So just like the creator of the other thread....alot of jealousy and hate for a guy that you'd never win a set from.
OMG, Enough about John Schmidt and record runs!
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I thought I'd try to find Schmidt's path to his 2006 US Open win. Billiards Digest had a pretty good article on the event Turns out it was a rather odd year for the event. The IPT booked one of their events over the dates Barry Behrman had originally set, forcing Behrman to reschedule. He blamed that for keeping the field about 40 players below the intended 256. Some of the top players of the day did not enter. Reyes and Bustamante were in the Philippines. Orcollo, Feijen, Hohmann, Souquet, Chang Pei-wei, and Babica were at a Matchroom 6-player, invitational event in Poland (an "overseas contractual conflict" said Pool & Billiard Magazine). But, still, the field had lots of talent, as can be seen from the list of players in the money: https://www.azbilliards.com/tournament/1498-us-open-9-ball-championship-2006/?action=results
I can't be sure the following list (based on the BD article) is complete or accurate, but it looks like Schmidt's matches went like this:
Tony Chohan 11-8
Tommy Kennedy 11-8
Tony Watson 11-8
Raj Hundal 11-7
David Broxson 4-11
Earl Strickland 11-5
Ronnie Alcano 11-8
Antonio Gabica 11-4
Robb Saez 11-5
David Broxson 11-5
Gabe Owen 11-5
Rodolfo Luat 11-6
Wow, a nice bit of research there. I see he beat Luat, one of my all-time favorite players, in the finals.
Too bad Woodshaft can't play at John's level he hurt his shooting arm patting himself on the back too much
I know. I'm being a troll.You mean some more?There is a thread about this, goes on ad nauseum.
Here’s the problem I see with this thread, it has opened up the possibility that Harriman and his alter ego Xanax head will leave the confines of that one thread and journey out into others. So far we have confined their ignorance but now we risk them leaving their safe space and venturing out into the rest of the site. And poor Justdumb will have to carry that jockstrap all over the place trying to keep up.
Fish on!!!
Actually, the World 14.1, to the displeasure of WPA, was the name of the event, and yes, John won the title.Dragon Promotions 14.1 Tournament, not the World 14.1 title, don't forget.
World Straight Pool Championship - Wikipedia
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Of course, you're right that it was not the WPA World 14.1 Championship when John won it, but it was the premier straight pool event in America at the time, and to get over the finish line, John beat the most dominant straight pooler of that era, Thorsten Hohmann, so let's not minimize the achievement.
and on que, here we go,
Sorry, I just can't remember the specifics of their head-to-head match, so I can't say whether Thorsten was off or not.
The primary intent of my post was to take note of the fact that the field over which John prevailed was a tough one.
see what you did?
the xanax head line was pretty good though
Agreed that there's no comparison between John's accomplishments at 14.1 and those of the other two, although I suspect you mean Greenleaf, not Greenfield.
Post of the Year worthy right there. Toooooooooo funny.
I think those were the “Fatboy” rails I loaned them. Glen built those when I called out Dippy Dave to play, he ducked me. Would have been fun. Nobody was running much over 150 on those pickets.
They went back to Diamond, I didn’t keep them.
Fatboy
So, you're saying you're jealous of a true champion?
Did Dippy ever pay off the people he stiffed?I think those were the “Fatboy” rails I loaned them. Glen built those when I called out Dippy Dave to play, he ducked me. Would have been fun. Nobody was running much over 150 on those pickets.
They went back to Diamond, I didn’t keep them.
Fatboy
No clue. Wasn’t aware of that.
Had we played all monies would have been posted.
I saw him playing on a poker stream pretty high stakes 6-8 months ago. He looked very old.
Best
Fatboy