Yup, it was a pleasure. If you'll be at the US Open 9-ball in April, I'll see you then.
What day do you arrive?
Yup, it was a pleasure. If you'll be at the US Open 9-ball in April, I'll see you then.
What day do you arrive?
Definitely. He was in big and entertaining action just not on streamed tables except for the Alex match. I watched some in person and he seems like a good natured dude who likes to play 1p for high stakes. And I'm a neophyte where one pocket is concerned, but I thought he made some pretty sporty shots here and there. He made some bad ones too, but enough good ones to make it pretty tough action for those wanting his cash.Lol! Probably JRB. Entertaining action was pretty sparse this year.
Personally, I don't find pool entertaining just because the bet is high. Even if two players play for $1,000,000 a rack, if they aren't displaying top level pool, what's entertaining about it?
In contrast, when Filler played JL Chang a 10-ball race to 17 during the 2019 Derby for a few thousand, the room was absolutely packed and many viewers watched through the door while standing. Now that's entertainment!
Personally, I don't find pool entertaining just because the bet is high. Even if two players play for $1,000,000 a rack, if they aren't displaying top level pool, what's entertaining about it?
In contrast, when Filler played JL Chang a 10-ball race to 17 during the 2019 Derby for a few thousand, the room was absolutely packed and many viewers watched through the door while standing. Now that's entertainment!
Thanks for your report. I like that it is like a BTS (Behind the Scenes) coverage of the going ons that those of us watching the stream don't see..On reflection, I think the Filipinos were a very big part of the story at the Derby. Orcullo, of course, won the bank pool. Still, just as impressive is that three of the last four in the Bigfoot were Filipino (Corteza, Bustamante and Pagulayan) and three of the last four in the nine ball were Filipino (Corteza, Aranas, and Orcullo). That's very impressive.
Money doesn't particularly fascinate me. Even with my love of classic cars I have never made it through an auction show. Pressure and how people handle it, that is endlessly fascinating to me.
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You're a legend, Stu. I can't watch a video on YOUTUBE of a great match without seeing Stu front and center with a giant smile on his face. #legend
A loss by Dennis and an Aranas win would have given Thorpe the Master of the Table as Dennis would have finished fourth in that scenario. Dennis lost to Filler, but Corteza's win over Aranas decided the all-around.
A loss by Dennis and an Aranas win would have given Thorpe the Master of the Table as Dennis would have finished fourth in that scenario. Dennis lost to Filler, but Corteza's win over Aranas decided the all-around.
You're a legend, Stu. I can't watch a video on YOUTUBE of a great match without seeing Stu front and center with a giant smile on his face. #legend
I think we need to let this go. In our sport said:Yes, we need to let this go. The reason I brought it up is that I overheard this conversation and think that the naïve, such as me in the gambling world, should at least be aware.
By the way Stu, from your comments, you are easily one of the most respected on this forum.
… you are easily one of the most respected on this forum.
I heard there was a fairly young player from Parkersburg, WV, who went deep in the one pocket tourney. Who was that?
No doubt, pool players do "business" with each other. In a perfect world it wouldn't be so, but the truth is that it has always been this way.
How many remember when the World 9-ball Championships Stage 1 was decided in groups having a Round Robin format, in which the top few in each group advanced to the knockout. Racks won was the tiebreaker between players of equal record. Allowing a friend to win or, at least, to win as many racks as they needed to advance, was a major issue and a common practice.
How many remember the IPT, a multi-stage 8-ball tournament which used round robin groups to determine who would advance to the next stage? Once again, rack count was the tiebreaker. We all know "business" was done back then.
Another situation when "business" is sometimes done is in any pro or amateur event with a Calcutta. When the player who bought half of himself plays the guy who bought all of himself in a late round match, the door is wide open for "business" to be done.
Doing "business" is not the sole domain of the Filipino contingent, but a practice found practically everywhere when these kinds of situations arise.
Let's not compare this kind of doing "business" to something like the 1991 Challenge of Champions, in which some of the players are widely believed to have conspired to rip off a Las Vegas sports book.
I think we need to let this go. In our sport, "business" has been and always will be done. Sad but true.