I was watching this video the other day and decided I'd start a discussion/thread about this end pattern. Sigel is en route to a 150 and out against Rempe in the 1989 14.1 US Open. I believe the Ortmann/Mizerak finals are going on in the background and this match is for third place.
This is not a stop stop stop pattern at all, but I found it really nice and intelligent anyway. After Sigel pockets the combo it looks like he came up a little short on the ball in the side and things look a little hairy. So he pockets a ball in the corner and bumps a ball into near perfect position so he can play the MUCH easier position off the ball down table.
When I first saw him bump that ball I thought it was really intelligent, some of you might think it was obvious or childs play, but it really was a great shot bumping that ball perfectly, IMHO, and was the "key" to the end pattern. Sigel was so good he capitalized on his own mistakes, hahaha. Heres the video. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPxTTuKvP0
Edited to Add: Some Mike Sigel statistics. Bill Staton, while doing commentary for an Accu-Stats match, provided us with these Mike Sigel stats: During the finals of a 14.1 tournament which Mike won, his final three matches were two races to 150, and the finals were a race to 200. So Sigel amassed a total of 500 points during the course of these three matches. His opponents collectively pocketed 68 balls over the course of these matches. The opponents were Nick Varner, Steve Mizerak, and the third name escapes me. Thats some sick statistics there. I added it here instead of starting a new thread.
This is not a stop stop stop pattern at all, but I found it really nice and intelligent anyway. After Sigel pockets the combo it looks like he came up a little short on the ball in the side and things look a little hairy. So he pockets a ball in the corner and bumps a ball into near perfect position so he can play the MUCH easier position off the ball down table.
When I first saw him bump that ball I thought it was really intelligent, some of you might think it was obvious or childs play, but it really was a great shot bumping that ball perfectly, IMHO, and was the "key" to the end pattern. Sigel was so good he capitalized on his own mistakes, hahaha. Heres the video. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPxTTuKvP0
Edited to Add: Some Mike Sigel statistics. Bill Staton, while doing commentary for an Accu-Stats match, provided us with these Mike Sigel stats: During the finals of a 14.1 tournament which Mike won, his final three matches were two races to 150, and the finals were a race to 200. So Sigel amassed a total of 500 points during the course of these three matches. His opponents collectively pocketed 68 balls over the course of these matches. The opponents were Nick Varner, Steve Mizerak, and the third name escapes me. Thats some sick statistics there. I added it here instead of starting a new thread.
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