Thanks for posting that, very interesting. Happen to know where Corey finished? Anybody else notice the way Corey quit trying to pocket balls and started scratching the cue? Didn’t take him long to catch on.
He played 3 matches total, won this one, but lost others 4:1 to a mid level players.
I think they don't award particular rank except for those who got to the finals so in the end listing he was just in lower group who ranked 120-200 (of about 200 total participants).
Of his 3 opponents one end in the same lower ranked group, 2 other made it to the next 60-120 group.
Also Max Eberle played 2 games on this tournament - lost both 4:1.
No data available for 2018, but there is a note that Deuel also played pyramid during the Kremlin cup 2016. But only single match - lost 5:2. Seems rules where different back then and it was single elimination.
Regarding his caroms - yeah, seems he quickly got used to it and pocketed numerous at least medium difficulty shots later in the match. I'm sure if he had a week for practice he would have made it to top 30.