Nine Ball UK Open.

[spartan]

Kaci knocked down to losers side
Those who win 2nd match only need to play 3 more matches to qualify for last 16
Whereas those who lost 2nd match (Kaci, Oi, Ko Pin Yi) have to play 7 matches on losers side to qualify for last 16. They play 1 on losers side today which means they have to play 6 matches in next 2 days to qualify

Thorsten will partner Filler for WCOP next mth and will be big favorite to win. This is first time Thorsten is playing in Matchroom invitational since World Pool Masters almost 10 years ago . For some reason Thorsten seldom feature in Matchroom invitationals. He was famously snubbed for Mosconi Cup the year he won W9B. Was invited for World Pool Masters following year probably as consolation prize. I bet Filler chose Thorsten over his nervous winning partner Christoph from last year otherwise Thorsten wouldn't be playing

 

[Oze147]

Bracket site appears to be crashed... uh oh lol

I really hope, that MR will use other scoring services in the future.
Digitalpool keeps crashing and it is just a pain to use with mobile phones.
I can live with purple five balls and grey cloth, but switching to digitalpool was the worst decision MR made.

 

[telinoz]

The referees are having to cover multiple tables... For a professional event.
Hmmm.

 

[Positively Ralf]

The referees are having to cover multiple tables... For a professional event.
Hmmm.

To be fair, how many pool referees are there that are trained enough to work these kinds of events and are on call?

 

[telinoz]

To be fair, how many pool referees are there that are trained enough to work these kinds of events and are on call?

Plenty and a lot of Snooker refs also do pool.

 

[Swighey]

The U.K. wide open?

Lots of uncomfortable looking players from the matches I've watched.

Indeed. Any seasoned pro billiards player should be cruising throught the first few rounds. After that it should become very difficult.

 

[garczar]

Call up Michela. She's still a badass ref.

Plenty and a lot of Snooker refs also do pool.

 

[Positively Ralf]

Plenty and a lot of Snooker refs also do pool.

Really? They made it sound the complete opposite when asked about ref shortage for the world 9 ball.

 

[Poolmanis]

Btw. Finnish Riku Romppainen did win his first 2 matches. second was against Nikos Economopolous. He faces Robbie Capito today . Riku is promising 14 year old Junior player from Finland (edit : 15 year old now)

 

[straightline]

what caused the cueball to move @32:57 of this video? looked creepy.

Scanner jumped the gun. Must be new.

 

[Chicagoplayer]

Here is a nice, quick look behind the scenes at the UK Open with Karl Boyes:

I do so love the behind the scenes action!

 

[skogstokig]

Btw. Finnish Riku Romppainen did win his first 2 matches. second was against Nikos Economopolous. He faces Robbie Capito today . Riku is promising 14 year old Junior player from Finland

you enlightened me to that in the youtube chat yesterday. amazing. i will try to get the name right henceforth, riku not ruku.

one of the biggest upsets this far imo. nikos is super solid and a tough draw even for the top pros. i think riku vs capito will be on a tv table.

 

[Poolmanis]

you enlightened me to that in the youtube chat yesterday. amazing. i will try to get the name right henceforth, riku not ruku.

one of the biggest upsets this far imo. nikos is super solid and a tough draw even for the top pros. i think riku vs capito will be on a tv table.

yeah it is 3rd match of day on table one. Means Facebook stream with commentators. JJ probably

 

[skogstokig]

ko pin yi knocked out by jj faul

 

[pt109]

Can somebody translate this? What does the partr highlighted in red mean?

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Separated by a common language.
e/w is called a place bet at North American racetracks…first or second will win…with a lower payout than a win bet.

 

[Positively Ralf]

geez what happened to chris melling? he got utterly destroyed by alex kazakis. has he not been playing lately?

 

[garczar]

geez what happened to chris melling? he got utterly destroyed by alex kazakis. has he not been playing lately?

started good then got hammered. AK was a lot sharper. CM did not look match sharp for sure.

 

[skogstokig]

geez what happened to chris melling? he got utterly destroyed by alex kazakis. has he not been playing lately?

to be fair he didn't get to play much other than kicking from kazakis safeties. kazakis totally dominated. but also true that melling hasn't been playing as much.

 

[skogstokig]

riku pushing capito 7-8. quite impressive for a 14 year old kid

 

[skogstokig]

riku took it down, 9-8. nerves of steel!