There is no way in hell putting in the time gambling, that will make up for 100% training to become the best a player can be!!!
It can be part of the training
Jason
There is no way in hell putting in the time gambling, that will make up for 100% training to become the best a player can be!!!
It can be part of the training
Jason
i remember in one of Efren's interviews, in the 80's when they would look for players to gamble with in the US, he said, "I dont care who you are, i will play you..."
No it can't, all it does is teaches a player they can start out slow, and still win in the long run. In tourna.tournaments you MUST come out the starting blocks firing on ALL cylinders with the intent to win EVERY game.....because there is NO come from behind, and world class tournament player KNOW that!!!
If you're talking about a race to 100 - you're talking about the only American player(Shane). If you're talking about a race to 10, 20, 50, 100, who are you talking about agian?
Jason
Anyone, because a player can still afford to start slow, and come from behind, or play multiple sets to win. The longer they play, the more they can figure out the strength and weaknesses of the other player. In tournaments you don't have that luxury!!!
Maybe Bergman was sandbagging at the US Open so now players are lining up to gamble him.
Pretty much with the exception of SVB, EVERY American player who entered was dead money. Seems to be the future of Professional pool players in our country, dead money!!The only person he would be sandbagging in that context would be himself. You make it to the top people want to pay to play you, buy you stuff, give you freebies. It’s actually possible that he could make money out of entering the US Open and not doing so well in it, but that’s not why he or anyone else enters it. They either enter it as dead money for the experience or to test themselves, or as players with an A game that can take it down if the wind blows kindly.
Pretty much with the exception of SVB, EVERY American player who entered was dead money. Seems to be the future of Professional pool players in our country, dead money!!
This is a silly comment.
and the pitiful Americans will never win another Mosconi Cup...
Dennis Hatch can take a year off and make a deep run. Billy Thorpe with wins over Chang Yu Lung. Tyler Styer led Ko for much of the match as did Billy over Can. All of these are dead money?
What about Kazakis, Orcullo, Kaci, alcaide, albin? They dead money too?
Like the old saying goes...the cream of the crop will always rise to the top!!
This is a silly comment.
and the pitiful Americans will never win another Mosconi Cup...
Dennis Hatch can take a year off and make a deep run. Billy Thorpe with wins over Chang Yu Lung. Tyler Styer led Ko for much of the match as did Billy over Can. All of these are dead money?
What about Kazakis, Orcullo, Kaci, alcaide, albin? They dead money too?
In a race to 11, winner breaks, ONE missed position by a couple of inches often times changes the entire complexion of a match. Or a slop in could secure a win. Way too many variables to flippantly write off talent like Thorpe, Woodward, Bergman, Heck even part time American Players like Hatch, Ellerman, Jeremy Jones, etc. made a strong showing..
What about Kazakis, Orcullo, Kaci, alcaide, albin? They dead money too?
A strong showing don't pay worth a shit! Tell me something, why don't we have 10 more American players playing at SVB"S level, lack of practice, devotion, hard work, gambling....or maybe this just isn't an American sport anymore! Maybe the US Open 9b should be changed to the Foreign Players Open 9b....oh, and American players can add their dead money as much as they want....for the chance to play the better players from around the world!!
A strong showing don't pay worth a shit! Neither does 1st place! Many players from foreign countries receive stipends from the govt that allows them to play full time without having to worry about the nut. If there was enough money in pool many U.S. players would come out of the woodwork and elevate their games.
Who cares where they are from? This ain’t about inventing some new kind of glue that holds “America” together, it’s about opening up an iconic longstanding US based tournament to the world’s best pool players and the world’s best pool audience. And from there we build.
A strong showing don't pay worth a shit! Tell me something, why don't we have 10 more American players playing at SVB"S level, lack of practice, devotion, hard work, gambling....or maybe this just isn't an American sport anymore! Maybe the US Open 9b should be changed to the Foreign Players Open 9b....oh, and American players can add their dead money as much as they want....for the chance to play the better players from around the world!!