I just spoke to a friend of his in Vegas, he's still winning plenty of challenge matches, no ones chasing him around looking for Action. He's got some figuring out to do tournament wise, buts NO "flash in the pan".
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I just spoke to a friend of his in Vegas, he's still winning plenty of challenge matches, no ones chasing him around looking for Action. He's got some figuring out to do tournament wise, buts NO "flash in the pan".
I have often wondered, and maybe some of you more knowledgeable folks might know, but how many of the truly elite, top 10 level players have families including children. Obviously you have the power couple, Josh and Pia, but I have not heard of them having any kids.
There is also Sky who has children, but whom I would consider a level below elite/top 10.
Maybe Shaw? He certainly has an elite gear, you just don't see him winning in the big tourneys as consistently as he did a decade ago.
Just a curiosity. In most sports, after a big win you see the winner bring his kids onto the course/field during celebrations. I can't remember ever seeing that in pool.
There is also Sky who has children, but whom I would consider a level below elite/top 10.
Maybe Shaw? He certainly has an elite gear, you just don't see him winning in the big tourneys as consistently as he did a decade ago.
Just a curiosity. In most sports, after a big win you see the winner bring his kids onto the course/field during celebrations. I can't remember ever seeing that in pool.
This is a subtlety. But the FargoRate approach doesn't require or assume that a late-stage high-pressure match is somehow the same as an early-stage match in a lower-profile tournament.
Rather it assumes that averaged over your high-pressure matches, your opponents were also playing in high-pressure matches and impacted similarly.
A particularly player could be unusually affected by or unusually unaffected by that pressure, and we wouldn't capture that in any meaningful way.
Flash in the pan in terms of winning a big WPA or WNT event, or getting to the finals of one.
Raga has also had several quarterfinal and final 16 finishes in big events. Talent is there. Commitment, we'll see.
Carlo Biado and Johann Chua are the best players in the world who have young kids. Shaw and Sky have kids, as you noted. Kazakis and Alcaide, too. Szewczyk has a young son.
I am not aware of any other very active top 20 or so player with kids.
Thanks for the insight. I imagine it just adds another obstacle to reaching that level...especially for a game like pool...
I think Souto is also 23. He had outachieved most of these. He won two WNT ranking events last year and also came 3rd at the International 9ball.
I stand corrected.
Capito is the one that troubles me. He runs the table almost as well as anyone in the game, but he has failed to develop the other skills needed to win. I think Kural is every bit the player Capito was a few years ago. I'm curious to see whether he adds all the complementary skills. If he does, he has a very high ceiling. I watched Kural live twice, and he really wowed me with his cueing skills.
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I can't take the Predator/WPA events seriously.
So for me, the top 3 are still Yapp, Biado and Gorst.
Filler's recent record in the US Open and World Championship is really poor, especially for a player of his calibre.
- Generous pockets
- Sets instead of racks
- Shoot-out if tied
So for me, the top 3 are still Yapp, Biado and Gorst.
Filler's recent record in the US Open and World Championship is really poor, especially for a player of his calibre.