Double Elimination or Single Elimination

[sjm]

IMO ...

The request for full double elimination is "Small Time Charlie". Matchroom doesn't care about us diehards, and they should not. Matchroom doesn't care how many losses a player has.

They care about the casual viewer flipping through their TV set in Europe and Asia, hoping they will see a pool match, and decide to stay and watch for a while. That in turn leads to pool content being worth more to OUTSIDE advertisers. That in turn leads to more money for the entire pool industry, which means more money for the players too.

If we want the sport to grow, we have to quit doing things that the pro players want. They never made anything good. If it was up to them, every match would be on 4" pockets, 10' tables, and race to 100. Screw that. Oh, and I suppose even with a race to 100 they'd want a double elimination.

Long live Matchroom!

This is one of the best posts I have ever read on this forum.

 

[Bob Jewett]

... Two super players meet in the early rounds one of them has to be eliminated in single elimination events. ...

That is a problem but it's solved by having a ranking/rating system and seeding the top players. Matchroom seeded the top half (128 of 256) players in the 2019 US Open 9-Ball.

 

[mikepage]

Just noticed Taiwan Hsu Kai-lun.

beat BOTH Filler (11-8)and Wu(11-3) in consecutive
matches to qualify for the Final 16. Also beat Jeff Ignaco before playing Filler. Ignacio was in the final 16.

Then Hsu lost 9-11 to Liu Haitao, his only loss.

So this guy flew across the planet and beat both the players that was in the finals.

Left the tournament with just 1 loss to fly back to Taiwan.

He had the second highest SPR (Specific Performance rating) in the field