Fedor vs Shane
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they say raga is biado speed now. i don't think either could beat gorst, or filler for that matter.
Agreed that Raga vs Biado is a coin toss, and each is a slight underdog vs Fedor. I like Zheng over either Raga or Biado. I'd like to see Gorst match up with Orcullo, Zheng and Shaw to prep for going after the giants (JL Chang, Filler, SVB).
Is raga the player usually on Roy's basement? I know he's good, but has he actually won anything major?
Raga is an inch away from being one of the top players. He still has that careless moment or two every time I see him play. It's either a loss of concentration or lack of the killer instinct. Other than that he has all the shots and gets around the table good. He will learn to jump better I'm sure.
Dennis was in the Philippines already during that match.What I am wondering is why didn't Fedor play Dennis? When Dennis was in same house Roy's Basement for days -Fedor destroyed his buddy Aranas. Fedor also destroyed 2 other buddies of Dennis- Jeff De Luna and Justin. Dennis did not even take revenge.
Why are they not matching up? Who would win if they match up?
Raga is not used to playing on Diamond tables yet.
Current World 9 ball champ is all he is. A weakling........
Edit:no one bit on my joke for April fools day. Must’ve sucked.
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No, he hasn't but he lost double hill to Wu Jiaqing in the final of the China Open, an event that it roughly as tough to win as the US Open 9-ball. Raga has shown plenty of form and is, by my reckoning, ninth or tenth best in the world in nine ball.
I was watching one of Joey Ryan's podcasts (I think it's Pool Player Podcast on Youtube) the other day and it's the one where he had Roberto Gomez on and his girlfriend (can't remember name?). Anyways, I believe the podcast is from within the last month or so and I'm not sure what the question was to Roberto, but he says that Carlo is giving up the biggest spots right now in the Phillipines. Then Joey followed with a question like, so is Carlo the best player over there right now. Roberto responded and basically said, well, Carlo is giving up the biggest spots, but when he plays Raga, they play even and Raga has been beating Carlo like 8/10 matches. Now, Roberto's english isn't perfect either, but that is how I interpreted what he said. So then they chatted about that and giving spots up, etc. and how that can change from person to person and the match doesn't always add up like you think it would. So at least according to Gomez, it seems like Raga in head to head matches might be the top guy over there according to him. Now I'm not saying I personally know anything about who's who over there, just reporting what Roberto was saying very recently on the podcast. After years of lurking on here, it seems Jay and maybe a couple others know what's going on the most over in the Phillipines.
I believe you’re thinking of James Aranas, who also goes by Dodong Diamond. He’s on Roy’s stream often when he is stateside.
Thanks for sharing. Agreed that Anton Raga is elite. As I said, the China Open final vs Wu showed just how strong his game is. A match I'd really enjoy is Raga vs China's newest superstar Xiao Huai Zheng.
I don't believe so.
He was World Junior 9-ball Champion in 2016 and 5th in the China Open in 2019, all as a teenager. He is a rising superstar. Among the Chinese stars, Zheng, who must be about 20 years old by now, is at least the equal, and probably a notch above Liu Haitao, and he has a chance to be the next Wu Jiaqing a few years down the road. We shall see.
Raga is better than Biado now already - has better head to head against Biado in series of matches they played last few months.
https://www.youtube.com/c/AntonRagaTV/videos I think he will dethrone Dennis soon in Philippines.
I would say Gorst is favorite over Raga in tournaments but hard to call in money games.
Gorst is the flavor now
cos he is winning in the limelight so tendency is to favor Gorst over Raga and think he is unbeatable.No offence to the guys Gorst has been thumping but they are below his level. The litmus test with Gorst is how he fares against top 10 guys money game players like Raga, Dennis. Gorst is the flavor now but will he still be the flavor when he goes up against the cream of the cream?
Dennis was around when Gorst played Aranas
The match I saw, was at Roy's place . And Dennis was not there . James had all the trouble in going back to the Philippines after the match. IIRC, Dennis just made it out before the lockdown .Raga is better than Biado now already - has better head to head against Biado in series of matches they played last few months.
https://www.youtube.com/c/AntonRagaTV/videos I think he will dethrone Dennis soon in Philippines.
I would say Gorst is favorite over Raga in tournaments but hard to call in money games.
Gorst is the flavor now
No offence to the guys Gorst has been thumping but they are below his level. The litmus test with Gorst is how he fares against top 10 guys money game players like Raga, Dennis. Gorst is the flavor now but will he still be the flavor when he goes up against the cream of the cream?
Dennis was around when Gorst played Aranas
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that's what i've heard as well. anyway, we will see soon who dares to take on gorst. personally i would like it if him and filler duked it out in a long race, but i reckon they will both go deep anyway in the world championship.
I think you refer to James aranas.
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