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Jeremy wins to go 3-1
Odds now:
Jeremy 1.30
Thorsten 2.90
Odds now:
Jeremy 1.30
Thorsten 2.90
Jeremy DRY BREAKS...scores could be levelled.
oh yeah, the odds are reeling in. Thorsten now slight favorite.
Thorsten wet breaks but no change in odds. Must not have easy chance.
Report from Mika v Putnam match via www.mosconicup.com
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Captain Keeps Europe Alive
FINLAND’s Mika Immonen kept European hopes alive at the 2005 Mosconi Cup and he completed a tense victory over Ohio’s Shawn Putnam to reduce the deficit to four points in the race to 11 tournament.
Team USA still need just one point to complete victory, while the Europeans must win every single one of the remaining five matches.
Immonen won the lag and had a shot on the 1 ball which he made, but he then over cut the 2 ball to let Putnam to the table. The American ran out of position though but played a quality safety.
Immonen had the 3 ball on but missed and then his opponent missed an even easier attempt on it. That gave Immonen the chance he was looking for and he ran out to take the opener.
With no clear path to the 1 ball after the break, Putnam reached for his jump cue and played a superb short range jump shot which set him up for the run out to go 1-1.
Immonen took the next with a comfortable run out from the break. Putnam was forced to push out in the fourth but pushed to a jump shot. Immonen took it on but completely messed it up as he drove the cue ball into the intervening 2 ball. With ball in hand, Putnam squared it up at 2-2.
Immonen maintain the edge as he once again ran out from the break. Putnam made the first big mistake of the match as he scratched, giving the ball too much follow through.
With ball in hand Immonen cleared the remaining two balls to go 4-2 ahead.
With one rack required for Team Europe, Immonen took on a cross table bank on the 1 ball but it narrowly missed. That allowed Putnam to get to the table where he completed a nervy clearance to reduce the deficit.
Putnam put the European captain in trouble in the next and he could not escape the snooker. With ball in hand, Putnam took on a risky 1/9 combo but pulled it off to go hill-hill.
But Immonen, under intense pressure, broke and ran out to take the match and extend the Mosconi Cup further into Sunday.
A relieved Immonen said afterwards: "My adrenaline's still high – I knew I had to break and run-out to take the initiative.
"The pockets were looking tighter and I took the extension on the last shot but the more time I took the smaller the pocket looked.
"We all need to win anyway but the team feels good about the order – if we get three games we'll get the momentum and they'll be under enormous pressure.
"It's nerve wracking, but I just had to take care of business as usual."
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Captain Keeps Europe Alive
FINLAND’s Mika Immonen kept European hopes alive at the 2005 Mosconi Cup and he completed a tense victory over Ohio’s Shawn Putnam to reduce the deficit to four points in the race to 11 tournament.
Team USA still need just one point to complete victory, while the Europeans must win every single one of the remaining five matches.
Immonen won the lag and had a shot on the 1 ball which he made, but he then over cut the 2 ball to let Putnam to the table. The American ran out of position though but played a quality safety.
Immonen had the 3 ball on but missed and then his opponent missed an even easier attempt on it. That gave Immonen the chance he was looking for and he ran out to take the opener.
With no clear path to the 1 ball after the break, Putnam reached for his jump cue and played a superb short range jump shot which set him up for the run out to go 1-1.
Immonen took the next with a comfortable run out from the break. Putnam was forced to push out in the fourth but pushed to a jump shot. Immonen took it on but completely messed it up as he drove the cue ball into the intervening 2 ball. With ball in hand, Putnam squared it up at 2-2.
Immonen maintain the edge as he once again ran out from the break. Putnam made the first big mistake of the match as he scratched, giving the ball too much follow through.
With ball in hand Immonen cleared the remaining two balls to go 4-2 ahead.
With one rack required for Team Europe, Immonen took on a cross table bank on the 1 ball but it narrowly missed. That allowed Putnam to get to the table where he completed a nervy clearance to reduce the deficit.
Putnam put the European captain in trouble in the next and he could not escape the snooker. With ball in hand, Putnam took on a risky 1/9 combo but pulled it off to go hill-hill.
But Immonen, under intense pressure, broke and ran out to take the match and extend the Mosconi Cup further into Sunday.
A relieved Immonen said afterwards: "My adrenaline's still high – I knew I had to break and run-out to take the initiative.
"The pockets were looking tighter and I took the extension on the last shot but the more time I took the smaller the pocket looked.
"We all need to win anyway but the team feels good about the order – if we get three games we'll get the momentum and they'll be under enormous pressure.
"It's nerve wracking, but I just had to take care of business as usual."
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Jeremy makes 2 on the break on the hill. Ominous for Europe.
OMG. There was no betting so I assume JJ was going out. But seems Thorsten is at the table now. What happened????
hill hill Thorsten to break. He's 1.60 to JJ's 2.05 with the bookies
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Timberly
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I dont' know but sweating these hill hill matches is not what I wanted to do today! They're hard enough to sweat in person... it's brutal through the computer with nothing but live scoring to go on!Colin Colenso said:
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Timberly
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Colin, what do the odds they just posted mean??? I don't know if I'm looking at them right... If I am, then I'm assuming that JJ has a really, really good chance of getting out??
Somehow JJ is 1.10 odds now !!!
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Timberly
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Now there's no odds... WTF 
Yes, pay 100, get 110 back for a win.Timberly said:
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Timberly
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UGH, I can't stand it!!