Live NOW! Austin Murphy vs. Efren Reyes
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Austin is playing with more authority now! Wish he had started sooner.
all i see is an average player! JMHO
Jeremy
Jeremy
Is the Schmidt and Ortmann match next????? 
Fast Lenny said:Is the Schmidt and Ortmann match next?????
it was first you've missed it.
it will be available afterwards to watch so you can see it.
15-6, Efren won, no surprise.
it's over 15-6 Efren
not bad
Austin actually showed a lot of heart and maturity. When he accepted that he was almost certain to lose he relaxed and put together three good outs in a row including the only break and run of the night I believe, for sure until that point.
Having seen it happen in other IPT extravaganzas I wasn't surprised to see Efren back off quite a bit once he built a big lead but when Austin ran the second out to win two games in a row you could see Efren putting on his battle face on the sidelines. The break and run came after that and the most serious Efren of the night came to the table when he got his chance. He had absolutely no intention of having the story spread worldwide overnight of a fourteen year old coming back from a huge deficit and beating him. Although Austin had played some outstanding shots and position in his brief flurry it was all over but the crying then.
Austin did play some canny safes on Efren, more of them and he might have slowed him down a bit. Austin is definitely a shot maker now. When he has more experience knowing when to shoot and when to duck his game will be even stronger. Unfortunately for Austin, Efren seemed to always have another gear anytime he needed it.
Final note on this match, at least at first Sigel made a real effort to say "Efren", apparently all of the razzing on this forum and others didn't go unnoticed.
As for the undercard, strapping an 84 ball inning on Oliver was all John needed to own him on this table. John fumbled a bit when he didn't close things out with three balls left to run but the writing was on the wall after his one huge run. Eighty-four balls are a long ways from 400 but on that table with those pockets and cloth a sixty-odd ball lead was a bunch.
Not a bad night of pool after some initial trouble getting into the broadcast. Worth every penny I paid for it!
Hu
Austin actually showed a lot of heart and maturity. When he accepted that he was almost certain to lose he relaxed and put together three good outs in a row including the only break and run of the night I believe, for sure until that point.
Having seen it happen in other IPT extravaganzas I wasn't surprised to see Efren back off quite a bit once he built a big lead but when Austin ran the second out to win two games in a row you could see Efren putting on his battle face on the sidelines. The break and run came after that and the most serious Efren of the night came to the table when he got his chance. He had absolutely no intention of having the story spread worldwide overnight of a fourteen year old coming back from a huge deficit and beating him. Although Austin had played some outstanding shots and position in his brief flurry it was all over but the crying then.
Austin did play some canny safes on Efren, more of them and he might have slowed him down a bit. Austin is definitely a shot maker now. When he has more experience knowing when to shoot and when to duck his game will be even stronger. Unfortunately for Austin, Efren seemed to always have another gear anytime he needed it.
Final note on this match, at least at first Sigel made a real effort to say "Efren", apparently all of the razzing on this forum and others didn't go unnoticed.
As for the undercard, strapping an 84 ball inning on Oliver was all John needed to own him on this table. John fumbled a bit when he didn't close things out with three balls left to run but the writing was on the wall after his one huge run. Eighty-four balls are a long ways from 400 but on that table with those pockets and cloth a sixty-odd ball lead was a bunch.
Not a bad night of pool after some initial trouble getting into the broadcast. Worth every penny I paid for it!
Hu
JB Cases said:
I agree.. He's only 14/15, but he has also played in probably 3000 tournaments at minimum... I have probably played in 5-600?
Johnnyt said:
I have to agree. NO disrespect to the kid but absent Efren having a heart attack he had no chance to even stay in the match let alone win.
He got creamed against Efren's B- game...a fact about which there could have been no doubt.
I thought it was kind of sad on several levels. One, for Austin who obviously took the whole thing much more seriously than he should have.
And the whole thing struck me as sort of a circus side show.
And yes, the fan voting thing is silly.
Regards,
Jim
av84fun said:
What is wrong with fan voting?
This wasnt a tourney ...
This wasnt a gambling match...
This want a grudge match....
It was just an exhibition... nothing more nothing less...
The kid came here are campaigned a little bit and won a seat at the table with ER.. good job to him.
I actually dont think anybody would have really gave it a second look if twiddle dumb and twiddle dumber didnt start running their mouths the way that they did...