2015 World Chinese 8 Ball Masters field looks amazing

Does anyone know what Alex is doing on there right now?

It looks like he's playing exhibition games or challenge games against some of the fans.
 
the problem with these tables as I see it is that the game is for ball potter/straight shooters

if you get out of line with the rock it's hard to spin your way back into position, and shots like banks, kicks, jumps, etc....are almost non existent, you simply must pocket balls clean and stay in line with the rock period

this is a good thing for some people i guess, not so much for myself

the absolute worst part by far is the break, just hit and hope

i still really like it though, pool is pool

and Dennis imo shot pretty godamn amazing, some of his run outs were ridiculous, the mistakes he made were few and pretty much only the errors you would expect from someone transitioning to this game, nothing major

watching Dennis play is something special
 
smashmouth said:
the problem with these tables as I see it is that the game is for ball potter/straight shooters

if you get out of line with the rock it's hard to spin your way back into position, and shots like banks, kicks, jumps, etc....are almost non existent, you simply must pocket balls clean and stay in line with the rock period

this is a good thing for some people i guess, not so much for myself

the absolute worst part by far is the break, just hit and hope

i still really like it though, pool is pool

and Dennis imo shot pretty godamn amazing, some of his run outs were ridiculous, the mistakes he made were few and pretty much only the errors you would expect from someone transitioning to this game, nothing major

watching Dennis play is something special
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I've seen plenty of banks. The guy Dennis beat actually planned one his patterns (that I saw) for a bank.
 
JayKidd said:
Stephen has no excuses for the misses at all, he have been playing on these tables for more than 2 years, few dozens of matches, in all of which he had less than 1/5 of misses and far better cue ball control. I think this match is an example of recklessness on both side.
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Stephen has a great excuse.

He's old.
 
even better, he's paid alot more additional monies from his chinese endorsements and alot of other chinese stuff

guaranteed he doesnt practice this game, just shows up and smiles
 
What time are the Live Streams? I have not been able to watch one yet here on the east coast.
Is it on late at night or early morning?

Thanks.
 
JLange said:
What time are the Live Streams? I have not been able to watch one yet here on the east coast.
Is it on late at night or early morning?

Thanks.
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Go back in this thread and see what time people were giving live play by play.
 
a schedule

JLange said:
What time are the Live Streams? I have not been able to watch one yet here on the east coast.
Is it on late at night or early morning?

Thanks.
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Scroll down for a schedule and I think they are 14 hours ahead of central time USA right now. I could be confused on the time offset, I did a quick search to find it but I haven't slept for going on two days and things are a bit bleary!

Hu


http://alison-chang.com/event/2015-world-chinese-8-ball-masters/
 
I just witnessed Chris Melling in full flight. He beat Yang Fan 13-6, missing only 3 shots in the match. Yang jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the strength of two B&R's and a great rail-first pot (way off the rail) from a decent safety by Melling.

Then Melling won 9 games in a row to take it to 9-3. At this point, Melling had already tallied 4 B&R's in a row (on his alternating breaks). Then Yang started matching him with the B&R's, which went on for 6 more games in a row (3 each), taking it to 12-6. Yang finally broke dry and Melling ran out for the 13-6 win.

All told, it was 12 B&R's in the 19 games (5 of 10 for Yang and 7 of 9 for Melling). And Chris' 7 were on his last 7 breaks -- an alternating-break 7-pack.

Quite a display.
 
Yeah, Melling looked very strong. He played so fast the clock still had enough time left for another race to 13.
 
The round-robin stage (in 4 groups) has ended. All 12 of the Jan. 7 matches involved a Chinese player and a non-Chinese player, and it was an even split for the Chinese. So, for all 36 round-robin-stage matches that involved a Chinese player and a non-Chinese player, we have:

China 22 - Rest of World 14.

Tomorrow -- Single elimination. But from the Alison Chang website, I can't tell for sure how it works: "In each group, the top 4 players are qualified for the second stage. And the Top 2 in each group get into quarter-finals directly." ?????
 
yeah that makes little sense, plus the tourney is being advertised as Jan 5-8 which suggests what.......the entire second part is in one day?

plus I can't read the brackets nor even tell who is into the second round, lol

amazing tourney thus far, VERY professional
 
Alex lost by a slim 10-9 to him and has beaten two chinese

pretty amazing considering i don't think these guys would stand a chance on an american table
 
AtLarge said:
The round-robin stage (in 4 groups) has ended. All 12 of the Jan. 7 matches involved a Chinese player and a non-Chinese player, and it was an even split for the Chinese. So, for all 36 round-robin-stage matches that involved a Chinese player and a non-Chinese player, we have:

China 22 - Rest of World 14.

Tomorrow -- Single elimination. But from the Alison Chang website, I can't tell for sure how it works: "In each group, the top 4 players are qualified for the second stage. And the Top 2 in each group get into quarter-finals directly." ?????
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It works like this: each group have the top 2 players advance into a 8 player bracket, they all play 3 matches to determine their final ranking with the 1st through 8th. The 3rd and 4th places from each group will play in a similar bracket for the final 9th through 16th ranking. The reason is that all prize figures for the top 16 are different, so they will play in a single elimination fasion to decide the exact prize order.
 
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