Eurotour Italy - Shane Van Boening playing
- Thread starter Roy Steffensen
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Why has Shane been disqualified from the event?
*see match results on link posted by Roy*
*see match results on link posted by Roy*
I guess he just paid his entry but never showed...
Shane is still in Dubai playing action games against all and sundry. He beat Ronnie Alcano 21-11 and came back from 24-19 to beat Lee van Corteza 25-24. I left a few days ago and he still had a full date book at the Millenium Avenue club.
wow I love how much action SVB gots
Playing 10 ball?....Awesome SVB beat LVC, after how LVC beat him pretty handily in the phillipines when they played before. SVB is a beast
I saw Oscar D. yesterday. He told me Lee Van broke and scratched while leading 24-18 (at 9-Ball). He NEVER came back to the table! Shane ran seven racks to close him out 25-24. That must clear a lot of demons out of Shane's closet. He has been owned by the top filipinos for a couple of years now, ever since the Alex debacle in Vegas. He lost more than once to Lee Van, Warren, Django and Alex. He has beaten Efren, Ronnie A. and De Luna.
Shane is one determined guy, to be the best in the world. If he can ever work his way through the filipinos, next he'll go after the Taiwanese elite. Yang is still on top of the mountain. And Dennis is the man in the Philippines, although I was told Lee Van beat him last time they played. Of course these guys play each other on a regular basis. They all do over there.
Being a pool player in the Philippines is like being on a college tennis team over here. You must keep playing to hold or advance your position on the team. If you win, you move up and if you lose, you move down. The top players play each other all the time. I was told that Ronnie and Efren played a monster set of Rotation just before I got there. Ronnie won that one.
In the Philippines, you can never rest on your laurels, because there is always someone waiting to challenge you. It is doubtful that even a player like Shane will ever be able to conquer a line-up of filipino champions. It's hard to fade when they keep sending fresh guns at you, one as good as the next. That would wear down any player, great or not. How Yang managed to silence that crew astonishes me. They don't seem quite so anxious to tangle with him, none of them do.
I saw a glimpse of Yang's fantastic ability in the internet match with Dennis last year. He put some stuff on Dennis the first day that may be the highest speed pool this side of Alex' comeback win over Shane from the year before. Thanks God for the net where we could actually see how well this game can be played. As my friend Tang would say, "That's way upstairs!"
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It was actually 24-19 and Shane ran six and out Jay.
But he played out of his skin with jump shots, kicks and a few good rolls to stay in contention. He did match up with Liu, one of the 3 man Taiwanese contingent and suffered his first defeat of the week.
great post!!!