Chohan implodes!!!

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FeelDaShot

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Anyone else see the Chohan vs Aranas match?

Chohan was playing perfect the whole match. I think his rating was around 0.950 when he got on the hill. He was making everything, looking very relaxed and confident, and running out from everywhere.

So now it's 10-7 Chohan, and he is running out the table effortlessly as before, when suddenly he misses and easy 8 ball. Fortunately, he left his opponent tough and Aranas missed the 8 as well. So Chohan gets back to the table, makes the 8, gets good position on the 9 and misses an easy 9-ball for the win.

Aranas gets out and crawls back to win the set. Additionally, Chohan had at least two more blown opportunities to win the match after he gave away his first two chances.

I'm not sure what happened exactly but I guess Chohan just cracked under the pressure. Pretty surprising to say the least.
 
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yes I saw it, very suprising, he certainly had some chances to put it away. Sadly it happens to the best of them.
 
I feel bad for him. I'm sure everybody has had some experience blowing a sure thing- makes it very hard to sleep that night! Maybe the thought was in the back of his head that he isn't supposed to be so successful at 9 ball- him being a one pocket specialist.
 
I would not read too much into this
I have done the same thing many times and seen
other great players do the same thing
Who knows what the mind can do
 
FeelDaShot said:
Anyone else see the Chohan vs Aranas match?

Chohan was playing perfect the whole match. I think his rating was around 0.950 when he got on the hill. He was making everything, looking very relaxed and confident, and running out from everywhere.

So now it's 10-7 Chohan, and he is running out the table effortlessly as before, when suddenly he misses and easy 8 ball. Fortunately, he left his opponent tough and Aranas missed the 8 as well. So Chohan gets back to the table, makes the 8, gets good position on the 9 and misses an easy 9-ball for the win.

Aranas gets out and crawls back to win the set. Additionally, Chohan had at least two more blown opportunities to win the match after he gave away his first two chances.

I'm not sure what happened exactly but I guess Chohan just cracked under the pressure. Pretty surprising to say the least.
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I believe he had been at 960 when he played a safe and they counted it as a miss, dropping him to around 930 or so.
Cant believe he went out like that, he was playing one of the best matches I've ever seen and just fell apart. What's more surprising is the amount of people that think he cant play rotation.
Jason
 
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jasonlaus said:
I believe he had been at 960 when he played a safe and they counted it as a miss, dropping him to around 930 or so.
Cant believe he went out like that, he was playing one of the best matches I've ever seen and just fell apart. What's more surprising is the amount of people that think he cant play rotation.
Jason
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He had dropped to about .886 by the end.
 
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We all sure do.

In the final hour of Efren's massive comeback from behind in the race to 120 with Earl, he was shooting out of his mind. And also, he missed with ball in hand. (Of course, he was trying to do something more than make the ball. Still.... :eek: )
 
At every level of competition from APA to pro pool, every player makes bad mistakes which sometimes cost them a match victory. The pros make far fewer of these mistakes than the rest of us, and that's what makes them pros.

I once saw Mizerak miss a ball in the World 14.1 Championship that was hanging over a pocket when he played it rail first and missed the object ball completely. Things happen, even to the best of the best. In 1974, Jim Rempe missed game ball for the World 14.1 Championship. Yes, it's always surprising when this sort of thing happens to the elite, but it's an undeniable part of the game.

Through the end of Tuesday's play, Tony is still hanging in there on the B-side. Wishing him luck.
 
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