Hi people, I had a wonderful evening last night, I had supertough draw at European pool championships in 9ball getting Ralf Souquet who had won gold medal in 10ball division earlier this week...to make long story short: I was 2:7 behind in alternate break format but still I have been able to come back and have beaten Ralf 9:8....what an experience!!!! jeez, 60+ people were cheering for me in the stands and after the match everybody wanted to shake my hand and to take picture with me....on the other hand I was soooo psyched-up that I could not fall asleep till 2am and woke up again at 5am....so my morning match at 9am was terrible, could not play my game and lost 4:9 against polish player Karol Skowerski. But I am still in the tournament, I can still go through the losers side with enough sleep. :wink: Anyway this EC is successful for me as I achieved my goal to get into the final 32 in straight pool division with some good play from my side....
just to brag a little... :D
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Congrats and who are you? :thumbup:
Who is Ralf Souquet?
Just kidding, congrats on the victory, and good luck on the B side!
I watched the match online.. You shot some amazing shots all the time when you were behind deserved to win.. Gongrats and shoot straight for the rest of the 9-ball tournament.. I for one will be watching you
His name is Marek Hajdovsky from Czech Republic
You can check the profiles of all players at http://www.epconline.eu/
I watched the match online.. You shot some amazing shots all the time when you were behind deserved to win.. Gongrats and shoot straight for the rest of the 9-ball tournament.. I for one will be watching you
Do you have a link for that video? I'd love to watch as well. Thanks in advance.
Do you have a link for that video? I'd love to watch as well. Thanks in advance.
Sorry, but the european championships is only streamed live at epconline.eu . :frown:
Glad to know you.
During your dream, did you ejaculate? JUST KIDDING. You were certainly living a dream of mine that I know will always be a dream. You can brag
all you want about experiences such as yours. We all love to hear about it.
Please post more often and let us know how your career is going. Thanks for sharing.
During your dream, did you ejaculate? JUST KIDDING. You were certainly living a dream of mine that I know will always be a dream. You can brag
all you want about experiences such as yours. We all love to hear about it.
Please post more often and let us know how your career is going. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job Marek! I hope to see videos of this someday =) ...I think that although Ralf probably wasn't happy to lose, it would please him to know just how much it meant to you to beat The Legendary Ralf Souquet.
I think this is a good case for alternate breaks. I remember Ralf running a 5- or 6-pack in 10 ball during major championships. But here you were given a chance and you made the most of it... and made it a close, exciting match. Fans enjoyed it and you got to play another day.
I think this is a good case for alternate breaks. I remember Ralf running a 5- or 6-pack in 10 ball during major championships. But here you were given a chance and you made the most of it... and made it a close, exciting match. Fans enjoyed it and you got to play another day.
The Czech republic huh?
Do they use running english there too?
Great win!!!!! Playing Ralf is like playing the ghost.You miss,you lose.
I watched the match online.. You shot some amazing shots all the time when you were behind deserved to win.. Gongrats and shoot straight for the rest of the 9-ball tournament.. I for one will be watching you
Yeah you are right, I have to come up with such shots because my position game is not as strong as it should be. But I work hard on it and hopefully I will have some more victories to brag about...
Yeah! Getting Ralf in the draw in the first place was my wet dream... :grin-square: Funny thing is that I had a mail exchange with Ralf via facebook about 3 or 4 months ago where I congratulated him for winning some big tournament and wrote to him that I would love to play him one day. He replied that some dreams may come true earlier than one think....
Well I tried to keep my focus all the time, I told myself 3-4 times per rack that he is just human...just human.:thumbup: That way I forced myself to believe I still got a chance even 2:7 down...:wink:
Yes, very difficult but not impossible. One has to believe and has to work hard both in practice and during the match. I knew that if my break doesnt deserve me I got slim chance to make things difficult for Ralf. And the break was the most important thing during the match, Ralf lost cueball maybe 3 or 4 times on the break and that gave me the chance to get back into the match.