2019 China Open 9ball/9ft (5-8 Sep) Winner $40K
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Nice job on the summary of each rack. Thanks!
Hey that’s me in the middle 
You had gaga, gara, and ellen kasi,
You had gaga, gara, and ellen kasi,
Finally the Filipino Fargo throne has been handed over! Dennis Orcollo's reign ends as Anton "The Dragon" Raga rockets all the way up to 4th place in the world, at a score of 820.
One nice supplement to the standard Fargo display may be to show the risers and fallers with green and red up and down arrows such that we can see the recent rating trajectory, at least for the top players list.
One nice supplement to the standard Fargo display may be to show the risers and fallers with green and red up and down arrows such that we can see the recent rating trajectory, at least for the top players list.
Seems strange, wasnt he like 37th or something like that?
I also think Siming went down even though she won the women's
Just going my poor memory, i dont think she dropped-may have gone up a couple a points.
Above all else, I'll remember two things about the 2019 China Open:
1) the way Spartan made it possible for the American based fans to experience it
2) how great an event the China Open truly is
It's so rare that most of the elite in pool are found in the same place at the same time, but it's quite the treat. Anyone who can top a field of this quality is truly a special player, and with apologies to the Darryl Peach fans out there, cinderella stories are extremely rare in events like these.
Well played, Mr. Wu.
1) the way Spartan made it possible for the American based fans to experience it
2) how great an event the China Open truly is
It's so rare that most of the elite in pool are found in the same place at the same time, but it's quite the treat. Anyone who can top a field of this quality is truly a special player, and with apologies to the Darryl Peach fans out there, cinderella stories are extremely rare in events like these.
Well played, Mr. Wu.
That's the shot I was thinking of as well, and obviously Raga would have considered it. The only thing I can say is that it's very difficult to judge the hit on the 2 and the speed of the shot slow-rolling the cueball from that distance, and you're also completely at the mercy of whether or not the table rolls true.
Superb performance by Raga. Kid's got all the moves. If I am not mistaken, probably the first qualifier to get into a final. For now, he's surpassed the more well known young Filipinos Chua, Ignacio, Aranas going deep into a major event.
Thanks for the kind words, sjm.
Peach as Cinderella cracked me up :grin-square:
Thanks but actually game by game updates was by PoolBum
Match Videos
Video links
Final (Wu v Anton Raga)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/2501354673432094/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8bXU-7PGs
Semifinal 1 (Wu v SVB)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/659117124593064/
Semifinal 2 (Anton Raga v Eklent Kaci)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/2391807577726298/
Some other matches
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlisonChang0203/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl5M7AEFM30ogL4KVIhJyVg/featured
https://www.facebook.com/pg/hoangsaohoa/videos/?ref=page_internal
Video links
Final (Wu v Anton Raga)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/2501354673432094/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8bXU-7PGs
Semifinal 1 (Wu v SVB)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/659117124593064/
Semifinal 2 (Anton Raga v Eklent Kaci)
https://www.facebook.com/hoangsaohoa/videos/2391807577726298/
Some other matches
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlisonChang0203/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl5M7AEFM30ogL4KVIhJyVg/featured
https://www.facebook.com/pg/hoangsaohoa/videos/?ref=page_internal
Raga had a great event, but look at Ignacio’s year! It’s been phenomenal.Superb performance by Raga. Kid's got all the moves. If I am not mistaken, probably the first qualifier to get into a final. For now, he's surpassed the more well known young Filipinos Chua, Ignacio, Aranas going deep into a major event.
Thanks for the kind words, sjm.
Peach as Cinderella cracked me up :grin-square:
Thanks but actually game by game updates was by PoolBum
Wu won two great hill-hill matches back to back. Shane played a good kick on the one and almost made it. Wu followed with a gutsy run out, the best shot being his position from the one to the three.
At 10-10 with Raga, Wu made a great kick shot on the two to leave Raga in a quandary what to do. Raga looked several times at cutting the two ball into the corner, using the four ball as a sideboard. He wanted to shoot that shot and finally changed his mind and went for the safety that failed. He regretted that decision after the shot cost him the match. The old saying applies here, "think long, think wrong." His first instincts were probably the best.
At 10-10 with Raga, Wu made a great kick shot on the two to leave Raga in a quandary what to do. Raga looked several times at cutting the two ball into the corner, using the four ball as a sideboard. He wanted to shoot that shot and finally changed his mind and went for the safety that failed. He regretted that decision after the shot cost him the match. The old saying applies here, "think long, think wrong." His first instincts were probably the best.
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THANK YOU SPARTAN! My Greek brother from another mother.
"think long, think wrong." My favorite Jayism.
Does fargo system consider the "last played time" or in other words "frequency" for a player.
For example if Jiaqing Wu right now for some reason will never play a match of pool any more his score will be 828 for forever? He will likely stay on the top of the list for a really long time.
Sorry if I miss anything but Mike Dechaine 802 HUH? the guy doesn't play any more.
For example if Jiaqing Wu right now for some reason will never play a match of pool any more his score will be 828 for forever? He will likely stay on the top of the list for a really long time.
Sorry if I miss anything but Mike Dechaine 802 HUH? the guy doesn't play any more.
