On 252. I guess he still prefers the low break shot. This rack had a choice, and he left the low one for the break ball.
Eagle Eye Takes Aim at 14.1 High Runs
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Wow terribly crazy miss,
Run ended at 267. He had a low break shot that resulted in a combo that he missed.
G’damnit. I showed up just in time to see a miss. I was hoping for a doubling of the current rack count before a miss. Not yet
I thought the same. Only thing I could think of is the view can be deceiving and maybe the 3 didn't pass the 6 or the CB didn't pass the 3
I'm guessing he was going to use use those two balls on the spot, to push one into the other for a break ball.
Personally I think that only Ruslan and Schmidt have all the special ingredients needed to exceed 626 in the near-term. No one else that I'm aware of. Schmidt has no reason to try, but Ruslan does, and probably will -- if given a sizable incentive in the neighborhood of 50k to 75k or more. I'm absolutely certain of it.
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Incentive id a big unknown, on purpose
Thorston and Filler. I think they would be the top 2 in the world "today" if you were to offer 1MM and lock them in a room for 2 months.
If you were to offer 10MM to whoever had the highest score after a solid year of trying, I'd go with the Filipinos. I think they'd figure out the game quickly, and would rise to the top.
I wouldn't rule out players you've never heard of before. Filler, Gorst, Kaci have all said there's players back home they can't beat, they just don't play the tournaments, therefore no one knows who they are.
The game is played a bit in Europe, so most European players on the Eurotour will probably have some knowledge of the game, especially Germans and the Dutch. I'm not entirely sure how much 14.1 Filler plays, though. Thorsten would be my top pick if he had some time to prepare. There are quite a few players capable of running 3-400 balls in Europe. How many could theoretically run 600+? IDK, but I doubt there are too many.
It takes a while to learn how to move in the game, to perfect the breakshots etc. If one has played it for some time, it is a huge advantage, which it will take time to make up for for those who are new to the game. Some people just don't seem to learn the game as easily, so it's hard to predict who will be the best after a while. It's different to run 100-150 and 600...very different. Adapting to this different requirement and strategy will depend on motivation, aptitude and mental strength.
I'd be most interested in seeing how the Taiwanese would approach the game. I have a feeling some of them would be quick learners, though, as I said, there is no way to accurately predict that. There are some players in Chinese 8 ball who cue the ball as straight as anyone alive. Would they do well at straight pool? Again, impossible to tell, but they would of course have the double handicap of overcoming different equipment as well as a new game, so it would likely take them even longer.
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filler plays very good straight pool, as evidenced in his recent am. 14.1 tournament win. watch it if you haven't. filler would be my top pick, no doubt.
the taiwanese don't play much straight pool these days, but in the 90's they did. minwai chin, who was a 400 ball runner didn't make many appearances on US soil except for the 2000 US open straight pool where he lost in the final to souquet. before that they had chieng lee who also was a very competent straight pool player. it's all rotation now and that's a shame.
On 182.
is stream down?