Pictures of my match against Immonen

[mjantti]

Hi !

I recently started a thread on Mika's visit to Finnish 8-ball Championships. I lost my memorable battle against Mika 6-5 and here are some pics of the match. Some of the are blurry but some are quite nice...

Me at the table:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270062.jpg

Me 2:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270066.jpg

Me with stripes, ended up straight on my penultimate ball but punched it in cheating the pocket 100mph with position for the 15-ball, whew.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270070.jpg

Mika slicing a solid down the rail:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270071.jpg

A necessity when playing Mika: racking up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270073.jpg

Mika cuts last ball nicely with the rest, balls were 3 inches apart.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270074.jpg

Mika breaks... hard !!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270075.jpg

Mika makes a stripe in the middle bag and plays position for the 8 near the cushion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270076.jpg

Me running out trailing 4-5:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270078.jpg

My penultimate ball:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270079.jpg

Short position for the 8, still managed to cut it in to get myself to hill-hill:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270080.jpg

My dry break at hill-hill
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/jlehtovirta/Biljardi/8-SM 2005/P2270081.jpg

 

[Muxy]

Nice Pic's/

 

[JAM]

I rather enjoyed that little snapshot rundown of the match! Good show!

JAM

 

[Koop]

That was great. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on doing yourself proud against a World Champion.

Dave

 

[EL'nino]

I'll make you a deal... I'll show you how to adjust the shutter speed on that camera and you show me how to get on the hill with a world champion. Sound fair?

 

[rayjay]

Thanks for sharing these great photos. You had a great match against a great competitor. Way to go!!
rayjay

 

[lewdo26]

Great stuff. The blur didn't bother me at all. If anything it made the whole affair more atmospheric. Way to go, Mikko.

 

[kidrock]

nice set of pics mikko too bad you had a dry break on the last rack...

 

[sjm]

Most impressive, Mikko. Thanks for sharing.