Not as dramatic if it were to have been at say, The US Open semis, but no less *unfreakingbelievable* on this slightly smaller stage.
The semi final at The Steinway Classic last night featuring Mika vs Shane for the chance to meet Jayson in the final.
They played a hard fought match and it came to hill/hill and in that last game they traded a couple of great safes, the last one delivered by Mika (or Meeker depending where you're from) was more than jail, it was Ft. Knox-like and to Shane's credit, even from that lockdown he damn near made the hit, but didn't.
Mika takes BIH and has an easy layout maybe just a notch above connecting the dots.
As he gets to the 6 or 7b he can feel the finish line, he pumps his fist and starts strutting around the table. He makes it to the 8, no problem, then he pots the 9 and as whitey is traveling 3 rails around for perfect shape on the 10b, Mika takes his cue like a baseball bat and air-bunts over the cue ball coaxing it along until it landed just right, nicely off the final cushion.
He has a routine slight offset shot on the 10 into the bottom left corner, in all about a 4ft shot for the win. He lets go, it rattles, and the 2nd titty sends the 10 all the way up table near the other same-side corner pocket. What???
The crowd all gasped in unison, Mika dropped backwards right onto the floor in disgust, then as he got up he flung his cue onto the next table, everyone was in stunned disbelief.
fwiw, this was a ball that we very often see conceded, man this makes you wonder. A world champ dogs a very routine case ball to make it into the final.
Shane had to wait about 5 minutes for the place to settle down enough to pot the pretty easy 10b for the win.
Should a final ball ever be conceded in an important tourney?
best,
brian kc
The semi final at The Steinway Classic last night featuring Mika vs Shane for the chance to meet Jayson in the final.
They played a hard fought match and it came to hill/hill and in that last game they traded a couple of great safes, the last one delivered by Mika (or Meeker depending where you're from) was more than jail, it was Ft. Knox-like and to Shane's credit, even from that lockdown he damn near made the hit, but didn't.
Mika takes BIH and has an easy layout maybe just a notch above connecting the dots.
As he gets to the 6 or 7b he can feel the finish line, he pumps his fist and starts strutting around the table. He makes it to the 8, no problem, then he pots the 9 and as whitey is traveling 3 rails around for perfect shape on the 10b, Mika takes his cue like a baseball bat and air-bunts over the cue ball coaxing it along until it landed just right, nicely off the final cushion.
He has a routine slight offset shot on the 10 into the bottom left corner, in all about a 4ft shot for the win. He lets go, it rattles, and the 2nd titty sends the 10 all the way up table near the other same-side corner pocket. What???
The crowd all gasped in unison, Mika dropped backwards right onto the floor in disgust, then as he got up he flung his cue onto the next table, everyone was in stunned disbelief.
fwiw, this was a ball that we very often see conceded, man this makes you wonder. A world champ dogs a very routine case ball to make it into the final.
Shane had to wait about 5 minutes for the place to settle down enough to pot the pretty easy 10b for the win.
Should a final ball ever be conceded in an important tourney?
best,
brian kc
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