Is how good Darryl Peach's safety play was. WOW, was I impressed. Not only his safeties but his kick safeties. There was a point when he was down 15 to 12 and Gomez froze him behind a ball. The commentators were talking about just tying up some ball to make it difficult for him. Peach kicked and got safe, I couldn't believe it. That was a big spot in the match. He clawed his way back. Peach really did deserve to win. Congratulation to him!
One thing that Stood Out to Me in the Finals Last Night....
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He had to have taken 3-c lessons.
Great win.
Great win.
Not only did he appear to have a background or some knowledge of 3-C, but it's pretty obvious that the guys played a little bit of snooker too. There's lot's of debate about weather or not a snooker player can make the jump to pool and be great right from the start, and I'm not trying to re-start such a debate. However, having played a little bit of snooker obviously helps a little bit when it comes to the fundamentals.
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i was also impressed with his safety play although there were a handful of times where he had good rolls that surely helped him but overall he played a very good defensively, i'd credit a lot of it to his snooker background, they say he's ran 147's most if not all snooker pros can kick safe very well from 1-4 rails, he's been playing pool long enough that he's transitioned from 1 game to the other, he hasn't had a lot of success outside of europe but i think his experience is what carried him through the final
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Tokyo-dave said:
I think the soft break really works in favor of snooker players. The cue and object balls never go far apart that much.
his safeties WERE fantastic, and very smart. Some of the stuff you can't believe a player can kick so accurately and plan the result, but when they seem to get lucky over and over and over after every kick, you become a believer.
My favorite safe was when he ended up on the short side of a 5 ball (I think) shooting sorta parallel to the short rail. The 9 blocks the 5's path to the corner, and there's way too much air and angle to even think about a combo. It's lying in a way where peach COULD lightly hit the 5 with a little follow and roll the cue ball up on the 9, freezing it on the 9 and leaving a kick at the 5. That's everyone's first instinct and what all the announcers are expecting.
Instead of settling for that, Peach opts to cut the 5 towards the short rail, relying on the 5 smacking into a nearby ball to kill it and leave it more or less in the middle of the short rail... and he zigzags the cueball to the opposite end of the table, behind a handful of balls down there.
The obvious safe would have left a simple 1 rail kick, possibly a makeable ball and at any rate a pretty easy hit. This crafty idea left a length of the table safe where neither ball is anywhere near the pocket, making gomez want to cry. Awesome.
My favorite safe was when he ended up on the short side of a 5 ball (I think) shooting sorta parallel to the short rail. The 9 blocks the 5's path to the corner, and there's way too much air and angle to even think about a combo. It's lying in a way where peach COULD lightly hit the 5 with a little follow and roll the cue ball up on the 9, freezing it on the 9 and leaving a kick at the 5. That's everyone's first instinct and what all the announcers are expecting.
Instead of settling for that, Peach opts to cut the 5 towards the short rail, relying on the 5 smacking into a nearby ball to kill it and leave it more or less in the middle of the short rail... and he zigzags the cueball to the opposite end of the table, behind a handful of balls down there.
The obvious safe would have left a simple 1 rail kick, possibly a makeable ball and at any rate a pretty easy hit. This crafty idea left a length of the table safe where neither ball is anywhere near the pocket, making gomez want to cry. Awesome.