2017 Derby City Bigfoot 10 Ball

oldzilla said:
sent it in Sir.
tyvm, I know they look forward to your input.
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I know it is extra "work", but maybe the commentators could take a couple minutes to glance at the players history on AZB?

http://www.azbilliards.com/people/6506-alexandros-kazakis/results/2016/

The briefest of glances at his 2016 record shows a 5th place finish in the World 9-Ball Championships, which is a heck of a finish in one of the toughest fields a pool player can compete in.

What SJM described there is not only unprofessional, it is extremely disrespectful to the player.
 
gxman said:
Wow Gorst is 16 from Russia??

Anymore info?
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Yes, a year ago as a 15 year old playing in his first Derby, he took Pagulayan to the double hill before falling 9-8 in the late stages of the Derby City nine ball event. Very skillful player.
 
sjm said:
Message to Accu-stats: Please arm the commentators with more information about the players.

The Pagulayan vs Kazakis match was introduced as a match between a giant and somebody who was about to get experience the hard way. Kazakis was labeled, more or less, a shot-maker with a puncher’s chance.

Obviously, neither of the commentators know that Kazakis is currently the WPA #11 ranked player, that he beat Pagulayan at the 2015 US Open easily (11-4 if memory serves) and that he knocked Van Boening out of the Greek Open in 2015. Kazakis is also the defending 2016 Kremlin Cup champion. Yes, Pagulayan was surely the favorite going in, and I was rooting for the living legend, but little respect was paid to the WPA #11 ranked player in the world.

As we saw, Kazakis is quite a complete player who plays the patterns quite well and plays adequately in the moves game. He’s clearly not one of pool’s biggest stars yet, but like Chinakhov, he must be reckoned a future member of Europe’s Mosconi Cup team. Although he managed a couple of them, he didn’t win by making super-tough shots, but instead by avoiding them.

Credit to Mark Wilson for admitting he had misevaluated Kazakis at the beginning of the match, but his suggestion that Kazakis’ game has developed considerably since the 2016 US Open was very unfounded, as Kazakis won the Kremlin Cup just a couple of weeks after the 2016 US Open, beating Hohmann in the finals. Alex has been a phenomenal player for at least eighteen months.

To be fair, I feel that this match was commentated skillfully, but I maintain that the commentators were not armed with enough information going into it.
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I feel Kazakis has been the best player outta Greece for a year and a half....
...Ekonomoppolis still has the creds....but it's just a matter of time.

And i agree about player info...commentators should have a bio sheet....
...and should do a short interview with each contestant.
 
stupid ass computer illiterate commentators (not accu stats fault)

STILL no archiving (TOTALLY accu stats fault)

so frickin easy and cheap to archive

I'll still support but fack if these guys can't get into 2017

still selling dvd's? like seriously
 
2017 Derby City Classic 10-ball BIG FOOT Challenge: Fidor Gorst defeats Appleton 11-10.... and shoots a respectable .809"

The text goes on a bit about the game and then says "You can watch in on YouTube...." although there is no URL to a video in the text.

I have no memory of
 
What's up with some of these strange new nicknames?

Calling Ekonomopoulos "Spartacus" is particularly odd. Spartacus was a gladiator/slave who escaped bondage, rose up against Rome, and despite fighting bravely, ended up being crucified. If I were Greek, I'd rather be compared with Alexander the Great, Hercules, Achilles, or Pericles.

Calling Chinakhov "The Siberian Express" is also odd. For starters, he is not a fast player. Second, the Siberian Express is a train that takes seven days to cross the frozen wasteland of Siberia ending in Vladivostok. Why should a European be flattered by comparison with an Asian train route through barren lands? Wouldn't a Russian rather be nicknamed for Peter the Great or Alexander Nevsky?

Who is coming up with these silly nicknames?
 
Man, a 10-foot Diamond table can really make most of these guys look human.

I wish all games were played on the 10-footer.
 
gxman said:
Wow Gorst is 16 from Russia??

Anymore info?
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If you are interested....
Gorst and Dudanetz have a YouTube channel called "the billiard brothers"...

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRGy6c3Wxw6IyX0RhKmoLRQ

They have a number of videos showing extremely difficult drills that they accomplish during their training.
These two young players are extremely skilled, and they have the work ethic to carry them far in their careers.
 
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Up 10-6, Biado missed a straight-in 10 ball for the match.

Chinahov has won the last 2 to get back to 10-8.
 
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