Given now the US open is now a true world event , will there ever be a run like Shane's or Earl's ,, my guess is not ,, I'll also add if more turneys here start paying big money it will be dominated by Euro's and Asian's
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Is Shane's run the last of a USA player in the Open
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I think Shane has three more US Open wins in him. Nothing this year has shown me any difference.
You think we'll ever see a run like shanes from a non American? In any major tournament?
When did Turning Stone stop being a major tournament?
I had Shane last year and won, and I'll have Shane next year. Who'd you put your money on?
I have Shaw and Chang, too, this year. You?
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I get it... You got a hard on now because no American made the final 8, and all of a sudden, Shane's an old man and can't make a ball. After having won it last year, of course. And no one in the field except Earl coming anywhere close to his consistency over a number of years.
Just curious... Were you watching this event fapping to the thought of Shane going out in two?
(Don't feed the troll, people..)
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When a large percentage of the field is dead money, due to local participants.
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Well let me help the short bus student out ,, the US open was not a WPA event now it is ,, So the point is now that it is will another American win 5 or 6 like Shane or Earl , hell I'd almost bet we don't get that combined in 10 yrs now that the flood gates are open
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It was a WPA even last year when Shane won.
Since you brought up WPA.....an American has either won or been runner up at the WPA World 9 Ball Championship 11 out of 26 times the event has been held.
Obviously the more world class talent that plays in the event, the less of a chance any single country will dominate. That’s simple math. But there has always been an American or two that stands out on the world scene and will likely to continue.
IMHO, US Open became "true world event" from 2015. There are few "true world events"- World 9 Ball is the longest true world event, then China Open (which is relatively new less around 10 years old) and maybe All Japan (which is oldest tourney but recently much less prestigious because of big drop in prizemoney and fewer competitors from Europe. It is also the biggest annual 10 Ball tourney for past few years). If you look at all these non US tourneys none has had consecutive winners for past 5 years. The World 9 ball is best example. Since its first event in early 1990s when Earl won consecutive 2 titles, no one has won 2 consecutive titles. The closest was Alex in early 2000s when he lost in final and then won following year. Recent years, closest is Shane who was finalists in last 2 years. To get into 2 consecutive finals is already a big feat, don't even mention 2 consecutive titles or 3peats.
Reality is pool is not like tennis where every major you see the same old 4 faces if not Joker it is Nadal or Federer or Murray. In past few years, the competition in pool is so many times tougher than before. And it is going to get tougher. Just look at the young talent out of Europe alone which is just scary -Filler, Kaci, Gorst and a bunch of Polish and many names we never heard of
The us has to keep developing players like Woodward and Thorpe and giving them chances to succeed if an American is even going to have a chance of winning the open in the first place.
If tournaments here started paying big money, the US talent would grow as well. I promise you there are people out there who have untapped potential that don’t pursue being more than an A/shortstop player due to needing a real job to live.
Oooooo... That's clever! Making fun of my screen name like I'm a special needs short bus rider... Even though that was my intention with the name.. Kinda like you telling the same joke that someone just told..
And, oh myyyyy.... You're saying that no new American player will win the U.S. Open 5-6 times in the next 10 years... Gee.. You're really going out on a limb there, aren't yah, Einstein?
You're just not a very intelligent person, are you? :grin-square::grin-square::grin-square:
I'll humor you, though, with a bit of back and forth.
Everyone knows that pool in America is a game falling in popularity, for many reasons, the biggest one being that pool halls just aren't a viable business anymore in major metropolitan areas. Without pool halls, we can't very well hold tournaments, and people can't play very much.
That being said, I can very clearly see you have a hardon for hating on American pool players, and you are trying to make the point that we are has-beens or something. Yet, even though the best American pool player can win pretty much more than anyone else in the world, and barely break the salary of a decent IT job.
It is a simple matter of economics. In China, a successful superpro gets a stipend from the government, as they are basically a propaganda tool for the Chinese government. Plus, the cost of living is a LOT cheaper for the Chinese than for an American player, so a Chinese player can do well by winning $40,000-$50,000 a year.
So, I for one, and extremely proud of Shane Van Boening's ability to stay in the top 10 in the world with ZERO support for pool in his home country. Shane's circumstances are very reminiscent of the great chess champion Bobby Fischer. Chess had no support whatsoever in American before Bobby came along.
Bobby Fischer and Shane Van Boening are two exceptional personalities who dominate(d) in their field despite basically no popularity for their chosen profession in their home country.
So, go ahead, troll away. All your negative BS isn't gonna change the fact that despite there being 1/4 the number of pool halls in America that there were 20 years ago, Shane is still out there lopping off heads. Even if he never wins another U.S. Open, he still won more than any of your Asian/European "champions" ever will.
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