I'm enjoying the match.....like I've said this thing will be a photo finish and ultimately prove nothing in the end besides these guys are a close match. Gonna be hard to say someone is better than the other without a very dominating day 3
Dennis vs Ko, race to 100, 20K.
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Dennis should not be talking to folk anyway. I've seen Dennis at Hardtimes run racks on a table just as tight as that one. Dennis is the one that seems to be controlling the cue ball a little better.
Ko appears to be more talented on his own break, he's been pattern breaking the entire match, 8, 9,10 end up in the same spots. Commentary yesterday was brutal, had to mute it for most of the evening. Keep Tony and Hunter in the booth, or better, Get Gayle back.
In theory it's too close to call. But it feels like Dennis has been ahead 80 or 90% of the time. KO has a little burst and catches up, maybe passes him by a game, and then dennis is back to a couple of games ahead within a few racks.
If that trend doesn't change, dennis will probably hit 100 before ko has a chance to go on one of his little streaks and catch up.
You never know though, dennis may find his favorite break isn't working right off the bat, and ko may find his works right from the very first couple of games. Hell, since they start with a lag, this one could be decided by the lag... how sick is that?
If that trend doesn't change, dennis will probably hit 100 before ko has a chance to go on one of his little streaks and catch up.
You never know though, dennis may find his favorite break isn't working right off the bat, and ko may find his works right from the very first couple of games. Hell, since they start with a lag, this one could be decided by the lag... how sick is that?
Sounds like a tough grind for Dennis. He keeps getting a lead and can never keep it or pull away. What happens if Ko does his normal tying the match up and than builds his own 5 rack lead? Will Dennis have the same ability to keep fighting back if he goes down instead of Ko? History has shown Dennis to be a better front runner and if Ko catches him on day three and can build a small lead I am not sure if Dennis can/will keep it together.
yankeecentury
STILLStrokin
KO was already up at least 5 games and Dennis caught him and took a lead.
For these guys to play this well on this equipment has me dumbfounded!! Unbelievable pool, I thoroughly enjoyed the match yesterday with great position play, creative safeties and shotmaking!! The commentary could be better in that they aren't describing what's happening at the table much but apart from that I'm super impressed!!
Way too much unrelated chatter in the commentary .
Folks need to stop with their life stories .
Robles's story about Earl and the Hong Kong promoter sure sounded funny.
He actually fell for that story.
That promoter shot himself the year after the Color Of Money in Hong Kong .
Earl did not lose $100K in that match. It was a 75-25 split .
Efren even bought a $10K insurance from his backer .
As annoying as he is, at least he's doing SOMETHING for pool.
With his OWN MONEY.
Settled Dennis here. And is putting a lot of money on him.
Just don't get him in the booth b/c he sounds like Chicago White Sox announcers .
I would not expect Dennis to get weak seeing he was the number one money player in the Philippines.
5 by Ko on the first day.
There was one claim of five that was just a four. A lot of people dont know what a package is.
I would also like to thank Freddie. Anyone in the EST time zone with a regular work time has a hard time watching to the end each night. It was nice to be able to catch up this morning.
Gideon
Based on the game-by-game accounts in this thread, Ko's largest lead was 3 games, at 23-20 after he won 5 games in a row (of which either the last 3 or the last 4, depending on the poster, were B&R's).
Orcollo has led by 5 three times -- at 33-28, 44-39, and 45-40.
I see that the breaker lost 10 games in a row near the end of the second day -- Games 118-127.
[I did not watch the first two days, but I may be able to watch tonight.]
One figure that might be interesting at the end of this is how many times they were tied. It sure seems like a lot (but I'm too lazy to got back over all the posts and count).
Gideon