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Premier League Pool (PLP) 6-13 March2023, Leicester- Earl makes his debut !
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Just brain storming further...
If they kept running stats, at the end of the event they could award a couple additional trophies to say -- the top potter and maybe the top defender, or something similar. Come up with some cool names for the awards...."The Defender" trophy goes to the most effective safety practitioner, and the "Strickland" (half kidding) goes to the player with highest pocketing percentage.
Now the winner may get these additional awards as well, but oh well. It would just increase interest in the event and give fans a reason to pay attention to the stats, while further separating it from Matchroom's other events.
I see that the Matchroom website now has $12,500 for second place, same as last year. That keeps the prize fund at $100,000.
Woodshaft
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Shane and Albin looked like they didn't want to be there, and their early exits showed that.
Honestly, especially with the template rack, the event was boring. I think many players were bored too-- a lot of "half-assed banger shots".
Sajin did well because he was by far the most focused.
And FSR did well because-- well, he's the best player on the planet atm.
But overall, the event was a tuff grind for both the players and fans imo.
Honestly, especially with the template rack, the event was boring. I think many players were bored too-- a lot of "half-assed banger shots".
Sajin did well because he was by far the most focused.
And FSR did well because-- well, he's the best player on the planet atm.
But overall, the event was a tuff grind for both the players and fans imo.
Even with the questionable format, if those four "dead money" players had been replaced with Filler, Gorst, Kaci and Kazakis, it would've been vastly improved.
And yes, I know the reasons those four weren't able or willing to participate. This is one of the problems with tight scheduling between tournaments, especially those involving transoceanic flights and assorted visa issues.
Earl is just getting to be an embarrassment. Maybe they need to revive the Senior Tour to give him a chance of actually winning something. At this point I'd much rather watch some of the top women.
In his last five matches Shane played like a ballplayer in his final year before free agency. Too bad it took him so long to finally wake up.
yes, pure class vs poor class at display. he could have saved his sulking to backstage and shown some dignity for 3 minutes, but i guess he doesn't have it in him
Yes, I have to agree. Shaw's post match and trophy presentation behavior was pathetic. SFR played amazing pool (how 'bout that 2 ball in the final rack) and Shaw couldn't bring himselft to express anything positive about his performance. Yet, he would have expected his butt kissed if he had prevailed. Total unsportsmanship.
George the Greek
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That definately is showing the crap side of Shaw
Counterpoint: “show me someone who likes to lose, and I’ll show you a loser.”
I’m not a fan of JS, but other than not standing up to shake FSR‘s hand at the completion of the match, I didn’t see an issue with Jayson’s behavior at the end of the match and in the post match presentation. He was clearly disappointed, but didn’t do or say anything disrespectful, at least that I saw. He’s a competitor and wants to win.
Just to add to my above post now that I think about it and having watched the tape, not getting out of your chair to stand up to shake your opponent’s hand is pretty lame.
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Some of my thoughts:
-I too didn't really get into this. It reminded me of the Sharks challenge matches. On the surface, great matchups. But hard to watch. I really think its the lack of audiences. Its dead in the venue, same as the Qatar world championships were. FSR at the end didn't even have anyone to clap for him.
-The round robin reminded me of the IPT. Round robins hadn't been used for a long time before the IPT, due to match fixing to advance friends, and match "give up" because they were meaningless to the player. The IPT sought to change that by making every single game count. I remember going to their site and watching the live box scores and game counts. For some reason while following this event, my mind went to the IPT's chart.
-The website needs a lot of work. On a computer (I didn't try mobile), the site navigation is very difficult. Hard to find the charts due to the button clicking order. Before getting to the charts, the text on the website is so big you have to scroll all over the place to read anything. The chart itself was a bit hard to follow. It was unclear where the cutoff was for each stage. They listed days, but you'd have to do math to know what # of match's played was the actual cutoff.
-The event was too long. I think 10 players max would have been a lot better.
-The finals bracket seemed anti-climatic. They were playing all week, following the charts, going for position, etc. All to feed into a final bracket stage that was over in a relative blink of an eye. I don't know if the round robin should have been much shorter, or the brackets longer, or something else. It just seemed "a ton of work" for a "tiny final stage".
-I'm glad this was on youtube, and I'm glad I cancelled my DAZN after the doubling price increase.
-I too didn't really get into this. It reminded me of the Sharks challenge matches. On the surface, great matchups. But hard to watch. I really think its the lack of audiences. Its dead in the venue, same as the Qatar world championships were. FSR at the end didn't even have anyone to clap for him.
-The round robin reminded me of the IPT. Round robins hadn't been used for a long time before the IPT, due to match fixing to advance friends, and match "give up" because they were meaningless to the player. The IPT sought to change that by making every single game count. I remember going to their site and watching the live box scores and game counts. For some reason while following this event, my mind went to the IPT's chart.
-The website needs a lot of work. On a computer (I didn't try mobile), the site navigation is very difficult. Hard to find the charts due to the button clicking order. Before getting to the charts, the text on the website is so big you have to scroll all over the place to read anything. The chart itself was a bit hard to follow. It was unclear where the cutoff was for each stage. They listed days, but you'd have to do math to know what # of match's played was the actual cutoff.
-The event was too long. I think 10 players max would have been a lot better.
-The finals bracket seemed anti-climatic. They were playing all week, following the charts, going for position, etc. All to feed into a final bracket stage that was over in a relative blink of an eye. I don't know if the round robin should have been much shorter, or the brackets longer, or something else. It just seemed "a ton of work" for a "tiny final stage".
-I'm glad this was on youtube, and I'm glad I cancelled my DAZN after the doubling price increase.
One way to achieve what you have in mind is to give the breaker the option to have opponent push out after a wet break.
He's still trying to find an Uber that'll get him there.
The dead quiet after a great shot was pretty brutal. I was thinking about the WC's in Qatar too. Like playing in a funeral home.
I don't watch a lot of online pool, tho I try and keep up with the bigger tournaments here on AZB. I happened to have a little time last week when some of the matches were being played, and they were available on YouTube, so I checked it out a couple times. Worked well on my phone. I enjoyed what I watched, so I'm kind of curious about the negative comments about the stream here. The shorter races and round-robin format meant that we were going to see lots of matches, and all the players, rather than the standard bracket stuff.
I liked it. I hope they do it more frequently. (especially the YouTube part, heh)
I liked it. I hope they do it more frequently. (especially the YouTube part, heh)