On now. POV pool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHPve-e84w&feature=youtu.be
Frost-Orcullo..................
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Thank YOU!!!
Dennis won 3-2. It could have gone either way. Scott played a smarter, tighter game than he has in the past.
That dennis guy is pretty good at that game.
Jay, when you're out of stroke you better play safe!! I think Scott realized that due to greatly reduced table time he better use his head more.
The commentators stated this table Alex and Dennis are playing this current match online has 4-1/8" pockets. They don't appear quite that tight to me. I've seen some balls go off the rails and still go in, so I'd guess certainly no tighter than 4-1/4". I had a table that was 4-1/4" corners that we tightened to 4-1/8" corners, and you can't believe the difference in just 1/8" once you get that tight.
I don't even play 1-pocket, but I truly enjoyed listening to Josh Roberts commentary of the Orcollo v Pagulayan's just completed 1-pocket match, which Dennis won 3-1. Easy to see why Josh is such a strong 1-pocket player by the way he thinks.
Ive played on it many times, it’s definitely that tight. They did just replace the cloth before the tournament.
OK, new cloth can make pockets play up to 1/4" bigger, so that makes sense. It just didn't appear to be playing anywhere near as tight as our 4-1/8" pocket table that has had the cloth on it for 9 months.
I agree 1000%.
I never cared too much for Josh Roberts until I heard him doing commentary on these matches.
That guy is brilliant, has a beautiful command of the English language, and he KNOWS that game.
They, (whoever "they" is), should hire him to commentate as much as possible. I think he's a little better than Double J...and that's saying a lot.
As for Frost...he has a tendency to dog it when things aren't going his way. His mind is his worst enemy. It's too bad, because he can flat shoot out the lights and comes up with very creative plays.
Dennis is a grinder...and he just keeps on punching, no matter how much the crowd is against him or how bad the rolls go.
Those Filipinos are trained in a war zone...they're not going down easy against spoiled Americans like us. :smile:
I agree with you regarding Josh Roberts commentating - best I have ever heard regarding his 1-pocket insight for such a young player - not afraid to say what he would do, and not afraid to say when a player makes or is about to make the wrong play, in his opinion, and exactly why.
I couldn't sleep last night and woke up in the early hours and caught some of a money match between Alex and some younger heavy set player that was showing on the tournament feed. There was no sound so I don't know what the spot was, but it was a ridiculously huge spot. The young man was a heck of a player and clearly didn't appear to need much of a spot. He seemed to be getting the best of Alex for a few games, at least until I went back to bed.
Does anybody recall the last game? Scott made a sweet 2 railer and got shape on a ball near side pocket, which he shot in.
Question though: when he made that 2nd ball, he had a natural angle to nudge a stripe that was in the side pocket and unmakeable in his pocket. Doing so would have left him virtually the same shot he left himself with anyway.
Why didn't he knock that ball in the side?!!?.
Question though: when he made that 2nd ball, he had a natural angle to nudge a stripe that was in the side pocket and unmakeable in his pocket. Doing so would have left him virtually the same shot he left himself with anyway.
Why didn't he knock that ball in the side?!!?.
I noticed that also....he could’ve got that ball back into play without skipping a beat.
An at the time, he was behind like 5 or 6-2, iiirc...with other balls bunched up in rack area.
No, I don't want to play him some!!
Roberts beats all the other one-pocket commentators by a mile.
Laubach.Baguio
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Hi, just a newbie here. May I know what standards and/or criteria do you use to measure a commentator as good/bad. Thanks.
Particularly in regards to one pocket, knowledge of the game and communicating his insight as to what the player is facing with his upcoming shot, what he thinks the player should do and exactly why, and not being afraid to go out on a limb and say it when a player appears to be getting ready to shoot a shot which he thinks is going to be a mistake and exactly why it's a mistake, and more often than not he turns out to be absolutely correct with his analysis.
Josh Roberts clearly verbalized and checked off the boxes on all of those skills in just a matter of a few games in last night's match between Alex and Dennis. Although I'm sure he'll be the first to tell you Alex and Dennis are both more proven players than himself, that did not prevent him from explaining why he differed in opinion in regards to their choice of some shots either of them were making in their games.
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Laubach.Baguio
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Wow ! Great. So because he has deep knowledge of the game both theory and hands on experience, he is very credible in his analysis of what transpired on the table.
He has the ability to communicate his observations clearly to his listeners/watchers the match between Alex and Dennis.
Your last paragraph shows his honesty in relating his own views on why he differs in the player's choices of shots.
Thanks.
What is going on with Josh? I’ve seen him play a few times and have never seen play like this from him. Not taking anything away from him, usually a lot of fun to watch.
Everyone has bad days, I guess.
Everyone has bad days, I guess.