Alcaide vs Corey Duel

Island Drive

Island Drive

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I'm watchin' this match, and all I gotta say is Corey's opponent is nittin' em to death. He's supposidly one of the better players in the world, yet he gets ball in hand. Next A. places the cue ball in position that is Not right, yet he gets down, nice bridge, got his weight right, takes practice swings like he's gonna hit the cue ball....then gets up (ices' Corey) and walks around again assessing the situation and eventually (after at least a minute PLUS) shoots a straight in....draws his ball STRAIGHT BACK about 2 feet for perfect shape on I think the 3 ball. I watch his NEXT shot....and after him getting down on the shot WAY more than twice, in totally different STANCES....I had Enough and couldn't watch it....Mr Alcaide to me showed me EXACTLY how NOT to play pool AND exactly how one should NOT treat the GAME and your opponent. Alcaide, you gotta lot to learn.
 
But, he's winning...and it's the money. Whoops...I just tuned it to Corey vs Majid? My bad...didn't see the other match. Just got home.
 
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????? you mean Imran Majid right??? Deuel is not playing Alcaide, Williams is.

and yeah, it's the pressure... single elimination stages, you don't want to make any careless mistakes.
 
s0lidz said:
Thats Imran Majid playing Deuel.
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Oops...my mistake with the name...all the same, what he's doin' is NOT pool ....he's creating unsportsmanlike gamesmanship to get the money, its got NOTHING to do with the SPORT and what winning truly means. People that play PRO pool in this manner are not what this great game is all about.
 
I think mudd has it. It's not a move, it's just the player being extra careful.

Sometimes it's not enough to just pick up the cue ball, put it somewhere, and visualize the shot. You need to actually get down over it and feel what kind of swing is required. If the shot feels funky once you're down, it takes experience and discipline to get back up and reset or look around at other options. A lot of players would just go ahead and give it a try anyway even if it doesn't quite feel right. You must be 100% committed to the shot and if you're not, you can't be scared to get up and take another minute, even if your opponent might be getting bored with it.

As for imram doing 'whatever it takes'... choosing to do soft break on a table is not 'cheap' or wrong. God knows corey will do the same if possible. It's just one more bit of knowledge that a pro can use to his advantage... something the average guy might never figure out how to do properly.
 
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