CanadianGuy
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CSI Predator US Pro Series-LAS VEGAS OPEN (23-26 March 2022), 9ft, $125K Prizemoney, 192 players
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I’ve seen a lot of reports of the tables not being level. Check this example out.
Here's another where the 2 ball bounces about 2-3" off the rail before returning to it.
Here's another
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Last event Robles was great in the booth. They do need a player to do color i agree. George is ok but his hyper attention to pronouncing names right wears me out. The Brit dude is fine but they need a current/former pro in the box. Some vets like Varner, Buddy, Hopkins, etc would b awesome. Big plus is they run pretty much on time, stream quality is flawless AND its free.
not very good advertisement for the "easy to level" predator table
Mataya and Jason Hunt. That'd be worth a listen.Put MATAYA in the booth. It is Vegas and he is hilarious.
Recap of Day 2 https://probilliardseries.com/the-t...le-shaw-stunned-on-day-two-of-las-vegas-open/ Looks like CSI ramping up and adding more writeup, news on their website, social media like Matchroom.
Day 3
64 players will qualify for stage 2 Single elimination this afternoon. No elite Fargo 800 names eliminated yet. 30 players already qualified. Only 16 players will remain end of Day 3.
Day 3
64 players will qualify for stage 2 Single elimination this afternoon. No elite Fargo 800 names eliminated yet. 30 players already qualified. Only 16 players will remain end of Day 3.
Is the much lower 8% B&R so far in this event because they have more weaker players appearing on stream compared to previous events?
Good that Robles will be back now since he is already eliminated
Looks like the first two matches are up:
EST:
1:00 Sardoncillo vs Ko Ping Chung
3:00 Woodward vs Hybler
EST:
1:00 Sardoncillo vs Ko Ping Chung
3:00 Woodward vs Hybler
Looks like Predator needs to go back to the drawing board with their new pool table. It ain't so easy to build a good table is it.
Some say they've been seeing the tables leveled (and re-leveled) with carpenter levels instead of machinist levels. I would love a picture of that.
Others are speculating that the cloth install wasn't pulled tight enough. I want to give the tables the benefit of the doubt. I assume it has to be the setup.
Probably not. When both players in a match are lower level, yes, we would expect fewer B&Rs. But all of the streamed matches in this event so far have had at least one real good player, often both. And, with a winner-breaks format, if one player is top notch and the other is much lower skilled, the inferior player doesn't usually get to break much anyway, so B&R percentages may not be affected much. Maybe the reason is just statistical fluctuation from relatively few games/breaks so far.Is the much lower 8% B&R so far in this event because they have more weaker players appearing on stream compared to previous events?
The equipment is the same as in the last couple of events (except for the levelness
), and successful breaks (necessary for B&Rs, of course) are no worse.
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Riku Romppainen. That Finnish 14 year old player actually put me out from Finnish 8-ball champs last 16 phase, last weekend. I was leading 6-2 and played good but he came strong.
Alternate breaks. He was 2-6 behind and made run out. Then i fouled my break and he ran out there and run out his break after that. So game was 6-5. Then i had a ball from break but got 6 ball cluster and missed thin shot where i also hit cluster and he ran out that. So hill hill. He then break and got unlucky and could only see stripes and they were bad. He tried run out anyway and could not get balls out. I then got my chance and ran couple balls and had to run to 3 ball cluster where i got really unlucky roll and scratched and he finished match. I really gave credit to him not giving up and i felt bad losing but good to see young guy like that come more Finnish pool scene again.
Alternate breaks. He was 2-6 behind and made run out. Then i fouled my break and he ran out there and run out his break after that. So game was 6-5. Then i had a ball from break but got 6 ball cluster and missed thin shot where i also hit cluster and he ran out that. So hill hill. He then break and got unlucky and could only see stripes and they were bad. He tried run out anyway and could not get balls out. I then got my chance and ran couple balls and had to run to 3 ball cluster where i got really unlucky roll and scratched and he finished match. I really gave credit to him not giving up and i felt bad losing but good to see young guy like that come more Finnish pool scene again.
