pool said:
pool,
Slight error. TheOne is NOT John Schmidt. His name is Craig Riley (check his website which he has a link for in his posts). John Schmidt posts as "John Schmidt" making it somewhat easy to identify him.
14.1 Championships in New Brunswick, NJ
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pool,
Slight error. TheOne is NOT John Schmidt. His name is Craig Riley (check his website which he has a link for in his posts). John Schmidt posts as "John Schmidt" making it somewhat easy to identify him.
pool said:I was there last year...This was my first exposure to Jasmin Ouschan and I was immediately hooked. I still believe she will be the dominant woman player in billiards someday. She has an amazing game.../Since there really were not that many spectators, people are lying about being there, or just about everyone in attendance was an AZ regular!
As far as you pointing out Ouschan, her stroke was more fluid and natural than anybody I remember seeing there.
Very good event to attend, the only problem was the scoring.
I can say I sat in the stands and had NO idea Thorsten Holman was on or close to a 170 run until they announced it.
Gregg said:Since there really were not that many spectators, people are lying about being there, or just about everyone in attendance was an AZ regular!
My wife bought me two of the DVDs for my birthday- one of them is the match between Hohman and Engert, and another, the match between Engert and Immonen.
I saw several AZ posters in the stands:
[In retrospect, this was kind of an invasion of privacy. sorry]
The Engert/immonen disc also has Jeannette Lee playing Goldwater. Periodically, the camera pans to catch Lipsky playing on the next table.
I'm sure there were others in the stands as well.
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fred_in_hoboken said:
Damn, I was sure I'd go unrecognized. I've been denying that was me for 6 months now!
rg
mthornto said:
If you are looking to make a trip to NYC from the Hilton, you're better off taking a bus to Port Authority from Tower Center East Brunswick. It is right next door from the hotel and the ride is about 45 min with light traffic. This way, you won't have to cab it to the train station and back afterwards.
NYC cue dude said:Damn, I was sure I'd go unrecognized. I've been denying that was me for 6 months now!
rg
ha. well, the names I deleted from my post were people who were *not* playing in the tournament and didn't have their names on the DVDs.
14.1 dvd's
I BOUGHT ALL THE DVD'S AND THEY ARE GREAT;NYC cue dude said:
On the DP site and the WPA site it says 8th-14th (Sunday to Saturday). Does it really end on Saturday?NYC cue dude said:
Last year the event was great, but itd be helpful to the audience if they had some type of closed circuit feed. I remember sitting at the bleachers looking 80ft across the room to see blurs and blond and black shooting pool.
I dont have bad vision but its just easier on the eyes you know. They did have scoreboards but seriously to see that across a 80ft measure, and not want to walk around the room just to respect the players match.
It was an injustice to the audience. If they just had a little tv monitor hooked up to a camera feed. I think the Hilton has built in wiring wall connectors for audio and video, pretty sure about the audio not too sure about the video. That would be a delight and I wouldnt have to be shouting out to see which players are working up a sweat.
I dont have bad vision but its just easier on the eyes you know. They did have scoreboards but seriously to see that across a 80ft measure, and not want to walk around the room just to respect the players match.
It was an injustice to the audience. If they just had a little tv monitor hooked up to a camera feed. I think the Hilton has built in wiring wall connectors for audio and video, pretty sure about the audio not too sure about the video. That would be a delight and I wouldnt have to be shouting out to see which players are working up a sweat.
Roughly how many spectators were at this thing during the weeknights, 10, 30, 80, 200? Weekends?
I counted heads at the finals. I think it was not over 100, but I'll have to check my notes.Njhustler1 said:
anyone else? thoughts on number of attendees? if someone (i.e. PoolTees) intends on being a vendor there, does it even make sense to show up during the week if there's only a handful of spectators? or not until the weekend when there's a decent amount of spectators?
And can we somehow advertise this better then every other year it's happened. Can you send/email me some flyers i'll put them up in the pool rooms i bum out at.
I'm 30 minutes from S brunswick, and every year no one knows the dates, details, etc around here. Yes, we're all idiots and don't know how to search, but some people need it flashed in their faces for 10 hours to remember something.
I'm 30 minutes from S brunswick, and every year no one knows the dates, details, etc around here. Yes, we're all idiots and don't know how to search, but some people need it flashed in their faces for 10 hours to remember something.
NYC cue dude
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tiptoety said:
Dragon promotions should have info on it's website.
The dates are July 8th through the 14th. Play begins on the 9th, and yes it does end on a saturday.
Unfortunately, this year there will be no amatuer event.
rg
NYC cue dude said:
No info as to any qualifiers yet. Any idea when they will be held? Where in Chicago? (I've already emailed Dragon and asked)
Are the top 16 of last year invited? Any confirmations? Will the field be 64?
I wonder if any more of the good Filipino players like Manolo, Reyes will come this time. Any other old timers like West, Rempe?
Anyway, thanks for the wonderful event. I've been watching and rewatching the videos the last few weeks. Thomas Engert is very smooth and I hope to see more of his 14.1 game.
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dmgwalsh said:
There is no info yet on the qualifiers, because the dates haven't been confirmed with individual room owners. As soon as they are, they will be announced. This year there will be 2 additional qualifiers. Texas and california.
Top 16 finishers are automatically reinvited. The field is limited to 64. With 4 mores spots being filled by the extra qualifiers (18 spots in total), that leaves only 30 spots to be distributed world wide.
I forgot the exact number, but there needs to be a certain amount of international players present for the event to be sanctioned by the wpa to be a legitimate World Championship.
We invited all the old timers last year, and a lot of philipine greats. Not sure what will happen this year, as I am not in charge of inviting players, but I sure would love to see ALL the best players compete.
Thomas engert has one of the most ELEGANT straight pool games I have ever seen, although I havent had the opportunity to revist all those matches since they were actually played.
rg
Note to self = get those dvd's and watch them, often!
It is so much work just to find where those dvds are on sale. I went to Amsterdam and couldnt find any of the dvds for sale.
I also think I Blatt Billiards doesnt have them for sale either. Im not big on shopping on the internet and the places I goto for billiards gear doesnt sell them.
So what dvds is nyc cue dude talking about? I know they exist but where are they for sale.
Im sorry for not seeing the obivous connections but it would help had someone been more explicit.
I also think I Blatt Billiards doesnt have them for sale either. Im not big on shopping on the internet and the places I goto for billiards gear doesnt sell them.
So what dvds is nyc cue dude talking about? I know they exist but where are they for sale.
Im sorry for not seeing the obivous connections but it would help had someone been more explicit.
dvds
http://www.seyberts.com/instructional/videos/14.1/index.htm
I bought them at all pro for about $35 more than Seyberts is charging. This is a great deal at Seyberts. Free shipping, too.
Engert, Immonen, Hohman, Robles, Salvas, Otterman, Hopkins, Ouschan, Williams, Hunter, Schmidt, Eberle, Goldwater, Lee, Archer, Harriman. 5 dvds 10 matches. Commentary on some not all.
Watch and let's discuss.
justnum said:
http://www.seyberts.com/instructional/videos/14.1/index.htm
I bought them at all pro for about $35 more than Seyberts is charging. This is a great deal at Seyberts. Free shipping, too.
Engert, Immonen, Hohman, Robles, Salvas, Otterman, Hopkins, Ouschan, Williams, Hunter, Schmidt, Eberle, Goldwater, Lee, Archer, Harriman. 5 dvds 10 matches. Commentary on some not all.
Watch and let's discuss.
