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2023 World Pool Championship, Kielce, Poland
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the syrian sidewinder
ortmann plays like that too, it's weird as hell. but since their wrists are also cocked inwards it compensates somewhat for the side stroke. and he follows through well, stays down, so in that regard it's sound. most sidestrokers i've played tend to jump up a lot
The shorter time we cover, the more statistical uncertainty, and it becomes harder to tell what's real and what's a swing.
With that said, over the past 12 months, and including players with at least 100 games/month (i.e., 1200 games total), specific performance ratings (not Fargo Ratings) are
1 Filler 844
2 Gorst 843
3. Ruiz 841
4. SVB 831
5 Chang 836
6. Ouschan 825
7. Shaw 824
Over last 6 months and including players with 600+ games,
1 Gorst 850
2. Ruiz 848
3. Shaw 842
4. SVB 841
5. Kaci 833
6. Yapp 830
7. Filler 828
Nice gesture well done FSR. Also the Syrian sidewinder seemed genuinely happy for him to win- he’s my new favourite player.
All in all a cracking tournament!
Original. Maybe Hoppewinder. Man he used to blow my mind.
Soufi is the only pro I see who not only does not look like a robot, but appears to genuinely be HAVING FUN playing pool.
He was pure entertainment and made the game look both easy and enjoyable.
I'm sure he won a lot of fans on the world stage.
ETA as others have pointed out, I totally forgot about Oi and Gomez -2 more characters who are fun to watch.
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Seismicwinder
I like FSR's pace and pre shot routine - doesn't look to me like FSR was cut from the "slow down; slow back; pause; fire" mold.Soufi is the only pro I see who not only does not look like a robot, but appears to genuinely be HAVING FUN playing pool.
He was pure entertainment and made the game look both easy and enjoyable.
I'm sure he won a lot of fans on the world stage.
Holy crap.
Watching soufi play is like watching me play- without the success part.
When he gets out it looks real tough. A couple times a rack!
Watching soufi play is like watching me play- without the success part.
When he gets out it looks real tough. A couple times a rack!
FSR off to another strong start for the year.
Sorry I just woke up from a really long nap...I assume Mike Sigel won again. Is that right?
No, I think Buddy Hall beat him in a hill-hill final.
It's like watching Chris Melling, except Soufi is more Melling than Melling.
Legendary.
To me, the pro player today that plays with the most emotion and joy is Roberto Gomez. If Soufi is another like Gomez, it's to pro pool's advantage.Soufi is the only pro I see who not only does not look like a robot, but appears to genuinely be HAVING FUN playing pool.
He was pure entertainment and made the game look both easy and enjoyable.
I'm sure he won a lot of fans on the world stage.
Have you ever looked for the opposite? For example, has one of the pros we all know played much worse than their rating for 600 games?
Jay I did see him in his prime, and you're right when he was in the groove he was great. But when he wasn't - careless mistakes, whining, complaining, etc. Not my favorite player to watch.
here's ortmann. note the hip being further away and in a different angle from the traditional stance. weird but it works for them, somehow