Shane breaks dry and Ko runs out. Shane 4-3 and Ko is breaking
Ko is breaking better than Shane
Also mentally Ko is tougher- he puts that bad position error out of his mind and runs out.
IMHO, Shane just has to hold his break and since he won the lag he should win this race to 9. Now if it was longer race like race to 21, Shane will be in trouble![]()
And what if it's a longer race like to fifty or 100?
Loll
The irony is even if Ko wins this match he will likely still be eliminated. He can only go thru to KO stage if Kiamco loses in other match. If Kiamco wins he has to beat Shane 9-4 which means he has to win remaining racks. Tough
Obviously IF he beats Shane that means he should've played better in the matches that he lost.Incredible. Shane makes some nice shot but misses 9 and hangs it but it is snookered by 10
Ko makes long bank and misses it giving Shane BIH to run out
Shane steals back his break and now 5-5 and Shane is breaking
It is race to 4. Even if Ko wins this match, only way now he can go thru to semis is if Kiamco loses other match.
Kiamco is playing Thorsten? I would say Toasty is a slight favorite in that match as long as he puts effort into it without much on the line (a big problem in this format). Either Toasty shoots crappy due to not much being on the line or he shoots the lights out with no pressure and nothing to lose or win.
This format is fairly crappy with the 3-way tie forming up as it might. They should have done a double elimination bracket like the worlds with the winner on the A-Side going to an A-side of the final bracket and the winner of the B-Side of the group going to the B-Side/one loss side of the final bracket.
You get 8 people in the final bracket, but the guys who lost one match retain that loss and the people who won two straight start on the A-Side.
Obviously IF he beats Shane that means he should've played better in the matches that he lost.
Jaden