Are all 5 finals tomorrow? Men’s, women’s, Jr 19, Jr 17, Jr women’s?
Predator WPA World 8 Ball Championship 2023 (17-22 Oct 2023), Austria, Winner $75K
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While this is true, I'm glad to see the side pockets in use again. When the pockets are super tight, it takes the side pockets out of play more than I prefer.
Yes; women's scheduled for 3:30 pm local (9:30 am EDT), men's at 6:30 pm (12:30 EDT), juniors before those.
A few stats on today's semifinal matches:
Pehlivanovic defeated Lechner 10-8
- Successful breaks numbered 11. All 11 became B&Rs, 6 by Pehlivanovic and 5 by Lechner.- Dry breaks numbered 7. 6 of the 7 were run out by the non-breaker on his first, and only, visit.- So 17 of the 18 games ended in 1 inning. The other game ended on the breaker's second visit.- The only miss or foul by either player in the entire match was Lechner's miss on the 8-ball (in Game 16, leading 8-7) after bad position from his last solid.
Van Boening defeated Szewczyk 10-9
- SVB was dry on 7 of 10 breaks, Szewczyk was dry or fouled on 7 of 9.- B&Rs numbered 1 -- by SVB.- Each player missed 4 shots (counting a couple of 2-ways as safeties).- SVB fouled once, Szewczyk twice (on 2 breaks).
So it looks like Pehlivanovic has an easy path to the title tomorrow, right?
thanks. didn't watch it but heard sanjin say he was 100% after the match. just like aleksa was earlier in the tournament
the difference between the breaks in the two matches is striking. maybe the ref in the sanjin-lechner match is a better racker / takes more time
Wow, brilliant execution on the 6 in the final rack.
✂️ nice
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And everything could flip today. What Shane (any player) needs to do before the match starts is practice his break! He needs to find the sweet spot on that table to break from. I will never forget watching Earl only practice his break shot before big 9-Ball matches in years gone by. Once he had his break dialed in the match was over before it started!A few stats on today's semifinal matches:
Pehlivanovic defeated Lechner 10-8
- Successful breaks numbered 11. All 11 became B&Rs, 6 by Pehlivanovic and 5 by Lechner.- Dry breaks numbered 7. 6 of the 7 were run out by the non-breaker on his first, and only, visit.- So 17 of the 18 games ended in 1 inning. The other game ended on the breaker's second visit.- The only miss or foul by either player in the entire match was Lechner's miss on the 8-ball (in Game 16, leading 8-7) after bad position from his last solid.
Van Boening defeated Szewczyk 10-9
- SVB was dry on 7 of 10 breaks, Szewczyk was dry or fouled on 7 of 9.- B&Rs numbered 1 -- by SVB.- Each player missed 4 shots (counting a couple of 2-ways as safeties).- SVB fouled once, Szewczyk twice (on 2 breaks).
So it looks like Pehlivanovic has an easy path to the title tomorrow, right?
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With all due respect Chris, I think we may be talking about different shots.
Does it strike anyone else as interesting that the women are playing Ten Ball and the men are playing Eight Ball here. That's kind of a joke imo. Shouldn't it be the other way around? I understand the politics/santioning involved in this, but it still makes an unusual contrast with the men playing the easier game.
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did Szewczyk have the option to pass the break back to Shane?
i think you have to do that and play those percentages,
of course you will look and feel super silly if it backfires but the odds were clearly in the favour of the non breaker
i think you have to do that and play those percentages,
of course you will look and feel super silly if it backfires but the odds were clearly in the favour of the non breaker
Chezka played great just now
Cornerman mentioned that option, from the booth, so I think it was on.
While in retrospect that sounds like a reasonable option, I don't think anyone at that level can expect the break to continue as badly as it did. There's a sense of "I've just had a rough patch, but will turn it around." These guys have supreme confidence in their breaks, and for good reason. To give up after a handful of dry breaks would run counter to ever fiber of their being. Especially, to willingly hand the break to Sf'nVB.
We always called that "slow rolling." Same thing when someone would look contemplatively at their opponent's revealed hand to give him the hope that he had won the pot, before turning over the winning hand.
Yes, it's very odd, although there is a men's World 10-ball in March in Las Vegas, so maybe it's not such a big deal. Then again, having the women play chess while the men play checkers does feel weird.
Just as odd are WPA rules changes in this generation that have made a) the already easy game of eight ball easier (no more "take what you make" and "ball in hand anywhere rather than in the kitchen after an opening scratch) and b) the already difficult game of ten ball harder ("call shot" and "ten ball last").
These are not the versions of professional eight and ten ball that I watched back in the day, and in each case, the changes made were unnecessary and have made each game, at least for this fan, worse. I wonder what changes are coming next. Maybe "choice of stripes or solids on every trip to the table" is coming soon.
I’m referring to his very last shot at the table before Shane ran out to win the match.
World 8-Ball was resurrected by Predator recently, so men are to play it annually. I could only hope women get their fair chance to have a world championship at 8-Ball as well. So far there were none, right?
And I strongly disagree about 8-Ball being called en easy game. It differs from rotation games, and end of story. There are no easy or hard (same as there are no easy shots on the pool table).