48th All Japan 2015 (11-15Nov2015) (10ball) Amagasaki, Japan

[DaddysVisa]

Chua played an amazing match. He missed two balls only. He must have shot 0.975+. Shane played well too, I only think he played a couple poor shots himself. That poor bank on the 1-ball at 9-4 was not a good choice. It looked like a double kiss that that's exactly what happened.

Chua's hyper-aggressive style and confident shotmaking reminds me of Earl or Mika. An unusual style to see a Filipino playing.

 

[AtLarge]

Chua played an amazing match. He missed two balls only. ...

3 misses for Chua:

5-ball in Game 7
1-ball/3-ball combo in Game 8
10-ball in Game 12

 

[AtLarge]

3 misses for Chua:

5-ball in Game 7
1-ball/3-ball combo in Game 8
10-ball in Game 12

Correction:

he also missed a cross-side bank on the 8-ball in Game 3 -- probably a 2-way shot.

 

[gxman]

How many BNR by each? I lost track..

 

[AtLarge]

How many BNR by each? I lost track..

1 out of 7 breaks for SVB, 4 of 10 for Chua

 

[spartan]

Great performance by Johann
Amazing that he has so few errors despite being out of position so many times. Heck he doesn't care if he gets out of position , he can shoot his way out
I also see that his safety game is very strong compared to couple of years ago . That safe on 1 in last rack was just wicked

He knows the TV table and breaking well so I see him as favorite now in final v Alcano in about 1 hr from now
A win here will be his biggest win and propel him into big stage
Go go kid

 

[AtLarge]

I see Chua was 3rd in this event in both 2012 and 2013, so he has obviously bettered that already. Looks like we're going to continue seeing Filipinos in the top ranks for many years.

[This event had a first prize of $28,600 in 2012 vs. about half as much this year!]

 

[arps]

in 2012, chua was stopped by Ko Pin Yi in the semis. in 2013, he almost made it to the finals - lost to Chang Jung Lin on a hill-hill battle. i wish that he wins the japan open. he truly deserves it.
he was supposed to play in the US Open this year - just got denied a US visa.

 

[f210]

:thumbup: Very impressive win by Johann Chua. He has a strong break, has no problem with long distance shots, plays excellent safeties and can jump great too.

Has he been to the US already? I would like to see him match up with Dechaine, Bergman, Woodward, Dominguez, etc. From what I have seen, he will give all of them a run for their money.

 

[AtLarge]

Alcano made a nice comeback to win from 4-9 down. But I noticed a couple of things about him now.

1. For a while (a few years ago, probably), he seemed to be trying to imitate Eften's warm-up-stroke pattern. He seems not to be doing that now -- which I think is a good thing.

2. He seems to sometimes have a total break in form or rhythm on tough shots. On most shots he plays rather quickly with a few warm-up strokes. But occasionally he will stand there pre-stroking a couple of dozen times (even with a bridge) and then botch the shot one way or another. Odd.

 

[gxman]

Dechaine and Justin is easily another level above Skylar Woodard and Oscar.

Johann Chua can probably play even with Shane long race 10b all day long.

With his break, he's probably a bigger threat in 10b than Dennis.

 

[AtLarge]

in 2012, chua was stopped by Ko Pin Yi in the semis. in 2013, he almost made it to the finals - lost to Chang Jung Lin on a hill-hill battle. i wish that he wins the japan open. he truly deserves it.
he was supposed to play in the US Open this year - just got denied a US visa.

arps -- On the chat, someone said Chua is 22 and someone else said 24. Do you know? Was he still a teenager when he finished 3rd 3 years ago?

 

[gxman]

arps -- On the chat, someone said Chua is 22 and someone else said 24. Do you know? Was he still a teenager when he finished 3rd 3 years ago?

Don't know how accurate this article is from earlier in the year, but it stated that Chua was 22.

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/print.php?sid=2656

 

[AtLarge]

Don't know how accurate this article is from earlier in the year, but it stated that Chua was 22.

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/print.php?sid=2656

So if that's accurate (22 in Feb. 2015), he would have been either 19 or 20 in Nov. 2012.

 

[arps]

arps -- On the chat, someone said Chua is 22 and someone else said 24. Do you know? Was he still a teenager when he finished 3rd 3 years ago?

either 23 or 24. not sure. all i know is that he's almost the same age as ignacio, just a couple of months difference.

 

[AtLarge]

Looks like no stream for the men's final (women's instead).

 

[f210]

BOO..... they are NOT putting the men's final match on the tv table. They are showing the GYK vs Chihiro instead.

 

[arps]

BOO..... they are NOT putting the men's final match on the tv table. They are showing the GYK vs Chihiro instead.

kinda like last year. when Faraon won against Oi Naoyuki, they never posted the finals match on ustream. LOL

 

[arps]

MEN'S FINALS HERE:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jpba-japanopen

 

[cmbwsu]

Men's final: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jpba-japanopen
Women's final: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/all-japan-championship