Any theories as to why a European has not come close to winning the DCC All-Around?
Another way of asking the question above is why Europeans aren't competitive in the banks and one pocket tournaments. You would think that champions such as Souquet, Hohmann, Immonen, Feijen, and Van den Berg would have solved at least one of these games by now, but I don't recall seeing any of them go deep in the banks/one pocket tournaments. Appleton seems to be the exception this year, with a top-10 finish at banks so far.
This is the 16th year of DCC's existence, so can one really blame lack of exposure to banks and one pocket for the dearth of European success at these games? Wang Can from China went as deep as Appleton in the banks, and I doubt he's had a fifth (conservatively) of the experience playing banks as the top Europeans who are regulars at DCC.
To me it just seems like a statistical anomaly that not a single European has threatened the Master of the Table title, and that there really is no big rhyme or reason as to why it has been so. Appleton, which his top-10 finish in banks this year, may be the first European to finally enter the conversation.
Another way of asking the question above is why Europeans aren't competitive in the banks and one pocket tournaments. You would think that champions such as Souquet, Hohmann, Immonen, Feijen, and Van den Berg would have solved at least one of these games by now, but I don't recall seeing any of them go deep in the banks/one pocket tournaments. Appleton seems to be the exception this year, with a top-10 finish at banks so far.
This is the 16th year of DCC's existence, so can one really blame lack of exposure to banks and one pocket for the dearth of European success at these games? Wang Can from China went as deep as Appleton in the banks, and I doubt he's had a fifth (conservatively) of the experience playing banks as the top Europeans who are regulars at DCC.
To me it just seems like a statistical anomaly that not a single European has threatened the Master of the Table title, and that there really is no big rhyme or reason as to why it has been so. Appleton, which his top-10 finish in banks this year, may be the first European to finally enter the conversation.