European Open 2025, Sarajevo, March 11-16

[SA96]

Alternative breaks would be much better for semi-finals and finals.

It would give us closer games.

 

[sjm]

Naoyuki playing a little tighter to the vest than we're accustomed to, but he's executing pretty much every shot. He's just six Fargo points over Maciol, so the 7-1 scoreline is quite the surprise.

Not sure why they are calling this Maciol's first major semi. He won the Qatar Open and claimed $100,000 (the second biggest first prize in pool last year). In other words, he has been in bigger spots than this, just not in 9ball.

 

[skogstokig]

breaking harder than most players in this format. cb is often going low though

 

[jbart65]

It’s it’s a Naoyuki blitz!

 

[skogstokig]

9-1 with 5 BNRs. banzai!

 

[mikepage]

Alternative breaks would be much better for semi-finals and finals.

It would give us closer games.

It gives a close match score. But it is only an illusion that it is a closer match.

 

[skogstokig]

10-1 and a great break

 

[Atorontopoolplayer]

Naoyuki playing a little tighter to the vest than we're accustomed to, but he's executing pretty much every shot. He's just six Fargo points over Maciol, so the 7-1 scoreline is quite the surprise.

Not sure why they are calling this Maciol's first major semi. He won the Qatar Open and claimed $100,000 (the second biggest first prize in pool last year). In other words, he has been in bigger spots than this, just not in 9ball.

The match room announcers consistently ignore any non match room events.
The Kaci interview after he won an event where he corrected them that he'd won the world 10 bal already being most notable occurence but it's consistent.

 

[skogstokig]

11-1. i wonder what TPA he had there. 970?

 

[sjm]

11-1. i wonder what TPA he had there. 970?

Yeah, that was a master class effort by Naoyuki. I think .970 sounds about right.

 

[Scrunge19]

Has anyone tried watching wnttv on an iPad? I’ve tried 3 different browsers on mine and the site will only load a blank white page. Super frustrating.

 

[skogstokig]

so they're scheduling filler vs labutis a little earlier. should start in 20 min

 

[jbart65]

Naoyuki playing a little tighter to the vest than we're accustomed to, but he's executing pretty much every shot. He's just six Fargo points over Maciol, so the 7-1 scoreline is quite the surprise.

Not sure why they are calling this Maciol's first major semi. He won the Qatar Open and claimed $100,000 (the second biggest first prize in pool last year). In other words, he has been in bigger spots than this, just not in 9ball.

Saw that event. Bigger money, but the MR setup is more pressure filled imo.

In any case it is well established WNT announcers ignore WPA events. WPA announcers do it too, btw, though it is not as quite pronounced.

 

[jbart65]

Has anyone tried watching wnttv on an iPad? I’ve tried 3 different browsers on mine and the site will only load a blank white page. Super frustrating.

No issues on my end. Make sure the iPad is fully up to date.

 

[Scrunge19]

so they're scheduling filler vs labutis a little earlier. should start in 20 min

Starting right meow

 

[skogstokig]

so they're scheduling filler vs labutis a little earlier. should start in 20 min

nope, started now. 1-0 filler after a perfect lag

edit: 2 BNRs

 

[mjantti]

Not sure why they are calling this Maciol's first major semi. He won the Qatar Open and claimed $100,000 (the second biggest first prize in pool last year). In other words, he has been in bigger spots than this, just not in 9ball.

Because Qatar Open was WPA and according to MR standards none of WPA tournaments matter at all.

 

[sjm]

Because Qatar Open was WPA and according to MR standards none of WPA tournaments matter at all.

It's OK for Matchroom to feel that way, but why not just call it Maciol's first major 9ball semifinal rather than misrepresent his credentials as a professional.

 

[SA96]

I don't blame Matchroom for ignoring the WPA and their events.

The WPA don't deserve any promotion.

 

[sjm]

Labutis failing to capitalize on filler's first error is not a good sign. Filler 3-0.