template racks made the importance of the break paramount, and he was up against it. Of course he played bad. That's what happens when you are getting beat.
If they were to play again in the same format I don't think Dennis is very live. But if they played on a gold crown with worn cloth and tight pockets using a triangle rack it might go the other way. I'm not saying Shane only wins because of his break, but he definitely likes getting into rhythm and trying to put big runs together and play loose. If there were more multiple inning games and it was nip and tuck he wouldn't run Dennis over like this. He might still win, but Dennis would be tougher under those circumstances.
My point is Dennis is still one of the best in the world, and maybe the best all around player on the planet right now. He was willing to get in the ring with a titan of an opponent. That takes courage. We can fault him for losing or admire him for stepping up to the plate. Dennis has plenty more beatings to dish out, and SVB might not be exempt.
Nope and i agree with you , Dennis is definitely among the elites of this game with numerous young filipinos players looking up to him.
But he often asked for more than he can handle.
If you wind back along the years of BiG CASH GAMES that he played , results are not looking too good on his end with all his woofing antics.
He woofed at Yang many years back in the color of money 2 race to 60 in 9 ball, on all his conditions , in his country , with his homecrowd and the climate he’s used to ,
He still got a beat down of 18 games in a shorter race to 60 .
And he tied with tony in one pocket .
And if i remember correctly , he posted once on facebook asking shane to stick to tourneys cuz he wld bust him for the cash snd he got exactly what he wanted.
A race to 120 which he agreed and results shown otherwise .