Does Donny want a rematch
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I heard he wants to play more and bet much higher this time.
He must hate his backer.
If he thinks Chen is going to "be afraid", he's out of his mind.
Trying to high roll an Asian usually doesn't work out too well.
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Perhaps he feels he didn’t play his best.
The guy likes to gamble, he lost in a very close match where he felt his break was not working near as well as normal.
I don't think it has anything at all to do with him thinking anything bad about Chen or trying to high roll her.
He was very complimentative to her and the way she played after the match.
I just think he feels like if he gets his break working he feels he can win at that game, and it has nothing to do with her being female or Fargo ratings.
The guy is a very smart gambler and has a very good track record.
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Although he complimented her on how she played, something tells me that he still doesn't believe that she is the favorite to win based on the Fargo Ratings/skill levels.
Many times people gamble playing even, knowing that they are the underdog. Maybe he has a good feel after the first match that if he can just dig down deep and run a few packages, that he can win. But not realizing that you are the underdog could be a recipe for going broke if you can't raise your level of play when really pushing yourself in an important match.
Many times people gamble playing even, knowing that they are the underdog. Maybe he has a good feel after the first match that if he can just dig down deep and run a few packages, that he can win. But not realizing that you are the underdog could be a recipe for going broke if you can't raise your level of play when really pushing yourself in an important match.
This is the guy who played Shane even up...not too many people have done that.
Donny will play again...and again...and again
Donny came close to beating SVB in a race to 100 I believe for 5,000.00. He was well in the lead in the later stages before Shane finally caught up and won. That was @ 5 years ago. He also took Both Mika and Ralf to hill - hill in his last two matches at the US Open to finish 3rd. Make no mistake. Donny can play.
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I watched the match, and I thought Chen was the better player. I also think she's got more potential to play better than mr. Mills does. I think she's capable of playing better, looked like she zoned out a bit in the middle there...Sometimes the smart option is to walk away, or at least renegotiate the terms.
Some sort of pattern racking 9 ball race, rack your own, or get 3 games on the wire in 10 ball, then maybe...But otherwise I think he's overmatched here. Still don't think Chen is as good as Albin, but she's better than Mills, maybe not by much, but by enough that it matters. I'm glad to admit I was wrong about her. She's even more awesome than I thought. That's great for pool!
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Yeah, but the ONLY reason that Donny came so close was because it was 9-ball where he can make the wing ball 85% of the time and pattern racking was allowed. Switch to 10-ball and it wouldn't have been near as close.
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True. But since the last match does support the fact the their Fargo Ratings are likely accurate -- I think we could easily give the Fargo Rate the benefit of the doubt and call Chen the favorite.
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Shane breaks better than Donny in 9 ball.
Maybe you didn't watch that match or you don't know that Donny is an expert in the 9-ball break. Donny did in fact make the wing ball around 85% of the time. Shane did not make a ball on the break as often as Donny. Plus, with pattern racking allowed, Donny ended-up with very close to the same rack to run very often.
Shane won that match by switching to his power break. That alone seemed to shake Donny a bit and he started to falter after that. But I say that Donny breaks as good as anyone in the world at 9-ball with the 1-ball on the spot.
EDIT: I should clarify, Donny's break didn't falter, but he started to miss balls and not get out after Shane switched to his power break. If Donny kept the same level of ball pocketing the entire match, he wins.
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Thats pretty much how I remember it as well. Donny was looking good until Shane went into beast mode. :thumbup:
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I was there, at Crooked Cue. And, I would agree Donny's in the very top echelon breaking. That said, and I think most would agree, Shane breaks better than anyone, period, 10 ball or 9 ball.
I think you meant Jasmin and not Albin here.
It's a whole other topic, but I am not convinced Jasmin could handle Chen in a match.
