Amazing performance. Congratulations. Some of the best shooting I've ever had privilege of seeing.
congrats Jayson Shaw. Turning Stone 22 champion
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Wow
He is a very impressive force on the table. Good for him!
He is a very impressive force on the table. Good for him!
Perfect way to come threw champion after almost catching Shane at the end of there match up last week.
Exactly.He was playing for diaper money. Great displayof talent
First, I would like to commend Jayson for a well deserved victory. How he could keep his mind on the game and not his wife is beyond me.
Second, I think the final games should have a referee at the table and not sitting in a chair too far away to see what's going on. I know it's up to the player to call the ref if they want him to watch a hit, but that's not the point. I don't think the ball in question that Jayson played a safe on hit the rail. Mika was livid to say the least. Oh well, that's the nature of the game.
Second, I think the final games should have a referee at the table and not sitting in a chair too far away to see what's going on. I know it's up to the player to call the ref if they want him to watch a hit, but that's not the point. I don't think the ball in question that Jayson played a safe on hit the rail. Mika was livid to say the least. Oh well, that's the nature of the game.
I was watching from ten rows up in the stands and it appeared to me that it hit the rail. It was a great safety battle. But the cue ball did change direction ever so slightly off the rail. I was surprised none of the commentators on the stream could call out the final decision.
I will just repeat what I said in another thread below on what I thought of Shaw. If he plays like that in the US Open the other players don't have to like it:smile:
I also watched on my phone and my IPad glitch free! Shaw played insanely good!! That dude is for real. His opponents had no chance, he just crushed Mika. Excellent cueball control safeties and shotmaking. I was super impressed!!!
I talked to jayson about a month ago, he has only been playing rotational games for a couple years now! Can you imagine how he is going to play in a couple more? Like you said, the other players don't have to like it
I think at one point Jayson looked up to the commentators and one of them declined to make any comment on that "foul/no-foul" situation. I was watching this on my tv so I really couldn't tell if it hit the rail or not. But I am sure the commentators had a better view. I don't know if the ref or both of the players asked commentators again or not.
I personally don't like to intervene in situations like this unless one of the players asks me for my opinion.
But at that point of the match it didn't matter, Mika was already not looking very strong (mentally). He made some uncharacteristic errors and just did not look like a winner during that match.
Every one has bad days and that was it for Mika. Jayson played well and deserved to win that match.
Absolutely agree. Mentally he was already defeated.
Nick Varner said years ago that any complaining or frustration in a tournament match is a sign of weakness. If you keep your cool at the table you give yourself the best chance to win. Never show your opponent any weakness, it will give them momentum. This is the reason Nick came from behind and won so often, he was never mentally defeated by anyone.
That's a super excellent point. In the tor Lowry interview with Mark Wilson, he talks of a Derby city match between Ralf souquet and carlo biado. Where it starts out with Carlo just running out and getting all the rolls, and only leaving lock up safeties for ralf if anything, and Ralf just sits there arms folded and robotic with full interest in game. Total straight face with no emotion.
Sure enough, Ralf slowly comes back, wears biado down, and then just takes over. I bought the accu stats dvd just of that interview because it's a learning experience in itself.
Mika should learn but that's been his MO when ever I have watched him over the last seven years. When the rolls aren't falling his way, chalk gets tossed, loud sighs let out. It seems he rattles easily and it effects his game.
i worked with a guy who took an extra half hour on his lunch hour to visit his wife at the hospital when she had their FIRST baby. That was it. I had other guys that took 10 days off. Go figure
Long before Nick said this, Irving Crane made the same observation. Whether Nick learned this from Crane or not is ultimately trivial. What's important is that two of the greatest ever understood that one must never show any weakness to an opponent.