2023 World Pool Championship, Kielce, Poland

[Colin Colenso]

The AZB article seems to infer that Ruiz is Italian??? Jeez.

"The final action of the day came from Nineball World No.1 Sanchez Ruiz against Chang Jung-Lin. Chang left Sanchez Ruiz breathless winning the opening three racks but the tides turned quickly as El Ferrari found his gears to accelerate away like an Italian stallion."


Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP)

The Italian Stallion from Spaniol is 4-1 favorite to win the final imho.

 

[kling&allen]

I think the final begins begins at 12:30 Eastern (6:30 GMT+1).

 

[skogstokig]

The Italian Stallion from Spaniol is 4-1 favorite to win the final imho.

the bookies agree.

 

[iusedtoberich]

the bookies agree.

What! 4:1? Is that legit that you can actually bet it somewhere? That line makes no sense.

 

[JAM]

Interesting that while Francisco Sanchez Ruiz was playing Mario He in the semifinals, Mohammad Soufi was sitting in the audience sweating their match with his buddies having a blast.

 

[BlueRaider]

Amazing how FSR has gone from David Alcaide’s compatriot and “understudy” to possibly the best tournament player in the world right now (or at the very least tied with Gorst).

 

[skogstokig]

What! 4:1? Is that legit that you can actually bet it somewhere? That line makes no sense.

bet365 had when i checked soufi at 3.75 and ruiz at 1.25. but i realize now those are european decimal odds and may differ from yours (every buck on soufi times 3.75)

 

[Lynch]

Would you report if the matchroomlive stream works today (last day), or only the DAZN does? Thanks.

Only tried DAZN earlier which worked great, which it typically does for me. If I think about it, I'll try to see if both Matchroomlive and DAZN work for the final. Good idea.

 

[garczar]

The AZB article seems to infer that Ruiz is Italian??? Jeez.

"The final action of the day came from Nineball World No.1 Sanchez Ruiz against Chang Jung-Lin. Chang left Sanchez Ruiz breathless winning the opening three racks but the tides turned quickly as El Ferrari found his gears to accelerate away like an Italian stallion."


Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP)

Referring to his nickname. You can relax there sparky.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Speaking of Italian stallions, I watched Rocky 3, 4, 5 (multiple again…) this week with dad on Netflix. I liked 5 best

 

[jalapus logan]

Referring to his nickname. You can relax there sparky.

Hey buddy....I lost my spark long ago!

 

[PoolBum]

I'll be rooting for the

 

[Lynch]

Only tried DAZN earlier which worked great, which it typically does for me. If I think about it, I'll try to see if both Matchroomlive and DAZN work for the final. Good idea.

The final doesn't appear to be available on Matchroomlive, which seems nuts to me, but good to know for the future. Seems DAZN is all that's needed to watch the bulk of Matchroom pool events, such as world championships and the mosconi cup.

 

[gypsy_soul]

Particularly off the rail. That last safety by FSR was good enough in terms of cue ball control, parked the whitey right where it belonged on that shot.

There is obvious swing of momentum. Mario might be in trouble from now on, as Sanchez Ruiz tasted blood and could see the finish line before his Austrian opponent.

I think Mario is fine , he got 3rd in the world finals , barely !!! I think other people need to work on things

 

[westcoast]

FSR definitely belongs in the discussion of the best player in the world. The guy seems to be in contention for every major tournament

 

[iusedtoberich]

This has got to be the dream final for MR. Cinderella story of an unknown, against the #1 player from last year.

Both shoot super super fast. Both are exciting to watch. Both smile and are fun.

 

[KAP1976]

Interesting to me that John Leyman isn’t reffing the finals.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Semi-finals highlights just went up on YouTube:

 

[skogstokig]

boyes needs to surrender his nickname, this guy is box office!

 

[BasementDweller]

This has got to be the dream final for MR. Cinderella story of an unknown, against the #1 player from last year.

Both shoot super super fast. Both are exciting to watch. Both smile and are fun.

If they would just play their slowest, they would play better. I kid. People should have enough freedom on here to be wrong from time to time.