hemicudas said:
Sorry, gopi, can't agree. Doc, like me and many of us, support US players and when it is suggested that players from over the pond are above dumping etc. it has a ring of Barbara Streisand to it.
I got your point hemicudas but the thing is, if there's no ripple, there's no
wave. It's all hearsay, that's why we don't hear these things about Filipinos
often.
I know for a fact that they ALWAYS play to win, savers or not except for a
few occasions (Kiamco vs. Gabica which is still unproven for the bonus money).
Most of the pool people assumed and predicted that Kiamco will win but
we've heard nothing out of the norm from the railbirds watching the finals.
There were no questionable misses, deliberately losing CB position, or dogged
shots from the two, specially Gabica.
That reminded me of the skins game between Deuel, Daulton?, Parica and
Sambajon. All Sambajon needs to do is to beat Parica to win the 72,000
skins that was up for grabs. Guess what? Parica played his heart out and
was even caught on TV mocking Sambajon with a wide grin on his face
dropping the balls in succession. They went to sudden death and Sambajon
eventually won the whole thing. It was sooo easy for Parica to lay up a li'l
bit if they were in cahoots but he didn't.